I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Democratic Lt. Gov. candidate Brian Colón has released his first TV ad, a month before the primary election. The ad will air statewide, according to the campaign.
Colón’s first ad talks about schools and he pledges to “fight to stop the Republicans who are hurting our public schools.”
The ad features Colón standing in a flea market that his father bought when Colón was a kid.
COLÓN: When I was young, I never knew I was poor. I’m Brian Colón and I realized when it took my father’s life savings to open this flea market. The first thing he and I did was build all these tables. I worked here every weekend starting when I was 10.
It taught me the important of going to college. It’s why I’ve worked to increase teacher pay and reduce class sizes. As lieutenant governor, I’ll fight to stop the Republicans who are hurting our public schools. I have a stake in it too. Por sus hijos tambien.
