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.
In an appearance on MSNBC’s Meet the Press Sunday, Gov. Bill Richardson criticized Arizona’s recently-signed anti-immigration bill, saying, ”This law in Arizona is terrible. What the administration needs to do is challenge it because it’s unconstitutional. Immigration is a federal matter.”
“One hundred thousand demonstrators were out on the streets yesterday against this law around this country, dwarfing the tea [party] demonstrations,” Richardson said.
Richardson said that while he thinks there should be “earned legalization” for those who are already in the country illegally, he says that there is the need for more border security, including more border patrol agents and national guardsmen. Richardson ordered members of the National Guard to patrol the border in the bootheel area of New Mexico.
Richardson also spoke about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that is threatening to strike land in Louisiana.
Richardson said he believes that BP is to blame for the spill and that they should have to pay for the oil spill.
Later in the day on Sunday, in Venice Louisiana, President Barack Obama said, “Let me be clear: BP is responsible for this leak. BP will be paying the bill.”
