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.
Groups who have cancelled events or are at risk of canceling events in Phoenix because of the state’s anti-immigration law could cost the city $90 million in lost revenue, the Phoenix City Council was told Monday.
“We have an image and public-relations problem of what might be unprecedented proportions,” Deputy City Manager David Krietor told the Arizona Republic.
The city is also being considered for the Democratic and Republican national conventions in 2012; the 2008 DNC convention in Denver brought $266 million to the region.
From the story:
Recent cancellations include the oldest African-American Greek-lettered fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., which was supposed to hold a July meeting at the Sheraton. The fraternity’s annual convention was expected to draw about 5,000 attendees and as many as 10,000 visitors, a fraternity spokesman said.
Organizers will now hold that event in Las Vegas.
Other cancellations, all for 2012, are the National Association of Black Accountants, the International Communications Association and the National Urban League.
The city did not have attendance estimates for all of the groups, but they represent about 16,000 room nights in local hotels, Krietor said.
