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.
New Mexico Court of Appeals Judge Linda Vanzi won her seat tonight in New Mexico’s Democratic primary, after a contentious campaign against civil rights attorney Dennis Montoya. Unofficial results late Tuesday night showed Vanzi with 55 percent of the vote. The campaign was unusually intense, with allegations of unethical professional conduct surfacing from one candidate, and of racism and sexism from the other.
New Mexico political reporter Heath Haussamen covered minutia of the campaign, which included an ethics complaint filed by Vanzi against Montoya in 2008. Montoya later alleged that Vanzi was a racist and a sexist. A former state district judge, Vanzi was appointed to her seat by Gov. Bill Richardson. In New Mexico, a judgeship has to be subject to one electoral race. Once a judge has been elected, he or she must appear on the ballot in subsequent years as “retention” candidates without opposing candidates.
