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.
Bernalillo County officials have destroyed bid-scoring sheets used in awarding a $23 million jail health services contract, the Albuquerque Journal reported Monday.
The destruction of public records may have violated the state public records law, New Mexico Foundation for Open Government (FOG) director Sarah Welsh said.
“(They) are certainly something the public would have an interest in seeing,” Welsh said. “It seems strange to just destroy that one part of it. The whole point of open government is so the public can review decisions that officials are making.”
Correctional Healthcare Management won the $12 million a year contract to provide medical care to inmates at the Metropolitan Detention Center. Correctional Medical Services (CMS) has held the health services contract for seven years.
The County is investigating millions of dollars in suspected overpayments to CMS during that time.
