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.
This afternoon representatives from the U.S. House and Senate are meeting discuss regulation of the financial industry. You can follow the progress RIGHT NOW with the Sunlight Foundation’s Sunlight Live program.
The open government group is pairing CSPAN coverage of the deliberations alongside facts and figures—such as campaign contributions—related to the debate and the debaters.
The members are expected to meet sporadically over the next two weeks, but Sunlight intends to cover it all, so bookmark that link.
Here’s an example of what it looks like. In this example, Sen. Richard Shelby is shown on CSPAN, talking, while Sunlight displays his campaign donations immediately to the right.
Below this on the site is a live blog pane similar to the one we use:
