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.
President Obama joined the chorus of governors and state officials across the country Saturday as he urged Congress to extend the boosted rate of federal government spending on Medicaid, the government’s low-income health insurance program.
An extension of the Medicaid stimulus dollars will help 30 states, including New Mexico, that passed state budgets assuming the boosted rate of Medicaid dollars. New Mexico legislators counted on $160 million in additional Medicaid dollars in creating the state budget that takes effect July 1, meaning if Congress doesn’t extend the additional funding the state will confront a $160 million hole at a time when tax revenues are lagging.
