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 weekend Democratic governors articulated serious concerns about the federal challenge to Arizona’s new immigration law during a meeting of the National Governors Association, the New York Times is reporting.
But Gov. Bill Richardson wasn’t among them, calling his fellow Democrats’ concerns “misguided,” the paper reported.
Richardson defended the decision, saying: “Policy-wise it makes sense …Obama is popular with Hispanic voters and this is going to be a popular move with them nationally.”
Richardson’s remarks appeared to be the most supportive among the Democratic governors asked about the federal lawsuit challenging Arizona’s toughest-in-the-nation immigration law.
Gov. Phil Bredesen of Tennessee seemed to sum up Democratic concerns.
“Universally the governors are saying, ‘We’ve got to talk about jobs,’ ” the Times quoted Bredesen as saying. “And all of a sudden we have immigration going on.”
Other Democratic governors weighed in on the issue as well, including Colorado’s Bill Ritter, who said, “I might have chosen both a different tack and a different time. …This is an issue that divides us politically, and I’m hopeful that their strategy doesn’t do that in a way that makes it more difficult for candidates to get elected, particularly in the West.”
