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.
The U.S. Justice Department will file no charges in the Bush administration’s firing of U.S. attorneys, the Associated Press is reporting.
The news service is quoting an official close to the investigation who says that prosecutor Nora Dannehy has closed her investigation without filing charges.
The U.S. Attorneys firing scandal erupted in early 2007 after the Bush administration fired several U.S. Attorneys, including New Mexico’s then-U.S. Attorney David Iglesias, in December 2006. The scandal that resulted from the firings, which appeared to be politically motivated, eventually led to several high-profile resignations at the U.S. Justice Department, including then-U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
Iglesias has repeatedly defended his tenure as U.S. Attorney and now is working as a Navy Judge Advocate General at Guantanamo Bay.
