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.
A spokeswoman for Gov. Bill Richardson has said he’s committed to avoiding layoffs as state government readies for more budget cutting, reports Kate Nash of the Santa Fe New Mexican.
Nash quoted Alarie Ray-Garcia of the governor’s office in a post she put up on her blog, GreenChileChatter, about an hour and a half ago.
State officials learned yesterday that New Mexico is $160 million in the hole three weeks into the new fiscal year. That hole could double in size if Congress fails to send extra stimulus dollars New Mexico’s way to help pay for Medicaid, the government’s low-income health insurance program.
