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.
New Mexico Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez told The Independent Wednesday that she’d sell the state jet. Her remarks came after KRQE-TV investigative reporter Larry Barker’s report earlier this week that since 2006, the bill for Democrat Lt. Gov. Diane Denish’s state aircraft usage was $367,236. Barker also she he had found that Denish had flown on state planes 39 times in violation of state regulations requiring cost-efficient use of aircraft.
But the Denish campaign won’t say what kind of policy she’d have for the state if she becomes governor. The Independent twice posed the question to a campaign spokesman Wednesday. Both times he ignored the query.
