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.
Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson has usually been quick to quell questions about a potential presidential bid, telling media outlets he can’t simultaneously pursue a presidential nomination and work with Our America, a nonprofit organization he leads.
But during an interview Thursday in Waterloo, Iowa, Johnson was asked when he’d decide if he’d run for president. The libertarian-leaning Republican came close to confirming speculation over his his 2012 plans.
“The whole idea is seeing whether or not what I’m saying is resonating and I’ve been in 22 states now since the first of December and I think things are resonating,” Johnson told The Iowa Independent.
Johnson has spent the week touring Iowa on the RAGBRAI route. Other possible GOP presidential contenders — Tim Pawlenty and Rick Santorum, for example — have also spent time in the state or plan to soon.
“As far as Iowa, obviously it’s the first primary state so Iowans are in tune with the issues of the day so this is important to understand where the Our America initiative and issues of the day resound with Iowans,” Johnson said.
