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.
Republicans realize their efforts to overturn the nation’s health care law are a long shot. So GOP candidates this year are resorting to a new message they hope resonates with voters: Help us retake Congress so we can choke off funding for the new law, Politico reports.
In a story published today Politico quotes several Republicans who acknowledge the strategy, including one former GOP presidential candidate.
Here’s an excerpt:
“Hopefully, we will have an election cycle where we will have a strong wave coming in that is opposed to this and can oppose the funding and the implementation of this,” said Sen. Sam Brownback, who is running for governor of Kansas this fall. The law “has to be funded to be implemented.”
