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.
Bernalillo County finally released an investigative report completed two months ago that examined nepotism and other problems at its drug and alcohol detox center, the Albuquerque Journal reported today.
The report examined a situation involving a former deputy county manager and his son, Jamie Dantis, who appeared to have been treated differently than other employees because of who his father is.
But the report — the subject of several public records requests — had significant portions blacked out, leading one transparency champion to critique the county’s decision to redact the report.
“It’s understandable when an agency wants to move on from a scandal. But the public might not want to move on, and government is still obligated to provide information the public needs to protect the county treasury and county facilities,” Sarah Welsh, executive director of the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government, told the Journal.
