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.
Add another item to New Mexico state lawmakers’ to-do list: Soon they’ll have to take a course on ethics, the Santa Fe New Mexican reports today.
The course is being developed in collaboration with New Mexico State University and a task force is working on a syllabus now, according to the paper. The soon-to-be ethics course for New Mexico’s legislators comes amid a run of public corruption scandals in New Mexico over the past five years that have fueled a push for reform and thrust politicians and public officials into a less-than-flattering light with the public.
It’ll be interesting to see what’s on the syllabus once it’s finalized.
