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.
Republican Jon Barela aired his first TV ad today in his quest to unseat Democratic incumbent Congressman Martin Heinrich. The ad focuses on the national debt and job losses.
In the ad Barela doesn’t mention his opponent by name, saying: “The Washington crowd doesn’t get it. Fifty-five thousand New Mexico jobs lost, and all they did was balloon the debt to over 13 trillion dollars.”
While this is Barela’s first foray into TV ads for this cycle, his opponent has already aired two ads.
Barela’s campaign told The Independent that the ad will begin airing today and will appear on network TV.
