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.
Susana Martinez has received a $500,000 donation from the Republican Governor’s Association, The Washington Post reported today. The group, tasked with electing Republicans to gubernatorial offices around the country, previously donated $250,000 to Martinez’s campaign.
Washington Post political analyst Chris Cillizza called the large donation “the latest sign that national GOP strategists believe that they have a genuine pickup opportunity in the Land of Enchantment.”
He also said the large donations “should serve as a reminder to inside-the-Beltway types just how important governors races this fall are to both national parties.”
The last quarterly report by the RGA, in July, showed that the the RGA had a $9 million cash-on-hand advantage over their Democratic counterparts, the Democratic Governor’s Association. The DGA is currently airing ads against Martinez and have donated nearly $190,000 to Democratic candidate Diane Denish.
