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.
Did you know that Jon Barela, the Republican challenger to Democratic Rep. Martin Heinrich, is the beneficiary of a fundraiser scheduled for tonight at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, D.C.? The cover charge is $250 per person—or $1,000 per political action committee. And the guest of honor is Republican Leader John Boehner.
You can find all this information and more using the Sunlight Foundation’s “Party Time” tool. For example, Steve Pearce, running against Harry Teague in Southern New Mexico, has had two fundraisers at the Capitol Hill Club so far this year. Heinrich has had a long list of parties, most scheduled at local restaurants. So have Teague and Rep. Ben Ray Lujan. But Lujan’s opponent, Tom Mullins, doesn’t have any D.C. fundraisers listed.
