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.
One in four New Mexico children lived in poverty during 2009, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
The Census’ American Community Survey found that 25.3 percent of New Mexicans under the age of 18 lived in poverty during 2009, an increase from 2008, the Associated Press reported.
In addition, the Census Bureau found that 21.4 percent of New Mexico families with related children under 18 lived in poverty last year.
The increase in the number of New Mexicans living in poverty wasn’t unique. Thirty-one states saw increases in both the number and percentage of people in poverty between 2008 and 2009, according to a news release issued by the Census Bureau.
