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.
There are five constitutional amendments and several general obligation bonds on the ballot for this election and you can learn more about them in a guide posted after the jump.
If passed, the amendments would allow a scholarship fund for New Mexico veterans, relax term limits for county officials, restrict felons from voting except when their voting rights are restored, give a veterans’ group a property tax exemption and allow lawmakers to resign and be appointed to another government job.
The guide includes handy arguments for and against each measure, prepared by the Legislative Council Service, which provides nonpartisan advice to state legislators.
Here’s the full guide:
