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.
The New Mexico Board of Finance voted unanimously today to postpone a vote until its September 16th meeting on a new rule to guide them when they consider creating a Tax Increment Development District.
Board of Finance Director Olivia Padilla-Jackson told the Independent the vote was postponed in order to give the Board time to review and consider the large number of comments received, which came from a wide range of non-profit organizations and for-profit development groups, as well as local city and county politicians.
Padilla-Jackson said that in general the board agrees that there needs to be a rule in place to provide guidance and transparency for how a TIDD is created. Currently the board operates through a process that’s not codified. This new rule, should it be adopted, would formalize the process.
