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 National Republican Campaign Committee is committing money to put ads attacking incumbent Democrat Harry Teague in New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District. The national Republican committee tasked with electing Republicans reported spending nearly $160,000 on the ads in the 2nd Congressional District, attacking Teague on his vote for a cap-and-trade bill.
Hotline On Call reported that this is part of nearly $7 million spent on ads throughout the country this week. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee pulled back on the amount of money that they would spend in the district.
This, with money spent by the Chamber of Commerce and Americans for Job Security, brings the money spent against Teague up to nearly $480,000.
Overall, there has been more than $870,000 spent opposing Republican challenger Steve Pearce. The bulk of that, $605,000, has come from the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund.
