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.
New Mexico Lt. Gov. Diane Denish just made her concession speech at Albuquerque’s Hotel Andaluz, acknowledging that she would not be the winner in today’s election for governor. In her speech, Denish thanked her supporters, saying she had not called Martinez yet because she wanted to talk to them first.
“We may have come up short, but I hold my head high, and you should, too,” Denish said.
Denish went on to lambaste the negative tone of the campaign. The competition of ideas has lost out to the competition of gotcha, she said. We are all guilty of playing along, including myself, she concluded.
“I’m proud to be a Democrat,” Denish told the crowd as she urged them to work for the good of the state, along with her as a private citizen come January 1st.
“Tomorrow is a new day. New Mexico faces a lot of challenges, and there is so much to be done,” she said.
