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.
Numerous media outlets are questioning the legality of the State Archives sealing e-mails from former Gov. Bill Richardson for eight years. The media outlets say the move violates state law, a charge the State Records Director denies.
Local TV station KOB had its Inspection of Public Records request denied when seeking Richardson’s e-mails from August until he left office January 1. The state archive administrator denied the request.
State Records Director Sandra Jaramillo cited a 1967 law when asked by the Santa Fe New Mexican about the denial.
The law cited by Jaramillo in refusing a request by an Albuquerque television station last week for Richardson e-mails, says, “The state records administrator may accept and place in the state archives the personal files, records and documents of elected state officials or of former elected state officials, subject to any reasonable restrictions, moratoriums and requirements concerning their use by other persons.
Open government advocate Sarah Welsh, director of the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government, told the New Mexican that disagreed with Jaramillo’s interpretation of the ruling.
The New Mexican also reported that current governor Susana Martinez said she would not seal her own records — though that is still four or eight years away.
