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 offices of the Secretary of State and Attorney General will look into whether Gov. Susana Martinez misused campaign funds for paying for radio ads pushing for the repeal of the law that allows illegal immigrants to get drivers licenses.
Secretary of State Dianna Duran has said that she does not believe Martinez did anything wrong. Duran is the first Republican Secretary of State in New Mexico in decades.
“KSFR News and several advocacy groups asked for a formal ruling whether pre-election campaign funds can be used to influence legislation after the elections,” KSFR reported.
“We do believe that the money that was spent on the radio ads, that it does constitute an allowable expense under the Campaign Reporting Act,” Duran told KSFR in a radio interview.
A spokesman for the office of the Attorney General told the AP yesterday that his office is looking into the legal question.
This week, the good government group Common Cause New Mexico and the immigrant rights’ group Somos un Pueblo Unido called for the investigation, and public radio station KSFR asked Attorney General Gary King to look into the question if unspent campaign funds for a political can be spent on lobbying for legislation.
