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.
Uncertainty over the future of film incentives in the state legislature have already caused some potential film projects to reconsider filming in New Mexico according to a local TV station’s report. One TV series may has already taken a pass on filming in the state.
KOAT reported on the effects of the uncertainty of the future of the film program today.
“The production companies are telling me that they want to wait and see what happens with the legislature,” film producer Alton Walpole told KOAT.
Gov. Susana Martinez has called for the state film incentive program to be reduced from a 25 percent rebate to a 15 percent rebate. A House committee recently passed legislation that would cap money spent on film incentives at $45 million.
