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.
Gov. Susana Martinez named Albuquerque Chief Public Safety Officer Darren White, former Albuquerque deputy police chief Michael Castro and three others to the Judicial Standards Commission, her office announced Tuesday.
Martinez also named former New Mexico Crime Victims Reparation Commission director Larry Tackman, Community Against Violence, Inc. Executive Director Malinda Williams and legal secretary Darla Wax to the commission.
White supported Martinez in her election bid and was part of her search Homeland Security & Emergency Management Search Committee during Martinez’s transition. He previously served as the secretary of the state Department of Public Safety under Gov. Gary Johnson.
Castro donated $5,000 to Martinez’s campaign.
The Judicial Standards Commission is an independent agency that is tasked with investigating judicial misconduct from New Mexico judges and judicial candidates. Each state has its own Judicial Standards Commission.
