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’s new leadership political action committee, Susana PAC, uses issues such as drivers licenses for illegal immigrants and voter ID laws to fundraise. The letter, obtained by blogger Joe Monahan, asks for donations from between $25 and $1000 to the PAC dedicated to electing politicians with similar political stances as the governor.
“New Mexico is still one of only two states that give driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants,” the fundraising letter from Martinez reads. “Some legislators also blocked a bill to end the process of social promotion, where kids are passed from one grade to the next without the basics. And a bill requiring voters to show ID failed in committee.”
The issue of the state issuing driver’s licenses to those who are in the country illegally has been one of Martinez’s top issues since becoming governor.
In the letter, Martinez also says the state “took on the Hollywood lobbyists and trimmed the taxpayer-funded subsidy given to movie-makers.”
Cutting the film tax incentives was another high-profile fight in the legislative session this year. Martinez wanted the rebate cut from 25 percent to 15 percent, but the legislature ultimately put a cap on the money paid out to film companies.
