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.
Former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson is on the witness list in the trial of a Las Cruces judge accused of bribery, the Albuquerque Journal reports. Richardson is joined on the witness list by more than a dozen judges.
District Judge Michael Murphy is on trial for allegedly paying for his judgeship.
Murphy was indicted May 13 on charges of bribery, criminal solicitation and intimidation of a witness for allegedly telling a prospective judge in 2007 that she needed to make payments to a local Democratic activist and friend of Richardson to ensure an appointment.
Richardson did not respond to the paper except through spokesman Gilbert Gallegos to say, “Governor Richardson doesn’t comment on political witchhunts.”
Richardson has insisted that Murphy did not pay for his judgeship and Democrats have said that the trial is politically motivated. The special prosecutor in the case is Republican Matt Chandler, who lost his bid to become Attorney General to Gary King in 2010.
