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 New Mexico Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday against Gov. Susana Martinez’s usage of a line-item veto, marking the third time she has lost in court since taking office at the beginning of the year. The court ruled in favor of six state legislators who argued that the governor improperly used her line-item veto in cutting a low-income housing program budgeted by legislators for $150,000 down to $50,000.
The ruling restores the amount providing oversight to regional housing authorities to $150,000.
A decision on her veto of a $128 million tax on small businesses to shore up the state’s unemployment compensation fund is expected in several weeks.
