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.
Jerome Block, Jr.
The Public Regulation Commission voted to remove embattled Commissioner Jerome Block, Jr. from his post as vice chairman of the committee Thursday. The other commissioners all called on him to step down in a Tuesday resolution; however, the PRC does not have the power to remove him. Block was not present at the meeting, and hasn’t been seen in Santa Fe since a series of scandals involving misuse of a state-issued gas card broke last week.
The state House Republican leader sent a letter to Speaker Ben Luján earlier this week asking for the creation of a committee to investigate the charges that could lead to impeachment. Block spent $5,000 in six weeks on a state-issued gas card, drove a state vehicle with a suspended license for 11 months, is a suspect in a stolen-auto case stemming from his borrowing of a vehicle for a test drive, and faces criminal charges over campaign finance violations.
