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 Gov. Gary Johnson said that Gov. Susana Martinez had the prerogative to add items to the special session agenda beyond redistricting as he stopped by the Roundhouse Thursday. More from the Journal:
“I think I had the same criticism (as the governor). I would have called a special session and put stuff on, and whatever I put on was way in excess of what should be addressed,” Johnson said. “I think the governor clearly has the right to put on whatever she wants to put on and, of course, the Legislature has the converse ability to reject it.”
Johnson was governor during the last redistricting, but didn’t add other items to the agenda — the redistricting process took 17 days and eventually wound up in state courts. He addressed the driver’s license issue by saying, “Get government out of all of that stuff and just get them in the business of issuing a work visa.”
The current driver’s license law passed after Johnson left office in 2003.
