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.
There’s been no shortage of press conferences with Mayor Martin Chavez backed by a sea of Albuquerque’s finest, so at what point does the mayor become accountable for the long list of department black eyes that have happened on his watch?
A firestorm of controversy was set off earlier this month when Michigan Messenger quoted a Michigan Republican Party chairman about using a list of foreclosed homes in an effort to block people people from voting. New Mexico Republicans tell the Independent they have no intention of doing that.
The Internet is helping citizens to quickly organize protests over the proposed Wall Street bailout. Marvin Silver and his organization U.S. Action was able to quickly put together protests in over 250 sites across the country. The video…
Republican presidential nominee John McCain will attend this evening’s presidential debate with Democratic nominee Barack Obama. CNN reports that the McCain campaign released a statement that said:
He is optimistic that there has been significant progress toward a
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An active U.S. combat brigade will deploy inside the United States beginning in October, according to an Army Times report. This marks the first time that an active unit has been given a dedicated…
A truckload of three large containers of nuclear waste left Oak Ridge, Tenn., today heading for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad. Oak Ridge is known as Atomic City for being one of the home…
The New Mexico Board of Finance last week adopted new rules for the Tax Increment Development District (TIDDs) application process as well as how future proposals will be evaluated. The Independent laid out the issues in a
Six weeks before the presidential vote, the forgotten debacle of New Mexico’s Democratic caucus last February is casting a shadow on preparations for what is expected to be record turnout in a key battleground state where Barack Obama and John McCain are running neck-and-neck in the polls.
In a meeting with congressional leaders Thursday night, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke presented the potentially devastating ramifications of the current financial crisis, leaving many in the room in stunned silence, according to a report in the New York…
The low rider capital of the world is gearing up for visit from Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. The senator’s campaign has passed out 7,500 tickets in the past two days for today’s Española event, according to the Santa…
This past weekend more than 1,000 Alaskans attended a rally with the theme that Republican vice-presidential nominee and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin didn’t speak for them. This video shows what one Alaskan blogger said was, "the biggest political rally…
In Sarah Palin’s first major interview since her accepting the Republican nomination for vice-president, when asked about her foreign policy credentials she switched the topic to energy. She also seems a bit stumped when asked about the Bush Doctrine, which…
From local home mortgages to international financial markets, the federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has universal implications. The most telling sign of the magnitude of the situation is what the intervention may have prevented from happening. With…
One question that comes to mind after the Republican National Convention is why politicians on both sides have yet to even acknowledge the brutal behavior by police forces during the event.
This video comes from freelance…
New video footage shows over 40 civilian dead, "The majority of the dead are children – babies and toddlers, some burned so badly they are barely recognisable."
The U.S. will review an inquiry into an air raid last month…
Michael Gerson, a former Bush speechwriter and current Washington Post columnist, said in an interview with MSNBC’s Ann Curry that McCain’s policy in the speech was "very disappointing." He related that McCain’s focusing on drilling and school choice was a…
There’s a lot of strong reactions coming from the 9/11 video tribute that was played last night at the Republican National Convention. Even the folks on Sean Hannity’s forum are saying they are disturbed by the partisan nature…
Albert Stanley, a former colleague of Vice President Dick Cheney, faces up to 10 years in jail and has agreed to pay $10.8 million in restitution as the result of a four-year bribery investigation by U.S. attorneys, according to…
Jon Stewart took to task some of the pundits on the right in their crying foul over the intense media scrutiny of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.
Some of New Mexico’s top Republican lawmakers are praising Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. Heather Wilson and Pete Domenici are both in Minnesota for the Republican National Convention and both had words of praise for the Alaska governor while…
