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 Food and Drug Administration under President Bush valued politics over science, a District Court said last year in ordering the agency to approve the morning-after pill for women 17 and older. The court also ordered the FDA to reconsider…
Governor-elect Susana Martinez has named former state Senator Lee Rawson to chair the search for cabinet positions in the General Services Department and Department of Information Technology. Other members of the committee include:
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“If I put $4 million into this ranch and I want to give it away, that doesn’t sound too selfish, does it?” he said.
That’s how former game commissioner Leo V. Sims responded Friday to accusations from the New…
A sportsmen’s group is accusing Leo Sims, a former of the State Game Commissioner, of abusing his position and connections to have 61 bighorn sheep relocated to state land near his family’s ranch and then arranging for a special lease…
Paul Kienzle, a partner at Scott & Kienzle, P.A. will lead the search team for Governor-elect Susana Martinez’s general counsel.
He’s joined by:
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Governor-elect Susana Martinez announced today that former state Senator Steve Komadina will chair the search committee for cabinet positions in the Health and Human Services Department and the Children, Youth and Families Department. Komadina, an obstetrician and gynecologist, was a strong…
Governor-elect Susana Martinez anounced that Janet Green, Gary Johnson’s former cabinet secretary Tourism, will lead the search for cabinet officials in the Tourism and Cultural Affairs departments.
Other members include:
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Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps will be in Albuquerque Nov. 16 for a hearing on the future of the Internet. The event is sponsored by The Media Literacy Project, The Center for Media Justice and Free Press. The pro-net-neutrality…
Governor-elect Susana Martinez announced that a former chief of staff to Sen. Pete Domenici, Steve Bell, will lead the search team for her chief of staff. Other members of the team include:
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New Mexico Governor-elect Susana Martinez today named the members of her search team for cabinet members and high-ranking officials in the Environment Department and the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department. The committee is chaired by Martinez’s former opponent from…
There seems to be chatter that Las Cruces Democrat Joe Cervantes may challenge Ben Ray Lujan for speaker of the state House by pooling the support of three House Democrats and all of the Republicans, according to The Santa…
Governor-elect Susana Martinez today announced the members of a search committee who will help identify candidates for cabinet positions and other jobs in the Public Education and Higher Education departments. They include Dr. Jose Garcia, a political science professor at…
A lawsuit filed by a Texas-based payday lending firm targeted by Attorney General Gary King has been dismissed by a Roswell district court judge, according to the AG’s office.
The Attorney General’s office earlier this year sued Fastbucks, which has…
Susana Martinez announced Thursday that former Representative Heather Wilson will lead her transition team.
This is the first of what will be many announcements about the new administration.
Interested in working for the administration? You can submit your information here…
New Mexico’s new Governor Susana Martinez is a role model for Latinas, the Albuquerque Journal’s Leslie Linthicum writes today.
How did she win? “Martinez Protected Base, Attracted Dems,” according to the Journal’s Sean Olson.
Martinez has begun putting…
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Steve Pearce and Harry Teague, competing to represent the 2nd Congressional District in Congress, will meet tonight at New Mexico State University for a debate hosted by New Mexico First and moderated by Sam Donaldson. Thanks to KNME we’ll have…
