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 Italian Coast Guard is searching for Albuquerque ballooning expert Richard Abruzzo and his copilot, Carol Rymer Davis, who lost contact with race officials while participating in the Gordon Bennett International Gas Balloon Race, the AP is reporting.…
Fewer Bernalillo County residents are registering to vote this year, according to County Clerk Maggie Toulouse Oliver. Registrations are down from 2006, in the run up to the last midterm elections, and they’re way down from 2008, when both parties…
After his morning discussion on the economy with South Valley families, Lt. Gov. and gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish took the president out to lunch at an Albuquerque institution. The president tried chicharrones and huevos rancheros with green chile, according to…
The New York Times has a story about P. Leonardo Mascheroni, the former Los Alamos nuclear scientist accused of selling secrets to Venezuela.
“Balloon Museum pond remains a money pit.” Best headline of the day, from KRQE.
Freshman Democratic Congressman Ben Ray Lujan leads his Republican opponent Tom Mullins by 6 points, a Daily Kos/PPP poll released today shows.
Freshman Democratic Congressman Harry Teague and his Republican challenger, former Congressman Steve Pearce, are neck-and-neck heading into the final stretch of the campaign. A Daily Kos/PPP poll released today shows Pearce leading Teague by 1 point (48-47), well within the poll’s…
Freshman Democratic Congressman Martin Heinrich holds a significant lead over his Republican challenger Jon Barela according to a Daily Kos/PPP poll released today. The poll’s margin of error is 4.2 percent.
A poll commissioned by the Democratic Governor’s Association, which is supporting Diane Denish in the race for governor, shows that the race between Denish and Martinez is tied, with each candidate getting 46 percent of the vote.
That result is…
The Government Restructuring Task Force public input on how to improve state government, the task force’s chairman, Senator Tim Eichenberg, D-Albuquerque, said today. The task force has designed two SurveyMonkey questionnaires—one for state workers and the other for…
Gary Johnson, New Mexico’s former Republican governor, and a likely candidate for president in 2012, will compete in the America’s Challenge gas balloon race next month during the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, reports the New Mexico Business Weekly. …
Republican Susana Martinez is leading Democrat Diane Denish by 8 points in the race to be New Mexico’s next governor, according to a recent Daily Kos/PPP poll.
The poll shows Martinez continuing to draw support from Democrats, whites and…
Voter registration is up in San Juan County and Four Corners Federated Republican Women is responsible for more new registrations than any other third-party group, according to the Farmington Daily Times. According to the county clerk, 728 people registered
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New Mexico’s Motor Vehicle Division recently won an award from the Center for Digital Government for its new website that allows drivers to renew their vehicle registrations online and check wait times at local offices.
Back in April, Harry Teague appeared to be a dead man. According to the National Journal, he was the House member 8th most likely to lose his seat. In July he dropped slightly to 11th and by September…
Udall again on Wednesday pushed his plan to change Senate rules to make it easier to end a filibuster, presenting his Constitutional Option to the Senate Rules Committee.
The “Constitutional Option” is similar to the Republicans’ “Nuclear Option,”…
Sign up now to participate in a series of town hall debates, sponsored by New Mexico First and New Mexico public broadcasters. During October three town halls, one at UNM, one at ENMU and one at NMSU, will each bring…
Susana Martinez’s recent campaign ads accusing rival Diane Denish of “hiding a scandal” related to Mesa del Sol are “a scandal of the Martinez campaign’s making,” FactCheck.org reported Wednesday.
According to FactCheck: “The Martinez campaign is jumping to conclusions…
The mayor of Taos says he wants the town council to consider a repeal of the recently instated gross receipts tax, according to the Taos News.
Officials from Jordan, Sudan, Botswana, Pakistan, Yemen and Romania are in Santa Fe…
Albuquerque attorney-turned-blogger Jim Scarantino announced Wednesday that he is leaving the New Mexico Watchdog website, a project of the libertarian-leaning Rio Grande Foundation.
“My wife and I have decided to seize an opportunity to enter early ‘aspirement’–the intentionally direct…
Hooray! NMI is proud to report that we’ve been selected to receive the annual First Amendment Award, to be given by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico (ACLU-NM) at its Bill of Rights Celebration in October.
ACLU-NM Executive Director…
