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.
Appellate judge candidate Dennis W. Montoya is appealing the secretary of state’s decision to reject his application for public financing.
Montoya’s campaign manager, Santiago Juárez, filed the appeal with the Secretary of State’s Office on Wednesday.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Janice Arnold-Jones has picked up another legislative endorsement – this one from Sen. Mark Boitano, R-Albuquerque, who has worked with her on bringing webcasting to the Roundhouse.
Republican 3rd Congressional District candidate Tom Mullins says he wasn’t making a statement of support for the recently arrested members of a Michigan-based militia group when he wrote in a blog posting that the government is “after the militia” but “the citizen militia is not the problem.”
Dennis W. Montoya, who is running against Appeals Court Judge Linda Vanzi, has been disqualified from using the state’s public financing system because he exceeded the $5,000 limit on what publicly financed candidates can contribute to their own campaigns, according to…
Three candidates for state House seats have been disqualified by the Secretary of State’s Office for submitting “improper nominating petitions.” They are: Democrat Billy Moore, who was running against two other Democrats for the House District 5 seat…
Secretary of State Mary Herrera’s office is once again shifting gears and releasing public information it had originally refused to provide.
This time, the Secretary of State’s Office relented and released hundreds of pages of e-mails to media outlets without…
The five Republican candidates for governor have all agreed to participate in an April 10 debate in Las Cruces, but you’ll have to pay to see it. The debate is part of the Republican Party of Doña Ana County’s annual…
U.S. Rep. Harry Teague, D-N.M., will host a field hearing of the House Veterans Affairs Health Subcommittee on Monday in Las Cruces.
Three Republican congressional candidates from New Mexico are denouncing acts and threats of violence that, thus far, have been aimed mostly at House Democrats who have supported health-care reform legislation.
I reported Tuesday that Democrat Mike Anaya had dropped his bid for state land commissioner after failing to win the support of 20 percent of delegates at the party’s preprimary nominating convention. Tuesday was the day those who…
Democrat Mike Anaya dropped his bid for state land commissioner today and endorsed Ray Powell in the race.
The district attorney says her office is still reviewing part of a probe involving Las Cruces City Manager Terrence Moore, and the sheriff’s department is still investigating other, related allegations.
Former state House Minority Whip Dan Foley has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that police officers violated his civil and constitutional rights when they arrested him during a basketball game in 2007.
The lawsuit alleges that Foley was “physically…
There’s an interesting history between two candidates running for a seat on the New Mexico Court of Appeals. The Albuquerque Journal went in-depth into it this weekend.
The race under scrutiny is between Appeals Court Judge Linda…
Deputy Secretary of State Don Francisco Trujillo has been appointed to serve as state elections director, Secretary of State Mary Herrera announced this afternoon. Trujillo’s replaces A.J. Salazar, who alleged two weeks ago that Herrera is violating the Governmental Conduct Act and elections law in his resignation letter. Salazar has alleged that there are “elements of corruption” in the Secretary of State’s Office – those elements being Herrera and Trujillo.
The Secretary of State’s Office released a redacted version of former Elections Director A.J. Salazar’s resignation letter today along with a point-by-point response to the allegations made in it.
There are dozens of still-undecided members of the U.S. House when it comes to Sunday’s looming vote on health-care reform. Today Politico highlights them, and U.S. Rep. Harry Teague, D-N.M., gets a mention.
The Washington Post, on the…
U.S. Rep. Harry Teague sided with Republicans today in a failed bid to force a direct vote on the pending health-care reform bill the House is expected to consider Sunday.
An investigation by the county sheriff’s department into a situation involving Las Cruces City Manager Terrence Moore and his ex-wife is complete and has been forwarded to the district attorney’s office for review.
Days after she failed to secure the votes of 20 percent of delegates at the GOP’s preprimary nominating convention, Republican gubernatorial candidate Janice Arnold-Jones is trying to show that she has momentum by announcing the endorsements of two…
