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.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Janice Arnold-Jones easily won a straw poll taken at Tuesday’s monthly meeting of the Quay County Republican Party.
New Mexico would be much different today if John Sanchez – not Bill Richardson – had been governor for the last seven-plus years, Sanchez says.
Another news organization has gotten its hands on a copy of former state Elections Director A.J. Salazar’s resignation letter, but the newspaper didn’t make the full letter public, and the Secretary of State’s Office still hasn’t released it.…
The Las Cruces City Council considers a sheriff’s department investigation involving City Manager Terrence Moore to be a “personal issue” at this point, Mayor Ken Miyagishima says.
Brian Moore is the first candidate for lieutenant governor to join several gubernatorial candidates in releasing campaign finance information more frequently than state law requires.
Lt. Gov. Diane Denish signed into law today a bill that will create a publicly accessible, online database of financial information from government agencies in New Mexico.
The Secretary of State’s Office is refusing to release the scathing letter A.J. Salazar provided when he resigned Friday from his job as elections director, but the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government says the document is…
A judge has agreed to dismiss the State Investment Council’s civil case against a bond attorney involved in the housing authority scandal and that attorney’s counterclaims against the state agency.
Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima says it was appropriate for the Las Cruces Police Department to ask the sheriff to take over an investigation into two incidents involving City Manager Terrence Moore and his ex-wife.
The mayor said he…
The state’s former elections director accused Secretary of State Mary Herrera in his resignation letter of violating the Governmental Conduct Act and election laws. And A.J. Salazar says he’s turned his allegations over to the attorney general,…
Since The New Mexico Independent and NMPolitics.net first reported on the sheriff taking over a Las Cruces Police Department investigation into two incidents involving City Manager Terrence Moore and his ex-wife, two other media outlets have done…
Here’s the standard disclaimer Gov. Bill Richardson’s office often gives when a report surfaces saying Richardson is a candidate for a job somewhere outside of New Mexico.
“The governor is not interested in this job and he is not…
Gov. Bill Richardson is “one of a mix” of people under consideration to head the Motion Picture Association of America, the National Journal’s “Under the Influence” is reporting.
Incumbents won re-election bids in Hatch on Tuesday but lost in Sunland Park.
Voters in the Town of Mesilla replaced 12-year incumbent Mayor Michael Cadena today, electing Trustee Nora Barraza to lead the city out of its current budget deficit.
The Las Cruces City Council is scheduled to meet behind closed doors Monday to discuss personnel matters related to City Manager Terrence Moore. Councilor Gill Sorg said he believes issues being looked into by the sheriff’s department are among the topics that will be discussed.
With three months to go before the June primary, the state’s elections director has resigned. A.J. Salazar quit his job as the state’s top elections officer Friday, effectively immediately, according to James Flores, spokesman for the Secretary of State’s…
As promised, Republican gubernatorial candidate Pete Domenici Jr. released detailed information Monday about campaign contributions he’s received to-date, and his fundraising thus far has topped $260,000. That includes a $50,000 contribution Domenici gave himself. Contributions he raised from others added…
The Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Department is taking over a Las Cruces Police Department investigation into two incidents involving City Manager Terrence Moore and his ex-wife. The case transfer comes after the district attorney raised concerns about LCPD investigating a case involving its own boss and urged the transfer.
Gov. Bill Richardson was in Las Cruces Saturday to sign into law the Whistleblower Protection Act, funding for the Las Cruces downtown tax increment development district and colonias, and a spaceport-related bill.
