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.
Democrats swung at the pitch offered up when longtime Republican Sen. Pete Domenici stepped aside and hit a grand slam Tuesday night, winning all four open congressional seats his retirement created.
Amanda Fenner of Edgewood thought she was being pranked when called Monday with news she had just won a 2008 Toyota Prius, an electioneering gift from the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund. “I thought it was somebody who was calling…
Record turnout for early voting is the lead story in most New Mexico newspapers today, but elections officials from Secretary of State Mary Herrera on down say they still expect long lines at polling stations today, the traditional Election Day.…
Gov. Bill Richardson’s name is showing up on a lot of lists these days as a potential Cabinet member should Sen. Barack Obama win the White House. One of the most popular prophecies is that Big Bill will be the…
The U.S. Justice Department is once again sending election observers to Cibola and Sandoval counties as part of an extensive, nationwide effort to monitor Tuesday’s vote.
Some 800 observers from the department’s Civil Rights Division will be deployed in…
Democrat Martin Heinrich continues to hold onto a slim lead in New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District, yet another poll is showing. Blogger Joe Monahan says in today’s “New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan” that an automated poll conducted for…
Falling gasoline prices and the faltering U.S. economy could undermine voter support for a proposed tax hike funding mass transportation projects from Belen to Taos, including the Rail Runner Express commuter train, but tax opponents and advocates alike say they have no idea how the ballot measure in two newly formed regional transit districts will fare in Tuesday’s election.
The latest volley in the battle between Republican Darren White and former Albuquerque City Councilor Martin Heinrich for New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District is a doozy, with White’s newest TV ad calling his opponent “disgraceful, dishonorable, extreme” based on Heinrich’s environmental work and associations. Heinrich’s campaign fired back that the ad is “more brazen lies” from White.
Republican calls for Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens to resign after his conviction on corruption charges this week could get the Democratic Party one crucial step closer to the cherished 60-vote margin in the U.S. Senate, and put Republicans John…
With the 2008 election cycle entering its last week, today’s headlines reflect a bit of a slowdown in political activity. On a long-distance phone call, Sen. Hillary Clinton tells The Gallup Independent that Democrat Barack…
The nonprofit group 1000 Friends of New Mexico is shutting down its operations after more than a decade of working for “sustainable development and equitable growth,” finding itself a victim of hard financial times and the competing demands for…
If Republican Sen. John McCain still holds any hope of winning New Mexico’s five electoral votes next week, it might come down to Sandoval County voters like John Vento, Mary Martinez and Ralph Giffin, voters who as recently as mid-October still didn’t know who they would support for president.
TruTouch Technologies, an Albuquerque high-tech company on the front lines of battling drunken driving, could lose a substantial contract with Bernalillo County after two of its officers apparently failed to disclose campaign contributions to Republican congressional candidate Darren White. A state ethics law may have been violated.
A few good punches were thrown but there didn’t seem to be much blood on the mat after 1st Congressional District candidates Martin Heinrich and Darren White met elbow-to-elbow Wednesday night.
A poll conducted Tuesday night for blogger and veteran political analyst Joe Monahan shows Democrat Martin Heinrich retaining his lead over Republican Darren White in the battle for New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District — and above…
The two candidates for New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District seat have been trading barbs over the airwaves and in the news media for months, but have rarely met face to face. That changes this week with three televised events and…
Jerome Block Jr. just can’t seem to get a decent headline. The Democratic candidate for the Public Regulation Commission has been fined $11,000 by Secretary of State Mary Herrera for campaign violations and must return another $10,000 in public financing,…
Weather statistics show Albuquerque and the rest of the United States were warmer than usual in 2007, and while one year does not a trend make, a new study says the higher temperatures are yet another indication that global warming…
Figures released today by the Federal Election Commission and the campaigns show both candidates in the race for New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District brought in more than $550,000 in third-quarter fundraising, but Republican Darren White has a substantial lead…
The Republican Party of New Mexico has ratcheted up its offensive in the battle to keep from losing control of New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District, running a harsh new TV ad this week that brought a quick response from an attorney for the campaign of Democrat Martin Heinrich.
