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.
In a conversation with New Mexico radio reporters yesterday, Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-NM, weighed on the idea that not keeping tax cuts in place for those with incomes over $250,000 would hamper economic recovery. Most economists don’t believe it would, he said.
Three Farmington men who used a hot wire hanger to brand a swastika into the arm of a disabled Navajo man have been indicted on federal hate crimes charges. The indictment provides details about the assault that were not…
The New Mexico Department of Health is expanding its medical cannabis program with the approval of six new nonprofits that will grow the drug for patients. That brings the total number of such producers to 17.
There are currently 2,807…
The Four Corners power plant is about to be smaller and less dirty, a change that could significantly reduce the haze and high smog levels in the four corners region of New Mexico. Arizona Public Service, Inc., has announced it…
California voters declined to legalize the personal use and possession of marijuana for those 21 years old or older. Proposition 19 was defeated comfortably with 53.9 percent of the vote. Many speculated that California would once again lead the…
Unofficial Navajo Nation election results give Navajo Nation Vice President Ben Shelly the presidency, with 52.7 percent of the vote. His challenger, New Mexico state Senator Lynda Lovejoy, swept the primaries with a strong first place showing, but couldn’t muster…
Congressman Martin Heinrich, NM-CD1, won his first bid for re-election tonight. Polls showing his Republican challenger, Jon Barela, pulling ahead in the final weeks added an edge to the race, but Heinrich prevailed in the end. A primary reason, he told supporters during his victory speech, was that he didn’t hide from his record.
New Mexico political reporter–and New Mexico Independent alum–Heath Haussamen ran a story characterizing Las Cruces District Attorney Susana Martinez as a “game changer” when she announced her candidacy for Governor in July 2009.
The Haussamen piece credited New Mexico State…
New Mexico Lt. Gov. Diane Denish just made her concession speech at Albuquerque’s Hotel Andaluz, acknowledging that she would not be the winner in today’s election for governor. In her speech, Denish thanked her supporters, saying she had not called…
With 333 out of 415 precincts reporting, Congressman Martin Heinrich, NM-CD1, leads his Republican challenger, Jon Barela, 88,374 to 80,499.
Navajo Vice President Ben Shelly will be the Navajo Nation’s next president if current numbers hold, preventing New Mexico Sen. Lynda Lovejoy from becoming the nation’s first female president. With 107 out of 110 chapters reporting, Shelly led Lovejoy 32,539…
The Navajo Nation presidential contest between New Mexico State Sen. Lynda Lovejoy and Navajo Vice President Ben Shelly is a real horse race, with the candidates going neck and neck as the chapter results roll in. With 79 out of…
Two New Mexicans are vying for the top Navajo political position—current New Mexico State Senator Lynda Lovejoy, D-Crownpoint, and current Navajo Vice President Ben Shelley, who hails from Thoreau. If elected, Lovejoy would be the Nation’s first female president. Her campaign received a boost last week when Shelley—who was a tribal delegate before becoming Vice President—was caught up in charges brought by a special prosecutor against the majority of the tribal council.
A California bill that would legalize marijuana has lost support since September, according to the final poll of this election cycle by a California polling company, Field Research Corporation. The initiative to legalize marijuana enjoys a comfortable lead…
Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez’s vow to repeal New Mexico’s medical marijuana law is the subject of a new ad by the Drug Policy Alliance’s political action committee, which the group says will run statewide during the World Series, on…
In her quest to be the next president of the country’s largest American Indian tribe, New Mexico State Senator Lynda Lovejoy grapples with a question no man has faced before: Doesn’t Navajo tradition say that women should not lead…
Judges, law enforcement officials, tribal leadership and domestic violence professionals will meet Oct. 19 and 20 at the Marriott Pyramid for the first National Symposium on the Tribal Law & Order Act to learn how provisions in the…
During a town hall on Friday night, Albuquerque Congressman Martin Heinrich challenged his Republican opponent, Jon Barela, on Barela’s company’s use of a taxpayer-funded supercomputer and film tax credits.
The two squared off in a town-hall-style debate that aired on…
A group of conservation and citizen organizations served a 60-day intent to sue yesterday to the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Surface Mining for failing to conduct Endangered Species Act consultations prior to authorizing the renewal of an…
New Mexico moved up eight spots over the past year to number 22 on the 2010 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard from the nonprofit and independent American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). The report provides a comprehensive assessment of policy…
