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 national news today, the Securities and Exchange Commission says “Whoops! Sorry about that!” and admits it was totally playing Minesweeper the whole time Bernie Madoff was bilking Indiana pension funds of their millions.
Also, $2.7 billion fell out of Morgan Stanley’s pocket on the way to the subway this morning. The head of Housing and Urban Development told Congress it completely effed up its program to help homeowners stay out of foreclosure; only 312 people have applied for aid through HUD’s Hope for Homeowners since October. And a Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that 63 percent of Americans say they’ve already been hurt by the recession, which the paper rather humorously calls a “downturn.”
But wait! Slate says “the recession is the best thing that could have happened to Barack Obama.” You’ll want to read that one. Also, Barack Obama is Time’s Person of the Year. (Sarkozy and Palin were runners up.)
Meanwhile, it’s still snowy in New Mexico. More …
Tuesday’s lawsuit filed by SouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP) and the Center for Civic Policy’s New Mexico Youth Organized (NMYO) is their attempt to stop what the lawsuit calls the “chilling effect” the state agencies’ action has had on their right to free speech.
No surprise here, of course. New Mexico’s five presidential electors have officially cast their ballots for Barack Obama.
The state’s five electoral votes — never really in doubt past 7 p.m. on Election Day — are now officially in…
Well, some offices and schools are closing early today because of snow, leading many to wish this were happening next week instead. Many of you have perhaps been consulting the National Weather Service for information on how long this snow…
With New Mexico Attorney General Gary King refusing to explain why he believes two nonprofits’ activities have crossed the line between issue advocacy and political campaigning, a lawmaker is trying to compel an official opinion from King. But almost three months since the request was made, King’s office hasn’t responded.
Oh, to be a fly on this wall. Retiring U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici , R-N.M., and Tom Udall, the Democrat who will replace him on Jan. 4, met today in Washington. Among the things they discussed, according to Domenici’s office, were Udall’s transition from the U.S. House to his new job.
New Mexico will lose decades of experience and seniority in the U.S. House and Senate when the new Congress convenes next month, posing great challenges for the new delegation tasked with protecting the state’s interests in Washington.
Does the never-ending Minnesota Senate race recount between Democratic challenger Al Franken and Republican incumbent Norm Coleman have you ripping your hair out? Are you secretly enjoying this nice extension of…
The nonprofit group known as Freedom’s Watch is now disbanding, according to PolitickerNV.
The group was hyped as the latest in a long line of conservative answers to Move On, the liberal advocacy group. The nonprofit aired…
Well, either everybody’s hard at work today or they’re doing absolutely nothing because the blogs have been relatively quiet this morning.
All I really care about is the possibility that it may snow, but Steve Stucker at KOB.com is blogging…
Once again the nature of New Mexico’s unpaid, volunteer legislature is threatening to limit the kind of people who are able to serve. Case in point: Karen Giannini, the upset Democratic winner of a House seat in Albuquerque’s Northeast Heights.
Given the intensity with which Barack Obama was attacked for his association with former Weather Underground leader Bill Ayers during the campaign — most famously by vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, who accused Obama of “palling around…
On Monday, Karen Giannini sent out a call for help. The representative-elect from District 30 sent an e-mail explaining a tough predicament: Her employer had denied a request for a 60-day leave of absence that would allow her to…
Yes, we’re in a serious recession, but Barack Obama and Joe Biden still think you should do your holiday shopping with the DNC. So is this where I should send the last little bit of that stimulus check I got this year? Come to think about it, I haven’t spent the $40 I got from New Mexico yet. Maybe I’ll buy a couple of these with that.
Steve Fischmann says he’s taking “a positive view” of the economic woes New Mexico is facing because of the huge drop in oil and gas prices. The Democratic state senator-elect and businessman from Las Cruces says that such times force organizations to think creatively about what’s working and what isn’t.
Gov. Bill Richardson demonstrated one of his many skills Wednesday during a short speech after President-elect Barack Obama had nominated him as U.S. Commerce Secretary: that of bilingualism.
Richardson is perfectly bilingual in English and in Spanish, which likely will…
From today’s Washington Times:
Hoping to tap in to an inaugural bonanza, the D.C. Council Tuesday night voted 12-1 to push back last call to 5 a.m. and allow bars and restaurants to serve food around the clock during
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It is something that Republicans, including a number of those in New Mexico, wish would just go away. According to Public Record writer Jason Leopold, a grand jury has issued subpoenas in a probe into the firing of U.S.…
Gov. Bill Richardson (whom Wonkette calls “stately, plump”) is expected to be formally nominated Secretary of Commerce at 9:40 am MST and the Journal has worked itself into a predictable froth of slideshows etc. Richardson will be…
When Bill Richardson leaves the New Mexico governor’s mansion to become U.S. secretary of commerce, his Democratic lieutenant governor, Diane Denish, will take over where he left off. Although the two certainly have different governing styles, their policy…
