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.
Last week, a number of publications reported on research about “Halloween sadism”, the deliberate poisoning or tampering of candy in order to harm children. The research claims that the phenomenon appears to be a myth, with most outlets calling it an urban myth.
Before protestors were placed under arrest and escorted by police through the University of New Mexico, they shouted to their future apprehenders “Cops are the 99 percent!” More than a glib rhetorical device aimed at making their voices heard,…
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today signed an agreement with the IRS and nine state agencies to “improve departmental efforts to end the business practice of misclassifying employees in order to avoid providing employment protections.” A Department of Labor press release adds that “signatory states are Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Utah and Washington
The New Mexico Independen is now participating in a liveblog with the KUNM Government Project to cover the action in the final days of the legislative session.
Amid the backdrop of newspapers shedding jobs and narrowing news coverage, the Texas-New Mexico Newspapers Partnership is expanding its news operation to Santa Fe. The Daily News announced that Milan Simonich will report for the eight-paper partnership from the Roundhouse, beginning with the upcoming legislative session, the first for Governor-elect Susana Martinez.
Rumors of Bill Richardson replacing Hillary Clinton exploded across the internet today and appear to have been started by a report from Examiner.com and have been falsely attributed to Washington Examiner — which is unrelated to Examiner.com — by Fox News, among other outlets.
Susana Martinez announced Thursday that former Representative Heather Wilson will lead her transition team.
This is the first of what will be many announcements about the new administration.
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The League of Women Voters has comprehensive guide to the election, including profiles of the candidates and the races. We’ve got it embedded here:
The New Mexico Independent’s fifth weekly podcast includes a discussion of the state budget, New Mexico’s new plan to track childhood obesity rates and the latest news on the Arizona immigration law.
New Mexico Independent senior reporter Trip Jennings joined…
In the third installment of the weekly Independent Insider podcast, Independent writers discussed health care, the governor’s race and Carol Sloan’s day at the Supreme Court.
To listen to the podcast, click on the player to the right or…
In The Independent’s second weekly podcast, we discuss Tom Mullins‘ suggestion about putting land mines on the border, John McCain’s stealth fundraiser for Jon Barela and more!
That’s right! We’re podcasting. This afternoon, New Mexico Independent editor Gwyneth Doland, reporter Matthew Reichbach and contributor Larry Behrens discussed some New Mexico news and politics issues on the first installment of a weekly Independent Insider podcast.
Criminal charges against one Public Regulation Commission (PRC) commissioner, the conviction earlier this month of another on two felony charges, a costly sexual harassment lawsuit, the hiring of a convicted embezzler, and repeated violations of the Open Meetings Act…
As the convention wrapped up with an hourlong address by and Q&A with Sarah Palin — broadcast live on CNN, Fox, MSNBC and C-Span — it was clear that the organizer’s massive and controversial gamble had mostly paid off. More than 200 members of the media had descended on Nashville to write probing stories on the Tea Party Movement.
The free market folks at the Rio Grande Foundation have launched an investigative news Web site, New Mexico Watchdog.
Though New Mexico has seen one of the more infamous drunk driving cases in its history last Sunday, the Los Angeles Times reports that New Mexico may have turned the corner on our state’s notorious drunk driving problem.
Santa Fe New Mexican politics reporter Steve Terrell has a blog post today that concludes the grudge between the Clintons and Gov. Bill Richardson is still going strong.
During remarks about the nation’s national debt and annual deficit at today’s Rio Rancho Town Hall, President Obama took the media to task for only paying attention to earmarks in the federal budget when there are much larger problems, namely…
Massachusetts U.S. Sen. John Kerry is going to hold hearings in the Senate Commerce Committee on the plight of newspapers according to the Boston Globe.
While people are increasingly getting their news from the internet, the number of those writing the news in traditional newsrooms continues to plummet. After a loss of 5,900 jobs, the American Society of News Editors (ASNE) said newsrooms…
The New Mexico Independent’s fifth weekly podcast includes a discussion of the state budget, New Mexico’s new plan to track childhood obesity rates and the latest news on the Arizona immigration law.
