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.
The concept that nuclear energy is a “green” energy was brushed aside by most Democrats on the Senate Rules committee Wednesday morning. A memorial brought by Sen. William Sharer, R-Farmington, would have directed that the state environment department acknowledge…
For your convenience, the legislative schedules for Friday, Feb. 5 are embedded after the jump.
As the CDR inquiry wound down, however, another was powering up, thanks to New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo’s office was investigating pay-to-play allegations in that state’s Comptroller’s office and it didn’t take long to stumble upon New Mexico…
Along with Berry’s victory over Chavez, one of the bigger surprises in 2009 was the inability of a large California developer to win at the Legislature.
The SunCal Corporation has plans for a huge development on the west side…
As if New Mexico didn’t have enough to digest with the state’s troubled finances and repeated scandals, residents in the state’s biggest city woke up to a new mayor after Albuquerque’s municipal elections in October.
In a big surprise,
Amid all the scandals and alleged corruption, other stories managed to compete and demand New Mexicans’ attention. One of the biggest, still-developing stories is all the red ink associated with the state’s budget, and how it’s addressed could determine…
As the year ends, it’s clear much of what occurred in 2009 will influence what happens in 2010.
Will the ongoing federal investigation into investments reveal any wrongdoing? And how will all the scandals, most of which involve Democrats, play…
Perhaps it’s hyperbole to call 2009 the year of the scandal, but not by much. As noted already, the year started off explosively.
Nearly a month to the day after President-elect Obama had nominated him as Commerce Secretary, Gov.
As 2009 draws to a close, senior Mexican officials have concluded that the deployment of 10,000 soldiers in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico this year has failed to control the violence and crime that has stricken the city over the past…
A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department study, due next month, will show there are already significant threats posed to endangered species in the region by industrial and agricultural pollutants in the four corners region.
Don’t worry, no Tiger Woods news here, just a roundup of some tidbits from Washington today.
Yesterday, Harry Teague floated an idea to end funding for TARP and use the money to pay down part of the national debt.…
To hear the Democrats tell the tale, the extension of jobless benefits enacted over the weekend will provide those living in high-unemployment states with an additional 20 weeks of insurance. But that’s impossible because of a glitch in the law.
While there are some kinks that still need to be worked out, advocates say, the mayor’s race showed the system does what it is intended to do–reduce the influence of special interest money on elections.
Medical marijuana patients and producers in New Mexico can breathe a sigh of relief this week, after the Obama administration told U.S. Attorneys on Monday to not waste resources prosecuting them, so long as they obey state laws. The next day, seven applications for non-profit medical marijuana suppliers were presented to Department of Health Secretary Alfredo Vigil. But questions about the legality of traveling with the drug remain.
Albuquerque mayoral candidate Richard Berry may have only one company listed under his name with the New Mexico Public Regulations Commission, as we reported yesterday, but on his candidate financial disclosure statement filed with the City Clerk he lists five.
Questions about Berry’s business life have been raised by incumbent mayor Martin Chavez, who put out a mail piece and radio ad saying that Berry is the owner of only one company—R.J. Berry Enterprises, LLC. And, Chavez says, that company has “…No sales, No Income, No employees, No office.”
But the City Clerk requires candidates to file a financial disclosure form that lists sources of income, and RJ Berry Enterprises is one of the sources listed by Berry.
Brian Condit, Gov. Bill Richardson’s chief of staff, has been cited in a boat accident that occurred over the weekend near Elephant Butte.
Here’s the incident report.
During the course of the mayoral campaign to date, incumbent Mayor Martin Chavez has been repeatedly questioned by his challengers about why he led the charge to overturn the city’s mayoral term limits. Chavez’s successful effort led to his…
Former New Mexico Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron’s attorney asked a judge Friday to dismiss charges against his client, saying the state Attorney General’s Office isn’t an impartial prosecutor. He added that he would call AG Gary King as…
Mayoral candidate and two-term state Rep. Richard Berry beat his opponents to the punch with a television ad this week, which is now running on cable TV stations. You can see it here.
The Democratic Party of New Mexico is going to consider “a resolution calling for and expressing support for a ‘strong public health insurance option’” according to a post on the Democratic Party’s State of the Party blog.
