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 Census Bureau came out with their latest information on Internet access in the United States. The numbers, from 2007, show that New Mexico is still behind many states when it comes to residents having access to the Internet.
Ross Douthat, (pronounced DOW-thut), a 29-year-old writer and editor at The Atlantic, has been hired to replace Bill Kristol, who left the New York Times one year after his opinion pieces began appearing in the paper.
“[Douthat's] writing steers away…
The Obama administration is now accepting public comments on a plan to ditch a Bush administration rule (pdf) that would have severely limited access to women’s reproductive health services.
“In what may be the beginning of a long-term trend which ultimately evolves into full, live courtroom broadcasts, several federal judges have begun to allow live audio streams and real-time blogging from within their courtrooms, and in some instances even…
In 2007, Lt. Gov. Diane Denish and state Sen. Mary Kay Papen accused House Speaker Ben Lujan of trying to torpedo their attempt to reform the state’s affordable housing system. But this year, he’s shepherding their housing authority reform bill through the House for them.
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.
The total infusion of federal money to rescue our economy so far totals more than the annual gross domestic product of every national economy in the world except the United States, the European Union and China. According to the New…
As Nov. 4 approaches, Ricardo Luna and Joseph Lange may well symbolize the ongoing change in a culture group largely responsible for President Bush’s victories in 2000 and 2004 — evangelicals. One is considering casting his ballot for Barack Obama. The other is voting for John McCain.
Businesses in the Mexican border city of Juarez not only are closing and cutting back hours because of a steep drop in tourism, but say they are also being forced out of businesses because they are paying extortion money to…
What makes more sense: constructing 45 new nuclear power plants around the nation or encouraging construction of energy-efficient buildings instead?
The Santa Fe-based nonprofit Architecture 2030 says doing the latter not only makes more sense, but will save…
The Nobel Prize for literature this year has been awarded to a French writer whose name may not be well known in Albuquerque but who may be in the next booth over next time you visit the Frontier Restaurant, enjoying…
Perhaps the most poetic definition of campaign politics was once offered up by former New Mexico Gov. Dave Cargo: “We see a lot of lightning, we hear a lot of thunder, but we feel very little rain.”
It’s time to…
CQ Politics has changed New Mexico from a toss-up to the ranks of Lean Obama.
This is the first time this cycle that New Mexico is no longer considered a state with “no clear favorite” on the presidential level…
According to a Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll, Harry Teague leads in the Congressional District 2 race, though the lead is within the margin of error — but on the outside range of that margin of error.
The poll…
The average American may feel left behind by Wall Street and Capitol Hill. But in fact a majority of Americans have at least a small stake in Wall Street and consequently a stake in the outcome of the bailout plan forged by the Bush administration and refined by Congress.
A firestorm of controversy was set off earlier this month when Michigan Messenger quoted a Michigan Republican Party chairman about using a list of foreclosed homes in an effort to block people people from voting. New Mexico Republicans tell the Independent they have no intention of doing that.
According to The Associated Press (AP), Bill Richardson still owes a little under $250,000 in debt from his presidential campaign which he disbanded earlier this year after a poor showing in the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary.…
