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.
Green Party activists are suing Secretary of State Mary Herrera to win spots on this November’s election ballot after a would-be candidate was turned away from registering for a congressional race last month. Candidates for the Green Party failed to win enough votes in 2008 election races to automatically keep the party on the ballot for 2010, Deputy Secretary of State Don Francisco Trujillo II said Friday.
As Heath Haussamen reported here May 29, Alan Woodruff, a Libertarian candidate for Congress, has filed a federal lawsuit aimed at erasing New Mexico regulations that make it difficult for minor parties to get on the ballot. And the Greens were party to the challenge. Good for them.
A man who says he’s running for New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District seat next year is suing the secretary of state in an attempt to void laws that make it more difficult for minor-party candidates to get on the…
