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 Albuquerque Journal’s Dan McKay has an amusing take on the beginning of the transition from Mayor Martin Chavez to Mayor-elect Richard “R.J.” Berry. Who’s going to get which jobs in the new administration? Dan’s got his ears open. “I’ve…
Albuquerque’s public financing system is set up so that if outside groups spend a certain amount of money on behalf of a candidate — by sending campaign mail, for example — then the other candidates will receive matching funds in the same amount. But if that mail is sent from an organization only to its members, that expenditure can’t be tracked, and therefore can’t trigger matching funds. It’s a loophole in the law that can likely never be closed because of strong First Amendment protection of free speech, experts say.
Mark your calendars now and plan to join us on Wednesday, Sept. 16 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center for a mayoral debate co-hosted by the New Mexico Independent, KUNM FM, KNME TV and the Weekly Alibi. The debate will…
Albuquerque mayoral candidate Richard Romero outlined his public safety platform for the press yesterday, saying the city needs more cops on the street, more community-based policing and quicker response times.
“We’ve had eight years of acrimony and bickering amongst the mayor and the city council. …This really is no way to do business,” says the former State Senate leader.
