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 future of the Internet could hinge on a decision by the Federal Communications Commission on how the government can regulate the Internet. For New Mexico, the decision could effect tens of millions of dollars in federal funds earmarked for expanding broadband access. Both Harry Teague and Steve Pearce say the FCC’s proposed regulatory change would be the wrong one, though for different reasons.
New Mexico’s financially strapped school districts could have received $15 million in “additional bonus money” if Gov. Bill Richardson hadn’t vetoed a measure that would have directed federal stimulus funds to education. But the governor’s office says legislators overstepped their bounds and only governors–not legislatures–can appropriate federal money. Meanwhile, schools are strapped for cash.
A study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) finds that the stimulus package helped lift tens of thousands of New Mexicans over the poverty line. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) also helped more…
A just-published survey of Medicaid directors in all 50 states shows that New Mexico officials aren’t alone in fretting about how to adequately fund the government’s low-income health insurance program. More …
ProPublica, the nonprofit investigative news organization, has updated a chart that examines how transparent states are with federal stimulus dollars in their respective jurisdictions.
New Mexico gets an underwhelming rating for the website created to keep track of funding…
Albuquerque officials are arguing that the state’s largest city isn’t benefiting sufficiently from federal stimulus dollars. But former New Mexico Gov. Toney Anaya, who was appointed by Gov. Bill Richardson to administer New Mexico’s office of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), disagrees.
Juan Sky of Clearly New Mexico covers the progress of the Waxman-Markey climate bill currently working its way through Congress, and asks if we can expect “more corporate welfare for polluters.”
