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.
A rare veto override move came to a dead end Wednesday afternoon when the House Judiciary committee voted 7-4 to table a bill that would have forced state agencies to share financial data, including Medicaid spending, with the Legislative Finance…
A bill that would give New Mexico judges the option of sending defendants to treatment instead of jail for drug possession passed the House on Tuesday. This was the second time around for House bill 178, which failed…
A bill that would allow treatment instead of jail time for those charged with drug possession failed in the House on Friday by a vote of 37-33. There are a lot of conditions, but assuming a defendant is willing and…
