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.
Because of the increase in early and absentee voting, The Associated Press will no longer report vote totals as “precincts reporting,” Hotline On Call reports. Instead, the AP will report election results with percentages of the “expected vote.”
“Some counties,…
Arizona politicians have described the border country as a “war zone,” justifying their state’s controversial new law requiring residents to carry papers proving citizenship or immigration status.
But the border country is “one of the safest parts of America, and it’s getting safer,” the AP reported Thursday, describing an internal Customs and Border Protection study obtained with the Freedom of Information Act. In fact, violent attacks against Border Patrol agents declined in 2009. More …
In Washington, President Obama has overhauled the nation’s nuclear policy, including for the first time declaring that the U.S. won’t use nuclear weapons against nonnuclear states that aren’t trying to acquire such weapons, even if they attack the U.S. using…
According to the Associated Press, Governor Bill Richardson is leaning towards a veto of the food tax. The AP cites Deputy Chief of Staff Gilbert Gallegos.
The nation’s governors and state school chiefs will propose standards Wednesday for what students should learn in English and math, from kindergarten through high school, a crucial step in President Obama’s campaign to raise academic standards across the…
Here’s something New Mexico state officials can back up with experience: predicting revenues in this recession are incredibly difficult, says Stateline.org. Indiana hasn’t produced an accurate monthly tax revenue estimate in over a year. The state has never been…
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has proposed changing the way the that state’s $120 billion pension fund is managed and regulated. That pension fund has emerged as an epicenter of corruption with a big New Mexico angle: Saul Meyer,…
New Hampshire’s bid to become the 14th state to legalize medical marijuana fell two votes short Wednesday, according to the Associated Press.
For the upcoming 2011 fiscal year, which starts next July, New Mexico must climb out of a deep financial hole. Barry Massey of the Associated Press has written an analysis of the state’s budget situation, and he gives us all some sobering facts to ponder.
Gov. Bill Richardson is turning to an obscure financial vehicle — “sponge bonds” – to help fix New Mexico’s budget problems without a tax increase, the Associated Press is reporting today.
The governor proposes to issue $135 million in…
Gov. Bill Richardson spent just under $139,000 for dinners and receptions at the Governor’s Mansion last year, The Associated Press reports today. Among the thousands of guests entertained: movie stars George Clooney and Robert Duvall.
Workers at New Mexico courts could face furloughs if a state budget agreement calls for 5 percent cuts, the Associated Press reports today.
Gov. Bill Richardson and state lawmakers are negotiating how to close a budget shortfall of more…
Both the Albuquerque Journal and the Associated Press are reporting that Marc Correra shared in $22 million in third-party marketer fees, a much larger total than the $16 million previously reported.
What I will remember for a long time is the press conference where Gov. Bill Richardson signed the abolition bill into law last March. The governor gave some of us in the media who attended the ceremony an unexpected glimpse into his private struggles over the rightness of his decision.
