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.
Time magazine today published an interview with N.M. Sen. Pete Domenici on the historic passage of his mental-health parity bill last week. Part of the beyond-massive bailout bill, it culminated a 12-year quest on his part, along with becoming…
U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici was packing his bags for New Mexico this morning, while still fielding calls from House leaders requesting help to persuade skeptics of the Senate’s economic bailout package. “They’re still calling around, so it makes me wonder,” Domenici said of House leaders in an interview with the New Mexico Independent today. “I thought they had it taken care of.”
The U.S. Senate by a vote of 74-25 passed the $700 billion financial bailout bill Wednesday night, with New Mexico’s Senators Pete Domenici and Jeff Bingaman voting in favor. In the minutes leading up to the vote, Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., singled out Domenici for praise.
