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.
Sure, New Mexico is facing a half-a-billion dollar shortfall in this year’s state budget, and a lot — I mean a lot — of debate, work and a willingness to compromise lies ahead for state lawmakers and Gov. Bill Richardson when the Legislature goes into special session Oct. 17 to address the shortfall.
Let’s look at Pennsylvania to see what happens when a budget process goes wacky and regular people get all wiggins when everything from health care clinics to educational programs aren’t funded. More …
Fernando C. de Baca, who is under pressure for comments he made to a BBC reporter last week, discussed the same topic with a differnt BBC reporter last week. Here’s what he said: “I feel strongly that Hispanics will not support, in my generation and the generation around my age, are not going to support the Democratic candidate for president…”
A BBC News blogger says he quoted Bernalillo County Republican Party Chairman Fernando C. de Baca accurately and in the proper context in a recent posting that has stirred controversy.
Jon Kelly wrote in…
