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.
In the wake of the largest oil spill in American history, British Petroleum has agreed to create a $20 billion escrow fund for claims from the spill. BP has also agreed to halt dividend payments to shareholders for the…
Sure, there’s been talk of using unmanned aerial drones to monitor the border, but Republican congressional candidate Tom Mullins has found himself in a bit of hot water over offering a proposal to put land mines on the United States…
A group that tries to promote “men’s rights” is targeting Rep. Ben Ray Luján over his support for the International Violence Against Women Act. In a press release issued this week the Luján campaign called the group named Abusegate, Investigate…
Rep. Ben Ray Luján and dozens of other members of Congress sent a letter to Tony Hayward, the CEO of BP, calling on the company to halt a $10 billion dividend payment to stockholders. Luján and the other members of…
Steve Pearce and Tom Mullins won the two contested Congressional primaries in New Mexico. Both are Republicans who will challenge Democratic incumbents in the 2nd and 3rd Congressional Districts, respectively.
Congress and the White House have reached a compromise on repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell,” the policy that says openly gay men and women can’t serve in the military. The measure is moving quickly and could soon come to…
Threats on members of Congress increased by 300 percent in the first few months of 2010, an investigation by The Politico has found. According to FBI documents, most of the suspects are men who own guns and have recently undergone stressful…
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján is joining the House Committee on Natural Resources. The freshman Democrat will continue to serve on the House Committee on Science and Technology.
Reps. Harry Teague, Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan all told The Independent they oppose the newly-signed Arizona law, calling it racial profiling and an breach of individual privacy rights. The three also said that the law shows the need…
All five members of the New Mexico delegation voiced their support for naming the Department of Interior building after the late Stewart Udall. Not only did Udall serve as the Secretary of the Interior for eight years, but he is…
Tom Mullins, a Republican who is running against Rep. Ben Ray Lujan in the 3rd Congressional District announced that he raised over $26,000 in the first quarter of 2010. Mullins announced the results on his campaign blog, where he…
Republican congressional candidate Adam Kokesh raised a little more than $57,000 in the first three months of 2010 according to his Federal Elections Commission campaign finance report. Kokesh has $12,000 cash on hand.
Congressman Ben Ray Luján reported raising about $150,000 in the first quarter of 2010 according to a campaign finance report filed with the Federal Elections Commission. Luján had $375,000 cash on hand at the end of March, according to…
Representative Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., does not believe that President Barack Obama’s idea to open up some coastal areas to oil and gas drilling is the best energy idea, saying, “Even if offshore drilling is expanded those resources will…
The current process of health care reform came to a crescendo this week when both the House and Senate voted for a health care reform package. Though many have concentrated on portions of the bill such as the ban for…
Sen.Tom Udall and Rep. Ben Ray Lujan have created a YouTube video in support of a proposal to bring ultra-fast broadband Internet to Farmington. Google is offering ultra-high speed Internet service “at a competitive price” for between 50,000…
Three Republican congressional candidates from New Mexico are denouncing acts and threats of violence that, thus far, have been aimed mostly at House Democrats who have supported health-care reform legislation.
The United States House of Representatives voted to pass a sweeping health care reform bill Sunday evening. The bill passed on a 219-212 vote.
Representative Harry Teague voted against the bill as he had announced late last…
Former United States Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall passed away Saturday of natural causes. He was 90.
Udall is also the father of current U.S. Senator Tom Udall, D-N.M., and the uncle of U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo.
The Congressional Budget Office today released its long awaited score on a health care reform bill that is in front of Congress. The score ended up being a boost for supporters of the bill, as the CBO predicted the…
