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.
There was no news release, no public announcement, and little fanfare, but Brian Colón resigned from his position as chairman of the Democratic Party of New Mexico this weekend as expected, apparently with the intention of entering the…
When the Las Cruces-based Region VII Housing Authority shut down in August 2006, board members said the agency’s records would be sent to Region III in Albuquerque.
The chairman of the Democratic Party of New Mexico traveled to Las Cruces on May 14, 2008 to pick up documents left behind when the Region VII Housing Authority shut down in August 2006. But Brian Colón wasn’t acting in his role as party chair.
The Democratic Party is on the online offensive, pushing their Twitter account through Facebook as well as launching a new blog. With the second blog post, the party addresses the rumors about outgoing chairman Brian Colón – the…
News is all over the Internet this morning — and has been confirmed by my sources — that Brian Colón will resign his position as chairman of the Democratic Party of New Mexico later this week and announce…
Brian Colón, chairman of the Democratic Party of New Mexico, is seriously considering running for lieutenant governor next year and plans to make a decision in “less than two weeks,” according to a source with knowledge of the situation.
The Republican Party of New Mexico is attacking Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish with a TV ad that starts today — nearly a year and a half before the election, KRQE reports.
Earlier today, Democratic Party of New Mexico Chairman Brian S. Colón also responded to Steve Pearce’s announcement that he’s running for his old congressional seat.
Barack Obama held a town hall meeting in Green Bay, Wisconsin about health care reform.
Allen Weh can begin raising money to run for governor after he announced today that he’s forming what he’s calling an “exploratory committee” as he considers jumping into the 2010 race.
“We need to clean up the corruption…
With the recent additions of Iowa and Vermont (not to mention Washington D.C.) to the ranks of states that allow same-sex marriage, some New Mexico Democrats hope the Land of Enchantment joins that short list soon.
The indictments against Public Regulation Commissioner Jerome Block Jr. and his father are the latest in a parade of high-profile scandals that threaten to knock prominent Democrats off their perches. Some say the drumbeat of scandals is producing momentum for more ethics reform.
In an e-mail to supporters with the subject line “The Party of Rush,” New Mexico Democratic Party Chairman Brian Colón echoed Democratic National Committee chairman Tim Kaine, saying that “The Republicans sure seem to be having some real issues…
New Mexico Democratic Party chairman Brian Colón is going to run for a second term according to e-mails he is sending to State Central Committee members later today, according to Democracy for New Mexico.
In an Albuquerque Journal Op-Ed today, Democratic Party of New Mexico Chairman Brian Colón says political motivations are at play in the federal investigation into whether there was a pay-to-play deal between the Richardson administration and CDR Financial.
New Mexico Democratic Party of New Mexico Chairman Brian Colón spoke to me on Insight New Mexico, a weekly radio show during the legislative session on AM 1350, Albuquerque’s Air America affiliate.
And one issue that came up was Gov.…
No surprise here, of course. New Mexico’s five presidential electors have officially cast their ballots for Barack Obama.
The state’s five electoral votes — never really in doubt past 7 p.m. on Election Day — are now officially in…
When Senator-elect Tom Udall took the stage at the Albuquerque Convention Center on Tuesday night, he had to wait a few minutes before he could give his acceptance speech. There was no technology snafu or that sort of thing. The…
Democrat Tim Jennings, the state Senate’s elected leader, has drawn the ire of the governor and other members of his party for denouncing in a robocall attacks against the Senate’s minority whip, Leonard Lee Rawson, a Republican.
