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.
John Sanchez won the Republican primary for lieutenant governor on Tuesday night, beating out state Sen. Kent Cravens and former state Rep. Brian Moore in the Republican primary on Tuesday.
Set your DVR now for 7 p.m. Friday night when KNME’s New Mexico in Focus will air a panel discussion with almost all of the candidates running for lieutenant governor. Correspondent Sarah Gustavus will sit down with Democrats Jose Campos,…
This week the Santa Fe Reporter, the city’s liberal-leaning alternative weekly paper, published its endorsements, including Janice Arnold-Jones in the Republican primary for governor, Adam Kokesh over Tom Mullins in the congressional race and Jerry Ortiz y Pino in the…
The Independent will be on hand at the Albuquerque Hilton Saturday at noon to live blog the 2010 Republican Party pre-primary convention, where candidates for office will vie for enough votes to be placed on the primary election ballot.
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New Mexico would be much different today if John Sanchez – not Bill Richardson – had been governor for the last seven-plus years, Sanchez says.
Brian Moore is the first candidate for lieutenant governor to join several gubernatorial candidates in releasing campaign finance information more frequently than state law requires.
Lawrence Rael became today the first candidate in the lieutenant governor’s race to spend money on television ads. The Democrat is out with an ad that focuses on his “ability to build relationships for a better New Mexico,” according to…
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is bringing a lawsuit against Clayton Ranch Market, a grocery store owned by Republican lieutenant governor candidate Brian Moore and his wife Linda, according to the Quay County Sun. The lawsuit claims the store…
Former state Rep. Brian Moore of Clayton today became the first Republican to announce that he is running for lieutenant governor.
The New Mexico Food Gap Task Force is expected to submit its first report to Gov. Bill Richardson today. The panel’s members want the state to pay for fresh fruits and veggies in schools, and to help rural communities gain access to fresh foods. But with state revenues plummeting, will they be able to wrangle the cash?
