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.
Gov. Susana Martinez said she’s still angry at the New Mexico Gas Company over the fact that areas of the state did not have natural gas as of Tuesday. Meanwhile, state Sen.Carlos Cisneros, D-Questa, requested an investigation from the Attorney General’s office on the causes of the crisis.
When it came from the House, the budget called for $300 million dollars more than the state had. To make the numbers add up the House passed controversial tax measures. But the Senate Finance Committee dropped a surtax on high earners and a temporary increase in the gross receipts tax in favor of reinstating the tax on non-staple foods, cutting education and other measures.
Ruidoso Downs racetrack could see its state taxes drop by $2.5 million over several years if legislation filed last week becomes law.
But unlike in recent years, when similar bills were filed, this time around voters in Ruidoso likely will…
The Health Security Act received strong endorsements from its sponsors at a press conference at the Roundhouse on Tuesday. Adoption of the act would trigger a three-year process for implementing a comprehensive plan that would provide everyone in New Mexico health care coverage.
When the Legislature convenes today, senators will decide whether to sustain a bipartisan coalition that has been the only check on the governor’s power — or take a new direction under leadership that many believe will be friendlier to Bill Richardson and his agenda.
Advocates for reproductive freedom say they plan to push again this year for passage of a state Freedom of Choice Act that would repeal an old abortion ban and cement decades worth of laws protecting access to contraception and abortion.
Steve Fischmann says he’s taking “a positive view” of the economic woes New Mexico is facing because of the huge drop in oil and gas prices. The Democratic state senator-elect and businessman from Las Cruces says that such times force organizations to think creatively about what’s working and what isn’t.
“If they bust me up, so be it. I’ve been on the back row before,” state Sen. Tim Jennings told me last month.
State Senate Democrats made public their intention to do just that on Sunday by…
