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.
For those of you who have heard about, but not seen the letter acting U.S. Attorney Greg Fouratt sent to defense attorneys last week, read it for yourself here.
“As the Governor and I have said from the beginning, we acted appropriately and ethically at all times and a fair and impartial investigation would bear out those facts,” Dave Contarino, Gov. Bill Richardson’s former chief of staff, said in…
In a letter sent to witnesses before the grand jury investigating accusations of pay to play in Gov. Richardson’s administration, United States attorney, Gregory J. Fouratt said that while criminal charges weren’t forthcoming, “pressure from the governor’s office resulted in the corruption of the procurement process” and that the letter “should not be interpreted as exoneration of any party’s conduct in that matter, the New York Times reported late Thursday night.
What happens when you gather one Trip Jennings of NMI, Steven Robert Allen of Common Cause New Mexico, Gabe Sanchez of UNM’s political science department, and yours truly, around KNME’s table?
That’s easy… a wide-ranging discussion of…
CDR Financial Products is the company at the center of the investigation involving Gov. Bill Richardson and the New Mexico Finance Authority.
As we’ve mentioned, CDR received a lucrative contract with NMFA, despite the fact that it did not rank…
Gov. Bill Richardson’s charmed political life — he’s arguably New Mexico’s most successful politician ever as well as the nation’s most prominent Latino politician — has at least temporarily lost its charm. And his career is on the ropes pending the outcome of a federal investigation into pay-to-play allegations. But could the current scandal provide him the perfect opportunity to get back up and fight on?
Gov. Bill Richardson is withdrawing his name for consideration as U.S. Commerce Secretary, citing a federal investigation into a California company being investigated by the FBI. A call by the Independent to the governor’s spokesman was not immediately returned.
Gov. Bill Richardson ignored reporters’ questions Tuesday about an ongoing federal investigation into how a California consultant won $1.5 million in fees from a state finance authority after it contributed to two of the governor’s political action committees.
Richardson’s refusal to answer questions…
