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.
The Albuquerque City Council unanimously voted Monday night to override Mayor Martin Chavez’s veto of a bill that placed ten city charter amendments on the fall municipal ballot. The bill has originally passed the Council on a six to three vote.
A panel tasked with recommending changes to Albuquerque’s city charter sent councilors a message Thursday night: If you want to change how the city regulates election-year activity, do it yourself. That decision came after nearly two hours of debate before the normally sleepy Albuquerque Charter Review Task Force.
As part of our continuing effort to give NMI readers a window into the inner workings of government, we plan to webcast and live blog from the Albuquerque Charter Review Task Force meeting scheduled for tonight at City Hall.
Several groups have sent a letter to Albuquerque’s Charter Review Task Force to protest a proposed amendment that they say would “limit the free speech of nonprofit organizations operating in Albuquerque.”
The one-page letter, which was made public Wednesday,…
