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.
Sure, New Mexico is facing a half-a-billion dollar shortfall in this year’s state budget, and a lot — I mean a lot — of debate, work and a willingness to compromise lies ahead for state lawmakers and Gov. Bill Richardson when the Legislature goes into special session Oct. 17 to address the shortfall.
Let’s look at Pennsylvania to see what happens when a budget process goes wacky and regular people get all wiggins when everything from health care clinics to educational programs aren’t funded. More …
Here’s a summary of what I’m reading this morning. Every state is swimming under a tide of new applications for food stamps, the federal program that helps the low-income with food purchases. New Mexico isn’t an exception. But one state over, Texas is at risk of losing federal food stamp money due to a high error rate and failure to process applications in a timely manner and. A federal official has suggested the nation’s second most populous state should hire a food stamp czar to correct the significant problems, reports the Austin American-Statesman. More …
Each day I try—I stress try—to read far and wide, from national newspapers to tech blogs, to keep up with the world inside and outside New Mexico. My habit makes my head hurt some days; there’s so much happening out there. Oftentimes the stuff I read has little relevance to life in New Mexico. Sometimes it does. So bear with me as I pass on the stories I find interesting each day. Maybe you’ll see connections to the Land of Enchantment and you’ll let me know. Maybe we can figure out what the news is together. More …
