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.
U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman signed onto a letter with Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., announcing opposition to the budget bill passed by the House because of large cuts to border security that would cut 870 Border Patrol agents and $272 million in funds for surveillance systems along the United States’ border with Mexico.
The U.S. Senate will use the framework of Sen. Jeff Bingaman’s, D-N.M., so-called “energy-only” bill instead of the more comprehensive climate change bill written by Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.,
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s announcement about the framework of the Senate’s version of health care reform legislation is the dominant story out of Washington D.C. from yesterday. But we’re following a few other non-public option stories.
Two public option amendments offered by Sens. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.V., and Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., failed in the Senate Finance Committee because of unanimous opposition by Republicans and some opposition by Democratic senators. New Mexico’s Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-Silver City, voted…
According to a live blog of the Senate Finance Committee’s markup of the health care reform bill, New Mexico Senator Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., does not support a public option that is tied to Medicare for two years, as Senator Jay…
