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. Bill Richardson on Thursday said he would order nearly 20,000 state workers to take five furlough days. He also pledged to axe 1,000 vacant state jobs and make cuts at the agencies under his control. But state lawmakers said he could have averted some of the pain by taking action earlier this year.
Congressman Martin Heinrich is among the “endangered Democratic Members” of Congress who are receiving thanks from Health Care for America Now and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), according to Roll Call. Heinrich is among 20…
The state Senate passed a campaign contributions bill this morning. The vote was 38-0, an easy passage by any standard for a piece of legislation.
But before you think it caps contributions to political candidates in legislative and statewide races,…
