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 plans to attend President Obama’s town hall on credit card debt, scheduled for this Thursday morning at Rio Rancho high school, the Albuquerque Journal reports this morning.
NMI plans to liveblog from the event with a panel of experts on credit card debt, starting slightly before the 10 a.m. forum. Join us! More …
The credit cardholder’s bill of rights, H.R. 627, passed the House today on a vote of 357-70. All three members of New Mexico’s delegation voted with the majority to pass the bill.
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján, a northern New Mexico Democrat, announced that he signed on as a cosponsor the Credit Cardholder’s Bill of Rights, H.R. 627. U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney is the lead sponsor on the bill.
The legislation, which…
