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.
In the final days of Gov. Bill Richardson’s administration, he says that he received the go-ahead to move the State Department of Public Safety’s DNA lab from state’s largest city to the state capitol. But Governor-elect Susana Martinez says if the lab is moved she will just move the lab back in a week when after she is sworn in.
Governor-elect Susana Martinez has announced that former is her nominee to head the Department of Public Safety. Eden also previously served as division director for the Motor Vehicle Division of the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department under Gov. Gary Johnson.
“It would be a case of us asking everyone who comes in ‘Are you 21?’ and ‘Are you carrying a concealed firearm?” Al Lucero of Maria’s restaurant in Santa Fe said Monday of a bill that would allow concealed weapons in restaurants that serve beer and wine. Meanwhile, John Nardine, the general manager at Upper Crust pizza in Santa Fe, told The Independent: “I just think it’s a really bad idea.”
New Mexico Motor Transportation Division officers in Lordsburg have been targeting African-American truck drivers for detention, inspection and search, alleges a lawsuit filed in federal court (PDF) by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico.
Tension between the Senate and governor is already spewing into the public view even before the 60-day legislative session kicks off on Tuesday.
