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.
The Albuquerque Journal had a stellar, two-part report this weekend about a top manager at the state Department of Transportation. (Click here for Part 1 and here for Part 2.)
To get you interested, here are the first few paragraphs…
Get ready for a bumpy ride. New Mexico’s roads may be a rough patch. Projected revenues for the State Road fund are between $340 million to $360 million for the year that ends June 30, state transportation officials told state…
I hope that the sort of NIMBYism that foils so many public works projects doesn’t rear its ugly, selfish head this time, because a new I-25 exit at Richards Avenue is really a necessity.
Hmmmm. That’s really interesting. That was my reaction to reading two great stories by the Albuquerque Journal’s Colleen Heild on Sunday. If you want to check them out, click here and here.
Colleen’s stories are the latest to…
Transportation Secretary Rhonda Faught is seriously contemplating leaving the post Gov. Bill Richardson appointed her to more than five years ago. Faught told the Independent on Thursday that she is pondering retirement and has submitted a form to an agency that administers the pensions of public employees.
