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 fallout from the investigation into the case of Las Cruces’s Third District Court Judge Michael Murphy has proven to have not only political ramification but practical ones as well. So far this year, there have been five murders in the Las Cruces area; none of the cases, though, are ready for trial. Overall, more than a dozen individuals in Doña Ana County are awaiting trial on murder charges (some cases going as far back as 1998), but actually getting those defendants into court could take years.
Police have been called to remove two Republican poll challengers in Las Cruces for being disruptive according to NMPolitics.net.
This comes hours after The Independent reported on Republican poll challengers being warned by the Doña Ana County clerk’s…
Disruptive Republican poll challengers at six precincts in Doña Ana County have been “reprimanded” and warned that they will be removed from polling precincts if they continue to behave inappropriately, Doña Ana County Deputy Clerk Mario O. Jimenez III told…
A Doña Ana County long-term care company and three individuals have been indicted on 26 felony Medicaid fraud charges, Attorney General Gary King’s Medicaid Fraud and Elder Abuse Division (MFEAD) announced Wednesday.
The longstanding battle over who owns the state’s more than 1,900 voting tabulators – the counties or the state – appears settled, and none too soon with this year’s elections fast approaching. A bill Gov. Bill Richardson signed into law…
Doña Ana County Assessor Gary Perez says he’s considering running for a seat on the state’s Public Regulation Commission and will make a final decision this week.
“I am exploring the possibility at this time and I will make…
The secretary of state has appointed Doña Ana County’s new elections supervisor to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC).
Secretary of State Mary Herrera made the announcement today that she’s picked Bob Bartelsmeyer to serve with her…
Voters overwhelmingly approved the selling of beer and wine in unincorporated areas of Doña Ana County in an election held yesterday.
With all results in except 33 provisional ballots that have yet to be considered, the serving of…
Politico has a list of 25 key counties to watch for the presidential election. And two New Mexico counties are near the top of the list. Here they are, according to Politico:
3) Bernalillo County: Home to about one-third
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Despite what Doña Ana County said on Monday, nearly 4,000 absentee ballots haven’t been returned to the Bureau of Elections. At this point, it’s certain some people who tried to vote won’t be able to do it. How many people is the question. And that has left some worrying that the people who don’t get to vote could be the difference in a close race.
Statistics released today by the Doña Ana County Bureau of Elections indicate that, as of this morning, 633 people who requested absentee ballots had yet to vote, suggesting that problems here may not be as great as many…
A non-partisan voter protection group is recommending that those who haven’t yet received absentee ballots that they requested instead vote early today, and they’re especially concerned about the situation in Doña Ana County.
Election Protection, a group made…
With the 2008 election cycle entering its last week, today’s headlines reflect a bit of a slowdown in political activity. On a long-distance phone call, Sen. Hillary Clinton tells The Gallup Independent that Democrat Barack…
Is Doyle Pruitt, the Republican candidate for a seat on the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners, lying about whether he’s ever served as an elected official?
The evidence suggests he is, and Pruitt, in a brief…
The local and national media provided a one-two punch last week about the prospects of southern New Mexico’s south valley being a decisive factor in this year’s presidential election.
On Thursday, Jose Z. Garcia of New Mexico State University…
