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.
Governor Richardson said in a press release Friday that 10,00 full and part time jobs are the result of federal stimulus money. In a breakdown of the numbers 7,372 people got full or part time jobs in the last quarter…
A package of green jobs bills before the Legislature could be key to how New Mexico uses federal stimulus money. The final federal package provides potentially $1.15 billion for green jobs training, in a larger $113.5 billion package to stimulate a clean energy economy.
If you were watching C-SPAN Wednesday during the debate in the U.S. House about the economic stimulus package, you probably noticed a new talking point coming from the Republicans.
The Republicans, every single one, voted against the bill. Instead, they…
The $825 billion federal stimulus proposal presented by House Democrats this week proposed $275 billion in tax cuts and $550 billion in spending. That’s $25 billion less in tax cuts than the figure President-elect Obama has used in recent weeks.
Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez wants $1.6 billion from Barack Obama. Well, not in the way that Rod Blagojevich wanted money from politicians, but rather for the city government he leads.
KOB-TV reported that Chavez sent over the wish list…
