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.
Incumbent Gary King appears to have prevailed over Republican challenger and Clovis District Attorney Matt Chandler after a heated race for the New Mexico attorney general’s office.
Federal agents told to ‘back off’ after crowding Acoma voters
The U.S. Justice Department has announced it will send agents to monitor some polling places in Texas after tea party and Republican Party-certified poll challengers allegedly harassed dozens of early voters and poll officials.
Tea party activists are fanning out across…
Office issues last-minute extension on 5 p.m. deadline; pledging an end to an era of waivers, Herrera will require all candidates to file reports
Former Albuquerque Journal sportswriter Andy Katz, currently a college basketball analyst for ESPN, was asked to join President-elect Barack Obama’s team Tuesday night. It wasn’t a cabinet position for Katz, but a chance to play alongside Obama in a pickup…
In tough economic times, it would be easy to anticipate that any measure on the ballot to raise taxes would sink. But New Mexico must love its Rail Runner. And voters must love libraries and parks and the bike paths…
Early voting is in its second week and still no presidential endorsement from the state’s largest newspaper. So why has the Albuquerque Journal waited so long to endorse?
In Time magazine’s “Races to Watch ’08″ section of its Web site, and presumably in its upcoming print issue, the CD1 race between Democrat Martin Heinrich and Republican Darren White is mentioned prominently. Under the headline: “A New Mexico…
Six weeks before the presidential vote, the forgotten debacle of New Mexico’s Democratic caucus last February is casting a shadow on preparations for what is expected to be record turnout in a key battleground state where Barack Obama and John McCain are running neck-and-neck in the polls.
