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.
Voters in Tuesday’s Albuquerque municipal elections decided to keep two incumbent city councilors in office but rejected one of Mayor Richard Berry’s top initiatives. A long-standing red-light photo-camera bill was also rebuked.
In a sharp rebuke of Democratic Secretary of State Mary Herrera (whose office will announce next Tuesday’s election results), five of New Mexico’s major newspapers endorsed state Sen. Diana Duran, Herrera’s Republican challenger.
Secretary of State Mary Herrera‘s office will conduct training sessions in Santa Fe and Clovis next week for candidates and campaign officials who are struggling with the state’s new Campaign Finance Information System, Elections Director Don Francisco Trujillo…
“Today’s setback is huge,” said Rep. Jose Campos, D-Santa Rosa, moments after he asked to delay debate on his election reform bill. After debating House bill 118, which would ban contributions to statewide candidates from lobbyists and some…
Rep. Henry “Kiki” Saavedra, D-Albuquerque told the Independent Monday that he will raise the issue of trying to get enough money for the 2010 elections when the House and Senate meet to hammer out a budget deal.
Secretary of State Mary Herrera is sounding the alarm as loud as she can at the Roundhouse: there isn’t enough money for 2010 primary or general election.
Mayor Martin Chavez has gained some high profile support in his quest to be reelected next week.
An automated call that reached Albuquerque households Tuesday night contained a message from Howard Dean urging folks to vote for Chavez.
Dean is…
A voting machine test in Santa Fe County on Friday revealed a programming error that, had it not been caught and corrected before the start of early voting on Oct. 18, would not have counted possibly thousands of straight-ticket voters, according to www.Alternet.org.
An audit of Bernalillo County ballots shows vote counting machines have a very low margin of error, differing an average of 1.9 percent from hand-counting, according to the Albuquerque Journal. The audit of ballots cast in…
