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.
Gov. Bill Richardson has called several freshman lawmakers to ask for their input on whether he should sign or line-item veto the food tax. “If you can find a way of covering it without cutting education and without us calling us back, do it (line item veto),” State Rep. Ben Rodefer told the governor, “You’ll look like a hero.”
On Friday House members recalled former Republican Rep. Eric Youngberg, who died this week.
Youngberg, 42, served 2003 through the end of 2008 in the House. A low-profile lawmaker with a puckish sense of humor, Youngberg never really spent much…
Could Barack Obama have Election Day coattails long enough to reach down into the New Mexico Legislature? That’s certainly the hope of state Democrats — and the fear of at least a few Republicans. Thanks to clever redistricting, most seats in the 112-member body have remained remarkably stable for years. But at least a few are drawing intense interest, and money, in this election cycle.
