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. Susana Martinez’s new leadership political action committee, Susana PAC, uses issues such as drivers licenses for illegal immigrants and voter ID laws to fundraise. The letter, obtained by blogger Joe Monahan, asks for donations from between $25 and $1000 to the PAC dedicated to electing politicians with similar political stances as the governor.
The House stayed past midnight at the Roundhouse early Thursday morning to concur with changes that the Senate made to the budget and the film incentive cap, but the body failed to concur on the changes the Senate made on the retirement “swaps” legislation. The House will ask the Senate to recede from their amendments, and if the Senate doesn’t, the two houses would have a conference committee to iron out their differences.
A bill that would cap the film subsidy program at $45 million cleared the House on a 53-17 vote despite three hours of debate and a number of amendments put forward by Democrats to alter the bill. The debate on the amendments took the full time allowed by House rules.
Uncertainty over the future of film incentives in the state legislature have already caused some potential film projects to reconsider filming in New Mexico according to a local TV station’s report. One TV series may has already taken a pass on filming in the state.
A substitute bill seeking a compromise on the film incentives that Gov. Susana Martinez has vowed to cut back passed the House Taxation and Revenue committee this weekend. The new bill would keep the film tax rebate program at 25 percent but would cap the amount the state is liable for at $45 million per year.
Gov. Susana Martinez outlined her opposition to the film incentive program during her State of the State address in Santa Fe Tuesday. But according to reporting by KOB-TV, an anecdote that Martinez used exploited a loophole that has already been closed.
Over three weeks ago Governor Bill Richardson handed a full plate of initiatives to the Roundhouse. So with just about one week left, how much are lawmakers listening?
Scene opens: The 2009 legislative session. Moments after a House committee killed his bill to end state movie credits Rep. Dennis Kintigh spends two hours with industry representatives to try and find a compromise. Fast forward to now and…he’s…
