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.
Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez has said publicly that no one gets a no-bid, long-term contract under his administration. But as the mayor aspires to win a third consecutive term as the city’s chief executive in October’s municipal election, the mayor and city staff find themselves arguing with a city contractor over whether the mayor violated his rule against no-bid, long-term contracts with a firm at the city-owned Double Eagle II Airport.
Albuquerque mayoral candidate Richard Romero is taking aim incumbent Mayor Martin Chavez by calling attention to possible pay-to-play practices under his administration.
John H. Bode, operator at the city-owned Double Eagle II Airport, charges in a sworn deposition that Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez refused to renew Bode’s airport lease in retaliation for Bode declining to provide free or discounted air travel for the mayor.
