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.
Tea party movement supporters and members of the Republican Party are similar in their views on many political issues, though tea party supporters are more likely to believe that government debt is an “extremely serious threat” to the United States’…
A poll by Gallup Polling shows that Americans who have heard or read about the new Arizona law are supportive of the bill, although that support is sharply split along partisan lines. It also finds that nearly a third…
The U.S. Senate is moving quickly on a financial regulation bill; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., filed cloture on the bill to reform Wall Street, meaning the bill will come up for a procedural vote Monday.
Tomorrow is the deadline to file federal income taxes and taxes are on the minds of many Americans. A recent national poll shows that six-in-ten Americans expect their taxes to go up. Also comes the news of a…
According to a recent Gallup poll, tea partiers are mostly white (79 percent), conservative (70 percent) and male (55 percent). While 68 percent of tea party supporters have not graduated from college, 55 percent—make more than $50,000 per year.…
A recent poll shows that although the Republican Party has made a small gain in partisanship figures, New Mexico still remains one of the states with the most self-identified Democrats. New Mexico, Gallup finds, is one of 23 states…
According to Gallup (hat tip to John Fleck), New Mexico is the state with the second-highest percentage of uninsured residents, trailing only our neighbors to the east, Texas. Over a quarter of New Mexicans — 25.6 percent to…
