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.
Over a hundred religious leaders in New Mexico have released an open letter to lawmakers asking them not to end a 2003 law permitting undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses.
While parts of the Georgia immigration law haven’t taken effect because of a federal injunction, one did on July 1: Use false identification for a job and receive up to 15 years in prison and up to a $250,000 fine. The offense is called “aggravated identity fraud.”
Businesses in California, Hawaii, even Georgia, are responding to Friday furlough days for state workers by offering discounts and other benefits, according to the Wall Street Journal. The paper calls it an unintended benefit of furlough days. Well, we’ll…
O.K., we’re watching the early fireworks in the New Mexico gubernatorial race, which promises drama, election-year anger and all sorts of interesting factors. But out in California, the race to replace The Governator in Sacramento already is generating superlatives.…
Want another fact to remind you that New Mexico isn’t as bad off as other states? New figures released by California on Wednesday showed that in eight counties, more than 1 in 5 people were out of work, the…
A debate has erupted in Maryland over higher taxes levied against the state’s wealthiest residents, according to Stateline.org. It’s of interest here in New Mexico because raising income tax rates on the state’s wealthiest residents will be a major…
By now you know — or you should — that New Mexico has a big, fat budget hole.
Economists and other state officials estimate that weak tax revenue has left the state $440 million or so short of what it needs to cover expenses for the year that ends June 30. Gov. Bill Richardson and state lawmakers are negotiating over what to do about the shortfall, what to take off the table as an option and what to leave on. More …
