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.
The Obama administration has no plans to send Gov. Bill Richardson to North Korea, an anonymous official told the Agence France Presse (AFP) news agency Monday.
The South Korean JoongAng Daily newspaper reported Monday morning that Obama…
New Mexico Governor and former U.S. United Nations ambassador Bill Richardson may be coming in from the political cold and heading to North Korea.
President Barack Obama is reportedly considering a North Korean request to send Richardson…
The governor’s office has until Thursday to formally respond to my request that it release information about the 59 political appointees Gov. Bill Richardson plans to lay off next month, but it’s beginning to sound like the information may…
Third-party marketers, until recently, were obscure figures in the investment world who acted as matchmakers between private equity and hedge funds and states looking for a good return on their money. But now as a scandal that originated in New York has spread to New Mexico, those players and what they were paid have come under increasing public scrutiny.
The New Mexico Finance Authority is refusing to release any subpoenas it has received as part of a federal corruption investigation looking into the Richardson administration. But Richardson’s office is releasing such documents in response to requests made under the state’s Inspection of Public Records Act.
The Obama transition team knew about the federal investigation that ended up derailing Gov. Bill Richardson’s nomination Sunday as U.S. Commerce Secretary. But Richardson was hoping for a faster-paced inquiry that would clear his name in time for confirmation hearings, his spokesman told the Independent on Sunday.
