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…
A rare veto override move came to a dead end Wednesday afternoon when the House Judiciary committee voted 7-4 to table a bill that would have forced state agencies to share financial data, including Medicaid spending, with the Legislative Finance…
Future governors won’t have free reign for political hires if Sen. John Ryan, R-Albuquerque, is successful with a bill that would limit the future governors to roughly 567 so-called exempt employees.
As the 800+ page domestic partner bill continues to be debated in the Senate, Governor Richardson is talking about the bill and its chances. “Its not same-sex marriage, its totally different,’ Richardson said, ”my view is that the full Senate should…
Governor Richardson said in a press release Friday that 10,00 full and part time jobs are the result of federal stimulus money. In a breakdown of the numbers 7,372 people got full or part time jobs in the last quarter…
Sen. Tim Keller, D-Albuquerque, is pushing forward with two bills he says will make New Mexico more accountable with money. And both got the blessing of Gov. Bill Richardson on Monday.
Senate Bill 23 would force the state to produce…
Gov. Bill Richardson’s budget balancing task force has just released a final report–and it’s a whopping 393 pages. The task force was convened at the end of the 2009 special legislative session to study and provide analysis about various ways…
New Mexico’s Public Regulation Commission ruled yesterday that companies that place renewable energy installations on the property of a customer and then sell the energy from the installation to the customer shouldn’t be regulated as public utilities.
Public Service…
As the special session cranks along, legislators are having a field day criticizing the Governor, who they blame variously for not trimming spending before now, for growing state government, and for not allowing them to consider revenue raisers as well…
