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.
Gen. David Petraeus has canceled his keynote address at the annual Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce meeting scheduled for July 21.
He has a pretty good excuse, though — he is likely to take over command in Afghanistan after what…
A person filing an ethics complaint and then going public would face much harsher penalties than a public official found to have violated the public trust under a State Ethics Commission proposal the Senate Finance Committee passed Tuesday.
Vicki Pozzebon, executive director of an organization representing hundreds of Santa Fe businesses, has a bit of heartburn today with a presentation on good tax policy scheduled for a Senate committee.
“I’m concerned that one side will be represented,”…
Soft drinks, medical marijuana, even that book you want to buy online could get taxed under various proposals filed this week in the early days of the 2010 legislative session. Meanwhile, buying a pack of cigarettes may get a lot more costly, too. Lawmakers have dropped roughly 280 bills in the opening days of the session–and quite a few of those proposals are tax bills.
The group Better Choices New Mexico (BCNM) is currently proposing nine ways to raise revenue and prevent more budget cuts and is releasing one proposal per day until the start of the legislatives session.
After an outside review of the State Investment Council recommended significantly reducing the governor’s power over the agency, Governor Bill Richardson said Tuesday he left “all decisions all decisions to my state investment board. I hardly attended meetings. I…
Sen. Peter Wirth plans to introduce legislation that would change the way the state collects corporate income tax, requiring multi-state companies with stores in New Mexico to pay taxes to the state on profits earned here. Although similar bills have been defeated several times before, Wirth is hoping that the state’s budget crisis may increase support.
While good-government organizations such as Common Cause were lauded for their efforts in pushing for contribution limits, a sometimes unheralded ally was New Mexico’s business community, whose representatives doggedly lobbied state lawmakers through this year’s session.
