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.
An executive producer of a film shot in New Mexico and titled “Chooch” pleaded guilty Wednesday to securities fraud in New York. David Loglisci is the former chief investment officer for New York state’s pension fund and the first…
Remember Steven Rattner? He’s the man who was heading President Barack Obama’s auto bailout program and who had been linked to a New York pension scandal that has spread to New Mexico and beyond.
Remember Hank Morris, one of the men at the center of the New York pension scandal that has spread to New Mexico? He’s under indictment in the New York case, accused of using his position in that state’s comptroller’s…
U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman’s office takes issue with a New York Times article published today that claims embattled auto-bailout chief Steven Rattner forged “close personal ties” in New Mexico through Bingaman and his son.
Steven Rattner, the head of President Barack Obama’s auto-bailout program and a man who has been linked to a New York pension scandal that has tentacles in New Mexico, gave $5,000 to Gov. Bill Richardson’s 2002 gubernatorial campaign and $15,000 to Richardson’s 2006 re-election bid.
The State Investment Council (SIC) has suspended a contract with a financial adviser because of questions about a third-party marketer the company employed who has been indicted in a corruption scandal in New York.
