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.
Health care reform legislation took another big step today when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced that the Senate version of health care reform will include a public health insurance option — with an opt out clause.
The 2nd Congressional District race between Harry Teague, D-N.M., and Steve Pearce, R-N.M., is now considered a “tossup” according to CQ Politics.
“What little edge Teague had, as a Democratic freshman in a Republican-leaning district, fled when his Republican…
According to the Pew Research Center, the health care debate was the number one news story of the week, at least when it comes to media coverage (though, in what may be a sad testament to the state of…
The House Committee on Natural Resources is held a hearing on Rep. Martin Heinrich’s Indian housing bill today. The hearing for the Albuquerque Democrat’s bill happened at 8 a.m. New Mexico time, or 10 a.m. for our east coast…
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., have both asserted that health care reform legislation will pass this year, the AP reports. Both cited the address to a joint session of Congress…
Though President Barack Obama gave a deadline on when he wanted health care reform legislation to be considered by the Congress, the Senate isn’t going to vote on a reform proposal until after the August recess which begins on August…
The fact is, our government cannot go on spending money at the rate it has been. Politicians of both parties have in the past defended deficit spending because, “We can grow our way out of the deficit.” Oh, really? So what happens when the economy contracts — as it is doing now — instead of expands?
The three members of New Mexico’s U.S. House delegation sent a letter to House and Senate leaders from both parties urging the restoration of education money to the economic stimulus package. The Senate’s newly passed version took out much of…
Former Sen. Pete Domenici was quoted by Politico as “wandering the halls outside the Senate chamber” and expressed his sadness at no longer being senator to a group of reporters who were waiting for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.…
