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 House voted to “blast” a bill that would bar illegal immigrants from getting driver’s licenses from committees to the House floor on two 36-34 votes on Thursday. The votes came after hours of debate on parliamentary questions, concerns about precedent and other legislative wrangling that frayed nerves and led to some testy exchanges on the House floor.
Two bills that would have merged departments and eliminated redundancies were tabled on Thursday by the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee.
Both bills, HB 94 (Merge Aging and Human Services Departments) and HB 95 (Merge…
Legislation that would create a first-ever New Mexico State Ethics Commission cleared its first legislative committee Tuesday.HB 43, sponsored by Rep. Mary Helen Garcia, passed the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee with minimal debate.
