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.
A proposal to shift the borders of New Mexico’s three congressional districts will be debated by the full state Senate now that two committees, Rules and Judiciary, have approved it.
Rep. Andy Nuñez accused Speaker Ben Luján of slowing down Gov. Susana Martinez’ controversial special session agenda, reports the Santa Fe New Mexican:
Reps. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and Steve Pearce (R-NM) voted against the House resolution authorizing the use of force in Libya, while Rep. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) voted in favor of it as the resolution failed in the House 123-295. 70 Democrats joined 115 Republicans in voting down the measure, supported by eight Republicans and 115 Democrats.
Under the proposal creating a State Ethics Commission a person filing a complaint and then going public could face a $26,000 fine and a year in jail. A public official, on the other hand, found to have violated the public trust would face a censure or public reprimand. The House voted 49 to 15 to pass an ethics commission bill after a relatively short debate in which Democrats swatted away several amendments from Republicans to strengthen the bill.
Rep. Al Park, D-Albuquerque, stood up this afternoon to bring back a revenue-enhancing bill that narrowly failed on Friday, 34-33. The motion by Republicans to table Park’s motion failed 26-40 and the bill was put back on the president’s table.…
The House approved raising taxes on businesses to shore up the program that provides unemployment benefits to New Mexicans who lose their jobs, the Associated Press reports.
The House of Representatives could vote as early as Friday morning to raise $380 million in new revenue to help close next year’s budgetary shortfall. A half-cent hike in the state gross receipts tax and a 1-percent surtax on the state’s wealthiest residents are in the mixture of tax increases and targeted closure of tax deductions and loopholes. House Speaker Ben Lujan, D-Santa Fe, said Thursday afternoon he thinks he has the votes to push through the tax package.
Sen. John Arthur Smith, D-Deming, and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, has introduced what looks to be a competitor to the House’s budget bill. HB7 is the state budget bill. SB 228 is a near mirror image,…
The House, by a vote of 66-0, passed the legislation shortly after noon that would open legislative conference committees to the public.
The House passed the repeal of the death penalty minutes ago by a vote of 40-28. The vote followed an hours-long debate on the House floor.
The bill would end capital punishment in New Mexico and at the same time…
By a vote of 66-0, the House just passed legislation that would trim more than $100 million from state government to help balance this year’s $6 billion budget.
Much of the trimming will be done at state agencies. And all…
