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.
Set your DVR now for 7 p.m. Friday night when KNME’s New Mexico in Focus will air a panel discussion with almost all of the candidates running for lieutenant governor. Correspondent Sarah Gustavus will sit down with Democrats Jose Campos,…
This week the Santa Fe Reporter, the city’s liberal-leaning alternative weekly paper, published its endorsements, including Janice Arnold-Jones in the Republican primary for governor, Adam Kokesh over Tom Mullins in the congressional race and Jerry Ortiz y Pino in the…
Former state Democratic Party chair Brian Colón leads the race for lieutenant governor with 20.6 percent of the respondents, according to a poll for New Mexico Politics by Joe Monahan, conducted by Roswell-based Dialing Services.
Executive director of the Mid-Region…
A Boston-based group says that New Mexico state government, which spent $78,000 on Crystal Springs bottled water last year, could save money by instead offering tap water, the Santa Fe New Mexican reports.
The members of the Boston-based Corporate Accountability…
Joe Campos qualified to appear on the primary ballot for lieutenant governor on Saturday after all, the Democratic Party of New Mexico has decided. The party says it’s required by state law to round up Campos’ 19.69 percent of delegate votes from the preprimary nominating convention to 20 percent – the threshold for qualifying for the ballot at the convention.
Democratic Lt. Gov. candidate Joe Campos says he’s staying in the race even though he didn’t get 20 percent at the party’s preprimary nominating convention on Saturday.
Democratic Lt. Gov. candidate Jerry Ortiz y Pino says he’s staying in the race even though he didn’t get 20 percent at the party’s preprimary nominating convention on Saturday. “I am not at all discouraged by this hurdle,” Ortiz y…
The state Legislature on Thursday morning passed a bill that would reform the State Investment Council. The Governor has said he will sign the bill.
A bill to create a Domestic Violence Leadership Commission was passed by the House Wednesday, which means it’s heading to the Governor’s desk. Sen. Jerry Ortiz y Pino’s bill, SB 26, met minimal opposition on the House floor before…
A special prosecutor hired by the New Mexico Attorney General would investigate and recover any money lost from state investment funds due to fraud under legislation that unanimously passed the Senate floor Tuesday afternoon. “I believe personally that we…
Lawrence Rael became today the first candidate in the lieutenant governor’s race to spend money on television ads. The Democrat is out with an ad that focuses on his “ability to build relationships for a better New Mexico,” according to…
Jerry Ortiz y Pino says progressives have been “used” by the Democratic Party in New Mexico for a long time. He says his candidacy for lieutenant governor is “a great opportunity for the progressive wing of the party to assert itself.”
It isn’t often that we see a Republican gubernatorial candidate, running in a crowded primary, quote liberal Albuquerque Senator Jerry Ortiz y Pino — and agree with him. But that is the case in a statement GOP hopeful Susana…
At a forum in Santa Fe on Wednesday night, several candidates for Lt. Governor criticized the chair of the Senate Rules Committee for failing to pass a bill that would have established an independent ethics committee, reports…
In case you were wondering, the number of Democrats who are either in the race or have expressed interest in the race to replace Diane Denish as lieutenant governor is now at nine.
Santa Fe County Sheriff, one of…
How many people will, ultimately, be running for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor next year?
According to state Sen. Jerry Ortiz y Pino and Santa Fe County Sheriff Greg Solano, two candidates who have already announced they are in…
We’re not even at the midway point of 2009, but the 2010 electoral cycle is already shaping up.
Steve Terrell of the Santa Fe New Mexican reports that second-term state senator Jerry Ortiz y Pino will be running for…
