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.
Congressman Steve Pearce issued a statement Friday blaming the Senate for failing to provide for paying the troops during a likely government shutdown.
New Mexico Sens. Tom Udall and Jeff Bingaman, both Democrats, said today that they want members of the military to continue to be paid in the event of an increasingly likely shutdown of the federal government.
Governor-elect Susana Martinez is expected join 14 other newly elected Republican governors for a meeting with incoming Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio. The main topic of discussion: Repealing health care reform
Did you know that Jon Barela, the Republican challenger to Democratic Rep. Martin Heinrich, is the beneficiary of a fundraiser scheduled for tonight at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, D.C.? The cover charge is $250 per person—or $1,000…
Raising the retirement age to 70 would disproportionately affect lower income seniors who work in physically demanding jobs they likely wouldn’t be able to continue through their 60s. Already, two-thirds of non-disabled workers choose to start getting lower benefits at 62 instead of waiting for full benefits at 65. And although the average lifespan has increased by about seven years since Social Security’s creation, the poorest 20 percent of Americans are living just two years longer
House Republican Minority Leader John Boehner said earlier this summer that if the Republicans regain control of the House this year, among the initiatives they would likely consider would be raising the age of social security retirement to 70. Most New Mexico congressional candidates, including incumbent Democrats Martin Heinrich and Harry Teague, as well as Republican challengers Jon Barela and Steve Pearce, offered varying degrees of resistance to that idea. Democrat Ben Ray Lujan was vague in his answer, while his challenger, Tom Mullins, said the retirement age will “undoubtedly” be raised.
After perhaps underestimating the amount of populist ire directed towards BP, Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, has now apologized for apologizing to BP chairman Tony Hayward. Reports indicate that Barton was forced to apologize by GOP leaders or…
It’s not very popular to defend BP right now, so Democrats reacted swiftly after a Republican Congressman sided with the oil company today during a hearing on Capitol Hill. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, apologized to BP CEO Tony Hayward and said…
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…
