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.
Sure, people know about Santa Fe’s art galleries or the world-class skiing in Taos. But do they know about New Mexico’s “truly unique attraction” — the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).
So begins National Public Radio’s profile on…
The House voted 53 to 14 Sunday to allow individuals legally carrying concealed weapons to bring guns into restaurants that serve beer and wine, unless a restaurant opts out of the program.
A similar bill passed the Senate last…
House lawmakers on Wednesday narrowly rejected giving power to state environmental regulators to consider a company’s past crimes and regulatory punishments in other states when deciding whether to revoke or deny an air quality permit. The bill died on the House floor Lawmakers on a 32-33 vote after a lengthy, sometimes testy debate.
House Speaker Ben Lujan’s bill to implement a temporary half-cent hike in the state’s gross receipts tax would presumably not have passed earlier today if two Republican members hadn’t missed the vote.
A bill that would allow concealed handguns in some restaurants that serve beer and wine has been pre-filed for the 2010 legislative session, which begins later this month. The bill, sponsored by state Sen. George Munoz, D-Gallup, would allow…
New Mexico House Democrats decided on Sunday to keep Sheryl Williams Stapleton of Albuquerque as their whip.
She staved off a challenge from Thomas Garcia of Ocate, according to sources with knowledge of the…
