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.
Two bills that get a lot of attention and the capital outlay bill failed to pass the state legislature this year as they failed to gain approval from both chambers in the final hours of the state legislative session on Saturday.
A Senate committee tabled a bill that would have taken aways drivers licenses from illegal immigrants on Thursday morning. The Senate Public Affairs Committee voted 4-2 on a party line vote to table the legislation. Similar legislation is currently the topic of much discussion in the House.
Three attempts to end a law that allows illegal immigrants to get state driver’s licenses failed in the New Mexico Senate Monday. The three attempts came when Republican legislators attempted to add amendments to a bill that tightens laws on drivers under 18 who receive licenses.
A political battle over control of New Mexico’s dominant party played out on the Senate floor Tuesday over an unexpected issue: an Albuquerque woman’s nomination to a state board. Confirmations in the Senate are usually uneventful and state lawmakers usually speak…
A bill sponsored by Sen. Dede Feldman, D-Albuquerque, which would post online a database of political contributions from those seeking contracts with the state, and ban contributions while a contract is being considered, cleared the Senate easily on Monday.…
Despite moving testimony from Dan Koffman, the father of the only survivor of a June car accident in which a drunk diver killed four Santa Fe teenagers, the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday tabled one of Sen.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez has the public backing of 25 percent of Republican state senators and representatives–10 of 40. What does it mean? Do endorsements matter? Depends on whom you ask.
A bill that would have prevented the state from defending an employee if the state is also the one bringing the charges (Senate Bill 220) died in the Senate Committee on Committees on Friday, but its sponsor, Sen. John Ryan, R-Albuquerque,…
Here is a list of the seven bills, not including memorials, that were introduced yesterday during the special session in both chambers. We’ll start off with the Senate.
Could Barack Obama have Election Day coattails long enough to reach down into the New Mexico Legislature? That’s certainly the hope of state Democrats — and the fear of at least a few Republicans. Thanks to clever redistricting, most seats in the 112-member body have remained remarkably stable for years. But at least a few are drawing intense interest, and money, in this election cycle.
