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.
More states are dropping out of the Race to the Top contest for additional federal education funds even as New Mexico presses forward.
Could that improve the state’s chances in the second round? New Mexico lost out on $160 million…
New Mexico’s Eastern Plains could see a second Dust Bowl caused by climate change, USA Today reported Friday. Oklahoma state climatologist Gary McManus is warning that changing precipitation patterns caused by climate change could be “catastrophic” for northeastern New…
Kansas boasted the nation’s best parole program a few years ago, its programs the envy of corrections officials in many states. Even the federal government used Kansas’ programs as a model for its own similar grant program. Now Kansas’ status…
Vermont, like a lot of states, is struggling with public employee pension costs. But the state just struck an agreement with teachers that may avoid the possibility of a lawsuit and may offer a model for other states, Stateline.org…
The special session ended Friday, or so we were led to believe. But Kate Nash of the Santa Fe New Mexican is dead on with her story today that suggests that maybe the session has gone into overtime, what…
