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.
A delay in reporting Rio Arriba County election results Tuesday night was due to a connection failure between the County’s automated election system and the Secretary of State’s office, according to County Clerk Moises Morales.
Deputy County Clerk…
“Soft landings” is how the Albuquerque Journal characterizes the contracts Gov. Bill Richardson’s administration gave to two members of his cabinet after they left those public jobs.
The contracts – which some might characterize as “thank-yous” – given to…
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…
The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Kate Nash reported today that American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 18 is seeking back pay for nearly 10,000 state workers.
In case you haven’t heard, July was the deadliest month on record in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juárez.
If you read one blog today, read this one. Barelas Babe of Duke City Fix writes on a very New Mexican topic: bilingualism. She talks about language hybrids, like Spanglish and others; the language of different generations; and…
Kate Nash has a cool story in the Santa Fe New Mexican today that includes links to multiple Web sites that people can use to track where the federal stimulus cash is being spent.
“It’s raining subpoenas,” The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Kate Nash screams from her blog today.
“You mean you haven’t gotten one yet?” she asks. “Seems like it’s almost in style these days to get a subpoena.”
For the first time in New Mexico, and perhaps the nation, a person is being prosecuted for causing the death of an unborn child. The defendant killed a pregnant 29-year-old woman and has been charged with killing her unborn child,…
Snow, “schizophrenic” politics and an example of the 21st Century journalist. Welcome to today’s blog roundup.
