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 year and a half after the first of eleven bodies was found on the West Mesa, there is no sign of progress on a promised memorial to the victims. City Councilor Ken Sanchez says he thought a park, built on land donated by KB Home, would raise awareness of the crime. He’s still waiting for blueprints he thought KB would have delivered months ago. But the father of one of the victims says he trusts KB will follow through.
Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry’s proposed budget for next year doesn’t raise any taxes to make up the city’s revenue shortfall, nor does it furlough or lay-off any employees. But it does balance the budget in large part by squeezing wages and salaries. Public employee unions presented alternatives to the city council on Wednesday, claiming that there are other options for balancing the budget that weren’t considered by the administration.
Former Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White was grilled on a range of issues by the Albuquerque City Council last night, before being confirmed as Albuquerque’s chief public safety officer. White was confirmed on an eight-to-one vote, with Councilor Rey Garduño dissenting.…
The Central New Mexico Central Labor Council, composed of public and private sector labor unions in Bernalillo County and Albuquerque, released its endorsements of candidates for city council in Albuquerque’s upcoming municipal election.
Three incumbent Albuquerque city councilors won the endorsement of one of the city’s most influential public employees unions.
The Albuquerque City Council will soon take up the issue of whether a moratorium on impact fees makes sense given the new construction in the city over the last year. And it’s a subject that has already reignited a long-simmering debate about how to best manage development in New Mexico’s largest city.
