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.
Kenneth Gomez made history Tuesday by getting more votes than any other gubernatorial write-in candidate in the state’s history. Gomez received 1971 votes, or 0.3 percent of the vote according to the office of the Secretary of State as of…
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., introduced legislation today that would reform drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf. The legislation, S. 3516, is in response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that continues to pour oil into the Gulf.
U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, took to the Senate floor to ask for an agreement to approve Hilary Tompkins, who served as counsel to Gov. Bill Richardson, as the U.S. Interior Department’s…
The Hill, a newspaper written for and about Congress, asked every member of the Senate “which member of the opposing party they most enjoyed partnering with on legislation.” They also asked, on a not-for-attribution basis, which member of the opposing…
