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.
There are those in Congress advocating for a federal economic stimulus bill that would help states pay for projects –- like, say, road construction or aid programs –- and also generate much-needed jobs during the economic downturn.
New Mexico’s top…
Gov. Bill Richardson admitted early on during Thursday’s press conference that he hopes his chief of staff, Brian Condit, will join him on his Washington, D.C., staff at the U.S. Commerce Department.
But it’s not entirely up to the guv…
Gov. Bill Richardson said Tuesday that he’ll be around as governor of New Mexico possibly through the end of February.
That means he’ll likely remain as governor through the first half, if not longer, of the 2009 60-day legislative session.…
OK, so now he’s officially President-elect Barack Obama’s nominee for the post of U.S. commerce secretary.
But that doesn’t mean Gov. Bill Richardson’s outta here. At least for the time being.
Richardson is saying he won’t resign his post until…
A fusillade of questions hit Gov. Bill Richardson as he strode the short distance between his Cabinet room and his state Capitol office Tuesday. Two reporters who had staked out space near his door pointed digital recorders in his direction and unleashed a torrent of curiosity in the name of the public’s right to know.
If Gov. Bill Richardson has already begun packing his bags for Washington, his successor, Lt. Gov. Diane Denish, wasn’t basking in her new authority Monday. In fact, on a day when the Land of Enchantment appeared to be boiling over with rumors that Richardson was saying adios to green chile and Santa Fe to become the nation’s next U.S. commerce secretary, New Mexico’s second-in-command stayed unerringly on script.
The state of New Mexico’s current money shortage is the equivalent of a forced diet for lawmakers who have gotten used to divvying up huge surpluses with Gov. Bill Richardson. Now the fights will be over where to cut, how deep to cut, whether to raise taxes — in effect, how to make do with less. And the battles won’t be pretty.
President-elect Barack Obama has pledged support for early childhood education, a good sign for Lt. Gov. Diane Denish, who has been a long-time supporter of the movement and may — we stress may — be the state’s next chief…
