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.
Sorry, I swear I will wrap up the Val Kilmer posts when they stop being interesting. Unfortunately for you, everything that Val Kilmer does is very interesting ever since I read a feature article about Kilmer by Chuck…
On Wednesday night in Santa Fe, writers from The Independent mingled with dozens of guests gathered at Rio Chama for the first of four Independent Forum events. The Independent’s partner KNME was on hand to film a panel discussion…
Two of mayor-elect Richard Berry’s appointees will earn salaries of over $75,000 while collecting a pension from the Public Employees Retirement Association; one has opted not to collect his pension while working for the city.
A bill to rein in “double-dipping” by public employees may not pass constitutional muster, according to the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office, which is causing the governor to backtrack on his promise to sign it. But NMI has found that the AG’s office itself employs 13 double-dippers — which may explain why the office is still not saying what it doesn’t like about the bill.
Kate Nash of the Santa Fe New Mexican wrote in her blog earlier today that “15 to 20″ people have expressed interest in succeeding Diane Denish as lieutenant governor. This would be in the event that Gov. Bill Richardson…
