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.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Janice Arnold-Jones has picked up another legislative endorsement – this one from Sen. Mark Boitano, R-Albuquerque, who has worked with her on bringing webcasting to the Roundhouse.
One of the big-ticket items on the agenda for the legislative session is the Hispanic Education Act, which passed its first committee hearing on Monday. The legislation has come to the fore as one way to focus attention and resources on closing the “achievement gap” between Anglo and Hispanic students.
By any measure, the 60-day session of the New Mexico Legislature that just ended was the most successful in recent memory for ethics-reform advocates who have been pushing for years to fundamentally change the way state government does business.
Friday afternoon, the Senate voted 37-0 to implement webcasting as soon as technically possible, perhaps as early as Saturday. The webcast would not be archived and will carry a notice stating that it cannot be used for political purposes.
NMI and the Santa Fe Reporter’s SFReeper.com cohosted a webcast and live blog from the New Mexico State Senate on Friday. During this session, the Senate passed a death penalty repeal and a resolution that will implement webcasting as soon as possible. Click the headline to read the transcript.
Two senators introduced compromise webcasting legislation late Tuesday, keeping alive the hopes that live audio and video of the Senate’s proceedings could become available online before the end of the session.
The New Mexico Senate was expected today to debate a resolution that would authorize official webcasting from the Senate floor. Sponsored by state Sen. Mark Boitano, R-Albuquerque, the resolution would provide streaming coverage from the floor but it would not be archived and could not be used for political purposes. The bill was bumped to Saturday’s calendar, but we still had an interesting discussion with Republican Sen. Rod Adair. Check it out!
A resolution that would set the rules for live audio and video wecasting from the Senate floor was approved today by the Senate Rules Committee.
The New Mexico Senate had a passionate debate but ultimately took no action today on the issue of webcasting its proceedings.
