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.
Mark your calendars now and plan to join us on Wednesday, Sept. 16 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center for a mayoral debate co-hosted by the New Mexico Independent, KUNM FM, KNME TV and the Weekly Alibi. The debate will…
State Rep. Richard “R.J.” Berry hammered incumbent Mayor Marty Chavez today for running what he calls a chronic budget deficit.
Berry is running for mayor along with Chavez and former New Mexico Senate president pro tem Richard…
The recent discord within AFSCME local 624 — which represents City of Albuquerque blue collar workers — over the endorsement of Marty Chavez for mayor has been, in the words of one political commenter, a rare glimpse of internal union conflict spilling over into public view.
In a statement today, ABQ mayoral candidate Richard Romero called on incumbent Mayor Martin Chavez to “stop fighting for his misguided SunCal soccer park.”
As the dust settles on the first-ever run to qualify for public financing in an Albuquerque mayoral campaign, one question on a lot of minds is whether the new system rewards organizational backing — and “incumbency advantage” — over voter support.
It’s final — three candidates have qualified for public financing in Albuquerque’s 2009 mayor’s race.
State Rep. Richard Berry — the only Republican in the field of candidates — qualified for the funds yesterday, which was the deadline for…
The Albuquerque Journal’s Jeff Jones points out the “heavy-duty” Sun Cal Corporation public relations campaign for that big “tax break” in one of today’s top stories.
At the Santa Fe New Mexican, Staci Matlock takes an in-depth look…
Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez hasn’t announced his (expected) bid for reelection yet, but he’s already gathered the $5 contributions he needs to qualify for public financing. He turned them in today — which is the first day to report…
Albuquerque’s new International District is official as of Thursday morning.
The area has often been denigrated as the “war zone” by the media and public at large due to a high…
Mayor Marty Chavez is the non-candidate candidate, Joe Monahan tells us this morning.
While Chavez filed a notice of intent with the city clerk yesterday and got his receipt books for collecting $5 donations from the public, he has…
The business of showing Albuquerque who has the determination to be mayor gets seriously underway today — the first day to pick up donation booklets from the city clerk.
Candidates who want to qualify for public financing have to…
Albuquerque’s public financing rules, combined with a new law that bans campaign contributions from businesses, make it likely that any candidate who isn’t independently wealthy will need to hit the ground running on February 17.
National Latino leaders say Obama should appoint another Latino as Commerce Secretary in order to keep three Latinos in the Cabinet. And Albuquerque Mayor Marty Chavez is on their shortlist of potential contenders.
First, Laura Paskus at Environmental News for New Mexicans points us to a study showing that residents of Rio Arriba County have some of the highest body levels of uranium on record in the United States — nine…
