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.
Despite moving testimony from Dan Koffman, the father of the only survivor of a June car accident in which a drunk diver killed four Santa Fe teenagers, the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday tabled one of Sen.
Two pieces of legislation that would expand webcasting in the Senate have been awaiting – but not yet receiving – hearings in the Senate Rules Committee.
A bill that would allow same-day voter registration at early voting sites cleared the Senate Rules Committee on a 4-3 party-line vote. The committee turned back an attempt to require government-issued photo ID when registering at early voting sites.
According to a committee schedule on the Web site of the New Mexico Democratic caucus, the domestic partnership bill might be heard during that committee’s meeting this afternoon. The committee, scheduled to meet half an hour after the…
The controversial domestic partnership bill, SB 183, which was scheduled to head to the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday before going before the Senate Finance Committee is instead headed straight for Finance. Senate Majority Floor Leader
Members of the state Senate gloated today after Friday’s 43-42 victory in the House vs. Senate basketball game. The win broke a streak of nine straight victories by the House. The game, held in the St. Michael’s High School gym…
Days after the House dramatically expanded webcasting of its proceedings, the Senate may be poised to do the same. Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez, D-Belen, has introduced Senate Resolution 1, which would expand video webcasting from the…
To settle a bet he lost–over a high school football game–Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez carried Senate President Pro Tem Tim Jennings around the Senate chambers in a wheelbarrow on Tuesday.
A controversial bill that would have authorized issuance of “sponge bonds” as a way to free up capital outlay money failed in the Senate Thursday evening after a long and heated debate. But immediately after the 19-20 vote, which…
It’s been less than a week since 2010 candidates for state offices began collecting the signatures necessary to run, and Lt. Gov. Diane Denish announced today that she’s already collected three times the number required.
New Mexico Democrats and Republicans alike showed up this evening to see Doña Ana County District Attorney Susana Martinez, a Republican, begin her quest to become the first Hispanic woman ever elected governor.
Is Heather Wilson going to run for governor or not? That’s the biggest question for New Mexico Republicans, now that fellow Republican and former U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce has decided to try to regain his old seat in Congress instead of running for governor.
Normally, a movie star being in talks for a role isn’t that big a deal for New Mexico politics. But actor Val Kilmer floated the possibility of a gubernatorial run earlier this year, though he has since disappeared from the…
While the Democratic side of the race to be New Mexico’s next chief executive seems to be relatively stable, the Republican side could be gaining another person dipping their toes in the gubernatorial waters… in the form of Albuquerque-based public…
Potential 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate Allen Weh says his campaign centers on a “common sense” approach to growing the economy and rooting out public corruption.
Potential 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate Allen Weh announced today that he’s traveling the state in the next two weeks to talk with business leaders and small-business owners about the economy.
Looks like Lt. Gov. Diane Denish might be getting some gubernatorial primary competition in the form of Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez. The Belen Democrat has served in the Senate since 1993.
Peter St. Cyr caught the news from a…
It feels like a long time since we have had any news about Val Kilmer and his potential gubernatorial run — but now we have word of a suspicious poll.
The poll was first noted by blogger Joe Monahan,…
A public stung by scandals and betrayals at the national and local level is no longer satisfied with pressing their noses on the glass. They want in — and they want more coverage of their elected officials, not less.
The conservation group WildEarth Guardians thinks more of the greater Gila region in southwestern New Mexico should be protected as wilderness, The Associated Press reports. Referring to the area as the Yellowstone of the West, the group has released…
