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.
A recent story aired on National Public Radio about New Mexico’s innovative medical marijuana program again looked at the state’s program being one of the strictest in the country.
NPR held New Mexico up as the anti-California, telling its listeners…
As Stateline.org notes, many states are struggling with funding gaps in their pension systems. Illinois has perhaps the worst unfunded pension liability in the nation, reports National Public Radio. Others states, including New Mexico, are talking about ways to close…
New Jersey is poised to become the 14th state to allow the use of medical marijuana by people suffering from debilitating diseases under a bill that received legislative approval on Monday, the Record of Bergen County reports.
After 90 minutes of impassioned debate that invoked the sweep of American history, the New Jersey state Senate yesterday voted down a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. Gay-rights advocates immediately said they would bring their…
Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter will announce today that he is withdrawing from the 2010 race for governor, according to the Denver Post. The governor’s decision has caught many by surprise in Denver and sent Democrats in the state scrambling…
As New Mexico’s state lawmakers approach next month’s regular legislative session with pleas to raise taxes ringing in their heads, they need to know they’re not alone. Twenty-nine states raised taxes or fees this year, bringing in an estimated…
New Mexico is one of the growing number of states that allows marijuana for medicinal use. Now New Jersey appears poised to become the next state to allow residents to use marijuana, when recommended by a doctor, for relief…
New Mexico Republicans looked east for inspiration Tuesday night after big victories by Republicans Bob McDonnell and Chris Christie. Republican Party chairman Harvey Yates, Jr. said, “We may be witnessing the beginning of a trend in which the citizens of…
