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.
Former Lt. Governor and 2010 Democratic nominee for governor Diane Denish endorsed State Auditor Hector Balderas for U.S. Senate Wednesday.
State Auditor Hector Balderas raised $400,000 in the first two months of his candidacy for an open U.S. Senate seat in 2012, showing that he could mount a serious challenge to Rep. Martin Heinrich.
More than half of New Mexico’s legislative seats were decided Tuesday night, but 34 House seats are up for grabs in November. And most of those contested posts – 26 — belong to Democrats vs. eight that are currently in Republican hands.
Democrats have more to lose, while the GOP has notable momentum.
The indictments against Public Regulation Commissioner Jerome Block Jr. and his father are the latest in a parade of high-profile scandals that threaten to knock prominent Democrats off their perches. Some say the drumbeat of scandals is producing momentum for more ethics reform.
Want to be where the action (or, perhaps, inaction) will be tonight? Don’t go to the New Mexico Republican Party‘s Web site for help.
There’s nothing on the homepage, and its calendar offers only a monthly candidate breakfast (from…
