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.
More than half of the $3.4 million Republican Susana Martinez has raised since late June has come from out-of-state contributors, according to a review of her last two finance reports. That gives Martinez a decided advantage over Democratic Lt. Gov. Diane Denish who has taken in about $400,000 in out-of-state money over the same period.
Republican Susana Martinez‘s new ad criticizing Democrat Diane Denish for having a role in Advent Solar’s shipment of taxpayer-funded equipment to China doesn’t square with the facts, the Albuquerque Journal reports.
Gov. Bill Richardson, the man Susana…
Months from now Sept. 22 might go down in the annals of the 2010 New Mexico governor’s race as the day of the dueling polls.
The day that Republican Susana Martinez attempted to create – or cement — the impression…
In out-of-state money, in oil-and-gas giving, in the number of eye-popping contributions, Republican Susana Martinez beat Democratic Lt. Gov. Diane Denish in the battle of dollars and cents. But a comparison of the reports Wednesday showed something else: Republicans from outside of New Mexico care big-time about winning the New Mexico governor’s race.
The office of Doña Ana County District Attorney Susana Martinez bought more than $60,000 in office supplies without a contract or competitive bidding process from a company owned by one of Martinez’s then-top deputies and a political ally, the Albuquerque…
Lt. Gov. Diane Denish opposes giving the Public Regulation Commission more say over the state reviews premium increase requests from health insurers, saying doing so could pose a conflict of interest in the state’s rate-review process. Denish’s position puts her at odds with other high-profile state elected officials, particularly New Mexico’s Attorney General Gary King, who supports such an idea, as the state’s current process for reviewing health insurance rate requests has come under increasing scrutiny.
The New Mexico governor’s race is looking better to Republican Susana Martinez today, as one national analyst has shifted its analysis of the race from “likely Democratic” to ”toss-up.”
According to Cook Political Report: “…Both parties nominated very solid candidates…
“The most important dynamic is going to be, can the Republicans take advantage of having two Hispanics at the top of the ticket? That’s probably never happened anywhere in the country.”
So says Gov. Bill Richardson, discussing Republican candidates…
Actor Val Kilmer recently told KOB-TV reporter Antoinette Antonio, “I’m not running. I’m looking forward to supporting our Democratic candidate.” So is the Kilmer saga over? Probably.
At his State of the City address earlier this week, Mayor Martin Chavez wouldn’t say if he was in the running for a fourth term as mayor in 2009 — or some other office. “We’re going to wait and see…
