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.
Trip Jennings reports that Sen. John Arthur Smith, D-Deming, drafted a compromise bill on the state’s unemployment compensation fund, raising taxes on businesses by a lesser amount than Gov. Susana Martinez line-item vetoed earlier this year:
New Mexico’s unemployment rate spiked at the end of 2009–from 7.8 percent in November to 8.3 percent in December 2009—marking a 22 year high. The rate was 4.7 percent last year. Only four of the state’s 13 industries have…
New Mexico’s unemployment rate rose from 7.7 percent in September to 7.9 percent in October, according to a monthly state labor report released Wednesday. The unemployment rate in the state a year ago was 4.5 percent; job growth over…
The state’s unemployment rate rose to 7.5 percent in August, but that depressing figure could have some positive effects. The increase could unlock up to $10 million in additional federal stimulus funding for Medicaid in New Mexico. The new money, if it materializes, would come as the state faces a $40 million shortfall in funding for healthcare for the neediest New Mexicans.
