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 federal appeals court ruled today that the state can’t require two nonprofits to register as “political committees,” upholding the ruling of a federal judge last year, according to a news release issued by the nonprofit organizations Wednesday.
The appellate…
Attorney General Gary King’s office can’t say how much taxpayer money has been spent on litigation with two nonprofits even as King appeals a judge’s ruling against his attempt to force the nonprofits to register as political action committees.
Attorney General Gary King said over the weekend that he’ll ask a federal appellate court to overturn a federal court ruling that New Mexico can’t require nonprofits to disclose their donors.
A federal court on Monday ruled that the state of New Mexico had violated two nonprofits’ rights to free speech last year by attempting to force them to disclose the origin of the money that had paid for mailers that were critical of state lawmakers.
A federal court judge ruled today that the state of New Mexico was in the wrong for trying to require two nonprofit organizations to register as political committees after they sent mailings to constituents in 2008 that were…
The debate over the political and policy work of nonprofits is taking a new turn with the formation of a nonprofit that aims to stop progressives from “building a permanent ultra-liberal majority in New Mexico.”
Is Albuquerque taking up the fight to restrict the activities of nonprofits during an election year?
A member of the city’s Charter Review Task Force suggested Thursday amending the city’s charter with a proposal that bears a striking resemblance…
The secretary of state’s office says it is standing firm in the face of a lawsuit challenging its attempt to force two nonprofits to register as political committees or pay steep fines.
“Attorney General (Gary) King…
Tuesday’s lawsuit filed by SouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP) and the Center for Civic Policy’s New Mexico Youth Organized (NMYO) is their attempt to stop what the lawsuit calls the “chilling effect” the state agencies’ action has had on their right to free speech.
With New Mexico Attorney General Gary King refusing to explain why he believes two nonprofits’ activities have crossed the line between issue advocacy and political campaigning, a lawmaker is trying to compel an official opinion from King. But almost three months since the request was made, King’s office hasn’t responded.
