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.
State lawmakers should have judged Neri Holguin on her professional qualifications, not her past political work, Gov. Bill Richardson said Tuesday, after the Senate rejected his nominee to the state Environmental Improvement Board by a vote of 17…
As part of our continuing effort to give NMI readers a window into the inner workings of government, we plan to webcast and live blog from the Albuquerque Charter Review Task Force meeting scheduled for tonight at City Hall.
This just in from KUNM FM 89.9: “This week on the KUNM call-in show Arcie Chapa continues our look at the 2009 Legislative Session with coverage of a bill that seeks to define what nonprofits can and can’t do…
A new bill that would regulate alleged ‘electioneering’ by New Mexico nonprofits was unanimously approved earlier today. The legislation, sponsored by state Rep. Paul Bandy, an Aztec Republican, is nearly identical a proposal sought by House Majority Leader Ken Martinez and Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez.
State lawmakers and New Mexico’s nonprofit community are in a tense standoff over a new bill in the Roundhouse. At stake depends on who you speak to, but what’s not in dispute is that legislators are looking to define what the nonprofits can and can’t do during an election year.
As budget shortfalls and layoffs proliferate and the abilities of government and other safety nets fail or fall short, nonprofits serve as the connective tissue for society, the part that fills in and provides the services.
