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.
The same week that anti-abortion-rights advocates and Catholic colleges pushed the Obama administration to repeal a recent decision to include contraception in a list of fully-covered preventive health-care services, House Republicans unveiled a proposed spending plan for 2012 that…
Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., told KUNM there is “no constitutional authority” for funding public broadcasting like NPR or PBS. KUNM is an NPR affiliate.
The private prison industry, including a couple of familiar names in New Mexico, had a hand in shaping Arizona’s controversial illegal immigration law, which stands to benefit them financially, NPR reports today.
As NPR reported, “the law could send…
Democrats in battleground districts, including New Mexico Reps. Martin Heinrich and Harry Teague, will face a tough election according to a new NPR poll showing that likely voters in swing districts are more happy with Republicans than Democrats.
According to…
Sure, people know about Santa Fe’s art galleries or the world-class skiing in Taos. But do they know about New Mexico’s “truly unique attraction” — the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).
So begins National Public Radio’s profile on…
Freshman U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, according to National Public Radio, has quite a way to travel to his offices after casting a vote. And his offices, once he gets to them, are, to quote NPR, “sub-par.”
But just…
Once again, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) is in the middle of some political wrangling. In 2007, an expansion of the bill passed the Senate and House but was vetoed by President George W. Bush. The House couldn’t…
National Public Radio (NPR) reported from Rio Rancho, the population center of what NPR believes is the swing county in the middle of what has been the closest swing state in the nation the past two elections.
