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 Obama administration approved a rule requiring gun dealers in Arizona, New Mexico, California and Texas to inform the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives if a person buys more than one semiautomatic rifle that accepts a detachable magazine and uses ammunition greater than .22 caliber within five days.
A federal judge issued an injunction Monday to stop federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, Reuters news service reports.
The injunction halts — at least temporarily — an Obama administration policy to fund the research.
The U.S.…
The Obama administration has no plans to send Gov. Bill Richardson to North Korea, an anonymous official told the Agence France Presse (AFP) news agency Monday.
The South Korean JoongAng Daily newspaper reported Monday morning that Obama…
New Mexico apparently played a role in the Obama administration’s recent decision to ban most abortion procedures covered under a new federal health care program that began this month.
On July 1, New Mexico, like most other states, launched…
The identity of an elderly New Yorker, June Smith, was used for fraudulent Medicare claims in New Mexico, Florida, California and Arizona, the New York Daily News reported Tuesday.
Several of the exams and tests for which the government was billed defied common sense. Smith, a 72-year-old woman, supposedly received up to $50,000 worth of exams, including a pregnancy test, semen analysis and prostate cancer tests. More …
Sure, control of New Mexico’s governorship is at stake in this year’s general election. But perhaps more important here and across the nation is that whichever party — Democrats or Republicans — wins control of the Legislature in most states…
The Obama administration says it is settling a long-running and contentious lawsuit over royalties owed to American Indians, the Associated Press reports. Under an agreement announced today, the Interior Department will distribute $1.4 billion to more than 300,000 tribe…
The fact is, the United States government should not be in the business of bailing out failing businesses, ordering CEOs to resign, ordering companies to raise capital, ordering creditors how much on the dollar they are allowed to seek during bankruptcy proceedings.
New Mexico sent a heads up to the Obama administration Friday: The Land of Enchantment has 29 shovel-ready projects worth $628 million that are just waiting for federal stimulus money.
Gov. Bill Richardson’s name is showing up on a lot of lists these days as a potential Cabinet member should Sen. Barack Obama win the White House. One of the most popular prophecies is that Big Bill will be the…
