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.
Ray Powell, who was the New Mexico land commissioner from 1993 to 2002, says he will run for the office once again next year. The Democrat made the announcement in response to an e-mail asking if he will enter the race: “The short answer to your question is an enthusiastic YES in 2010!”
Gov. Bill Richardson has signed legislation that will require competitive bidding on all State Land Office development leases.
A bill that would require competitive bidding on all State Land Office development leases was the only legislation in a package of proposals made by three Las Cruces Democrats to gain approval in the session that ended Saturday.
The expansion earlier this week of a special audit that will now look for wrongdoing in the New Mexico Land Office caught officials in that office off guard, they claim. Because of that, they’re questioning the motives behind the action.
State Auditor Hector Balderas has decided to expand his special audit of the New Mexico Land Office beyond reviewing policies and procedures to also consider whether there has been any wrongdoing in the office’s dealings with state trust land.
State Land Commissioner Pat Lyons says a trio of Doña Ana County lawmakers proposing to reform his office have an “anti-growth agenda” and a plan to carry it out that includes electing one of them to replace him next year.
In response to a controversy involving the State Land Office and a Las Cruces developer, three Doña Ana County lawmakers are proposing reforms that would increase transparency and accountability in the land commissioner’s dealings.
