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 bill aimed to protect “farmers from liability to manufacturers of genetically engineered products in the event those products inadvertently grow on a farmer’s land” failed in the House Monday after two votes.
Just before the stroke of midnight on Wednesday, House Republicans tried to bring a dead veto override to life. Just as the House was getting ready to adjourn and discuss budget issues in committees, Rep. Paul Bandy, R-Aztec tried…
The aim of the bill is to stop potential state contractors from donating money to public officials while they hold or are seeking a state contract. But the sponsor, Sen. Dede Feldman, D-Albuquerque, says an amendment to the bill…
A rare veto override move came to a dead end Wednesday afternoon when the House Judiciary committee voted 7-4 to table a bill that would have forced state agencies to share financial data, including Medicaid spending, with the Legislative Finance…
The curious case of Senate bill 531 is heating up. The bill–which would force state agencies to share financial data, including Medicaid spending, with the Legislative Finance Committee–is on today’s agenda of the House Judiciary Committee, but it wasn’t…
Speaker Ben Lujan is trying to keep the House from voting on an open government bill that would override one of Gov. Bill Richardson’s 2009 vetoes, Rep. Paul Bandy, R-Aztec, charged Monday.
The Senate voted to override Richardson’s veto…
HB 17, a bill that would prevent convicted domestic violence offenders from becoming police officers and would remove certification from current officers convicted of domestic violence crimes, is being sent back to the House Judiciary Committee, where it…
Four members of New Mexico’s House of Representatives walked out of the House Judiciary Committee Friday afternoon as a domestic violence bill was being heard.
HB 17, which was introduced by Rep. Nate Cote and
State Rep. Jeff Steinborn became on Friday the latest lawmaker to introduce a bill that would cap campaign contributions in New Mexico.
