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.
New Mexico is the site of one of the country’s most competitive Senate races, according to Politico. The site’s monthly ranking shows New Mexico as the 8th most competitive race because of the candidacies of Democrat Rep. Martin Heinrich and Republican former Rep. Heather Wilson.
On Monday, former U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson announced she will run for U.S. Senate. Wilson quickly picked up endorsements from prominent New Mexico Republicans, including former U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, and criticisms from Democrats, who noted her involvement in the scandal of fired U.S. Attorney David Iglesias.
Governor-elect Susana Martinez revealed the names of search committees for the Department of Corrections, the Public Safety and Homeland Security & Emergency Management and the Inaugural Ball. Included were some names of some high-profile Republican political candidates who lost in…
Speaking at the Domenici Public Policy Conference at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, Former New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici said the federal deficit is the most important issue facing the country today, according to NMPolitics.net.
Saying the…
On Wednesday, June 30, New Mexico First will host a public lecture (“Collaborative Politics: Now More Than Ever“) moderated by ABC newsman Sam Donaldson. Mike McCurry, Bill Clinton’s former press secretary, will be a keynote speaker along with former RNC chair…
Pete Domenici Jr. announced today that he’ll be getting a little help on the campaign trail from his dad, former U.S. Senator Pete Domenici. The elder Domenici served in the United States Senate for more than 35 years. He…
Representative Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., does not believe that President Barack Obama’s idea to open up some coastal areas to oil and gas drilling is the best energy idea, saying, “Even if offshore drilling is expanded those resources will…
“Reagan was more pragmatic than those who now quote him,” former U.S. Senator Pete Domenici said in a New York Times story about former Senator Alan K. Simpson.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez gained in stature at today’s Republican Party preprimary nominating convention. Allen Weh did what he needed to do. And Pete Domenici Jr. is down but not necessarily out. That’s how Albuquerque pollster Brian Sanderoff analyzed the results following today’s vote.
A slideshow by Talking Points Memo about political legacies showed Republican gubernatorial candidate Pete Domenici Jr., the son of former Sen. Pete Domenici, but did not show Sen. Tom Udall, the son of former Secretary of the…
The nuclear commission to which former U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici was recently named is getting flak from the left and right, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu named former U.S. Senator Pete Domenici to a panel to study alternatives for nuclear waste disposal. The Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future “will provide recommendations for developing a safe, long-term solution to…
U.S. Army veteran and former Congressman Max Cleland has a book coming out about his life and included in the book is an anecdote about former Senator Pete Domenici—which isn’t favorable to the retired long-serving New Mexico Senator.
Former U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., had little to say when asked today about two high-profile federal investigations. One is the ongoing investigation into whether any crimes were committed during the process that led to the 2006 firings of New…
In in interview today in Las Cruces, Domenici said he sees a trend toward greater government involvement in people’s lives as a serious problem that is understandably leading to many of the emotional outbursts coloring the debate. He believes a spirit of bipartisanship and respect will be necessary to address the debt and other problems.
The 2009 Domenici Public Policy Conference will be held today and Thursday at New Mexico State University, and among the high-profile officials scheduled to speak is U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.
Senator Jeff Bingaman and former Sen. Pete Domenici are among the “some 92 past and present Senators” who will likely attend the funeral of Sen. Ted Kennedy, Roll Call reports.
E-mails released today may appear to indicate that someone in the White House had the race between former U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson, R-N.M., and Democratic challenger Patricia Madrid in mind when discussing former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias’ job performance in the weeks before he was fired.
Former U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici has been out of office for half a year, but some of his earmarks are still making their way through the Senate and into appropriations bills.
