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.
Are the Richardson and Martinez administrations already shooting death rays at each other, and so soon after all the smiles Tuesday?
Heather Wilson, Governor-elect Susana Martinez‘s transition guru, released a letter yesterday in which she called out
A bill introduced Tuesday in the state Senate would create a one-stop clearinghouse for public information in an effort to create more transparency in how government works.
Sponsored by Sen. Sander Rue, R-Albuquerque, the legislation gives the state Department…
Days after a spokesman for Gov. Bill Richardson told a TV reporter that it was “not appropriate or dignified” to identify the 59 political appointees who are losing their jobs, Richardson’s office has formally denied a newspaper reporter’s…
Nearly 60 of Gov. Bill Richardson‘s political appointees will lose their jobs next month, the governor’s office announced today.
Supervisors notified 59 exempt, or appointed, state employees that their positions are being eliminated, effective Jan. 8, in an effort…
At least four political appointees are also double dippers. As soon as we published a list of “exempt” — or political appointees — compiled by the Department of Finance and Administration last night, we started getting questions about how many of them were also double dippers. So far, we’ve found four in the Attorney General’s office.
