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.
Politico’s Ben Smith and Byron Tau write how New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez and Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval have stayed more popular than other Republican governors elected in 2010 like Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
“The principle of ‘network neutrality’ is freedom to access any legal, online content without restrictions from Internet service providers,” Sen. Tom Udall wrote in a Politico opinion piece, expressing his support for net neutrality. Udall also outlined what…
The campaign spokesman for Steve Pearce this week told Politico that Pearce “believes that President Obama is a duly elected president and a U.S. citizen.”
Last week, when asked by The Independent if Pearce believed that President Barack Obama…
New Mexico’s two candidates for governor clashed Wednesday on global climate change and its causes.
The back-and-forth began when Politico quoted Republican Susana Martinez in a story saying that she had “doubts about the role human activity plays in…
Threats on members of Congress increased by 300 percent in the first few months of 2010, an investigation by The Politico has found. According to FBI documents, most of the suspects are men who own guns and have recently undergone stressful…
U.S. Rep. Harry Teague, a first-term Democrat, won in 2008 in part by talking about how he treated his employees, including proudly boasting that his companies provided health care for those who worked for him.
That’s no longer the…
California state lawmakers once again topped the list of best-paid legislators in the nation, reports the New York Times, with salaries of $95,000 a year for the rank and file. Meanwhile, New Mexico is one of the few states…
New Mexico certainly isn’t alone in facing potential huge budgetary shortfalls for the year that starts July 1. The state’s budget battle officially began Monday when the Legislature’s budget committee submitted its own proposal for the 2011 budget year…
Last week, Politico profiled potential future New Mexico governor, and current lieutenant governor, Diane Denish. This week, the online news Web site profiled Gary Johnson, an ex-governor and potential future Presidential candidate.
Lt. Gov. Diane Denish is in Washington D.C. today, where she spoke at an event for the Democratic Governor’s Association (DGA). The event was attended by many current Democratic governors and gubernatorial candidates from across the country, and covered by…
Newly minted congressional hopeful Jon Barela spoke to Politico and, like 2008 Republican candidate Darren White, continued his attack on freshman U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich as “too far left.”
Val Kilmer, who is now in Washington D.C. for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, was caught on camera by Politico reporter saying that he is “probably not” going to run for governor in 2010 (in New Mexico, though…
