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.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has officially issued an extension to the REAL ID Act. If the extension had not been granted, New Mexicans would be forced to use passports for identification when flying — even domestically.
Echoing a blog post from yesterday, Senators Tom Udall, Jeff Bingaman and Rep. Ben Ray Luján, all Democrats, issued a statement today saying that the Department of Homeland Security, DHS, has contingency plans in place in case Congress does…
It increasingly looks like all the talk of people from certain states not being able to travel after January is more of a way for the Department of Homeland Security to push their preferred PASS ID legislation than a real…
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napalitano gave testimony before the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee last week and declined to say she would allow an extension to the REAL ID Act and instead urged passage of the PASS ID…
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Doug Turner blasted the REAL ID Act which could force New Mexicans to use a passport for domestic travel after the new year if the state is not granted an extension. This is because New Mexico…
Senators Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall have sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napalitano asking for an extension to the REAL ID Act, which would require new drivers licenses be designed for New Mexico.
New Mexicans would
