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.
UNM students gathered in the Student Union Building on the Columbus Day federal holiday with a clear request for their school’s administration – honor the Indigenous people and cultures of New Mexico by changing the 2nd Monday in October to “Indigenous…
State Rep. Paul Bandy’s bill to restrict what New Mexico nonprofits can do during an election year has run into an immovable object: the House Judiciary Committee. In fact, the committee’s unwillingness to pass the legislation with days to go in the 2009 session means the bill’s chances for passage are between unlikely and nigh impossible.
A new bill that would regulate alleged ‘electioneering’ by New Mexico nonprofits was unanimously approved earlier today. The legislation, sponsored by state Rep. Paul Bandy, an Aztec Republican, is nearly identical a proposal sought by House Majority Leader Ken Martinez and Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez.
