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.
After a long process, an omnibus wilderness bill that includes a provision to designate more than 16,000 acres of wilderness in New Mexico was finally signed into law by President Barack Obama today in the East Room of…
New Mexico will benefit from bills in the omnibus lands bill that passed the House earlier today and is now headed to President Barack Obama’s desk for his signature. Most prominently, the Sabinoso Wilderness Act will designate nearly 16,000 acres…
The bill that would create the Sabinoso Wilderness in Northern New Mexico — part of a larger wilderness bill — passed the U.S. Senate. Again. It also passed in January, but failed in the House.
In addition to…
Jeff Bingaman’s omnibus public lands bill easily passed the Senate today, 73-21.
Included in the 160 pieces of legislation was a bill to designate more than 17,000 acres in San Miguel County as wilderness. The bill was written by…
The U.S. Senate took a significant step toward protecting the environment on Sunday, voting 66-12 to move forward with an omnibus bill that protects 2 million acres of wilderness land in the West.
The legislation is actually…
