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.
One of the biggest duties of the state legislature this year will be dealing with the decennial redistricting of congressional and legislative seats following last year’s U.S. Census. The state legislature posted preliminary data on redistricting on its website Wednesday for congressional, state House, state Senate and Public Regulations Commission seats.
State Sen. Sander Rue, R-Albuquerque, has won a national Legislator of the Year Award for his advocacy for New Mexico’s “Sunshine Portal,” according to a news release issued today.
Rue carried legislation this year that cleared the New Mexico…
Lt. Gov. Diane Denish signed into law today a bill that will create a publicly accessible, online database of financial information from government agencies in New Mexico.
A bill spurred by last year’s discovery of the mass burial of 13 Albuquerque women who had been reported missing years earlier passed the Legislature Wednesday night. Sponsored by Sen. Sander Rue, (R-Bernalillo, Sandoval), SB 55 resulted from a task…
The House has easily approved the creation of a publicly accessible, online database of financial information from government agencies in New Mexico that would include the names of exempt employees but not classified employees.
The House Appropriations and Finance Committee has given a do-pass recommendation to a proposal to create a state “Sunshine Portal,” so the bill needs only approval on the House floor before it heads to the governor for action.
Lt. Gov. Diane Denish wants the proposed sunshine portal to include the names of state employees along with their titles and salaries. But she hopes the legislation, which would create an online database of state government financial information, is approved…
The House Judiciary Committee gave a do-pass recommendation earlier today to a bill that would create a publicly accessible database of financial information from government agencies in New Mexico, but not before stripping a provision that would have included employees’ names…
The House Judiciary Committee will consider a bill that would create a publicly accessible database of financial information from government agencies in New Mexico on Saturday.
When will a bill that would create a publicly accessible database of financial information from government agencies in New Mexico get its first hearing in a House committee?
“No idea. We will try for Saturday or Monday,” state Rep.
A major transparency bill that would create a “sunshine portal” passed the Senate unanimously Friday afternoon. The sunshine portal is described as an online version of the state’s checkbook, showing information about state spending, including state contracts and state employee…
Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez has the public backing of 25 percent of Republican state senators and representatives–10 of 40. What does it mean? Do endorsements matter? Depends on whom you ask.
