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.
Despite Gov. Bill Richardson’s very clear message that tax increases aren’t part of the Legislature’s business during the special session, several senators filed such bills Saturday. They will face their first obstacle when the Senate’s Committee on Committees hears those bills at meeting scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday. This particular Senate panel determines what legislation is germane, or relevant, to the Legislature’s business during the special session. Their guide: the governor’s proclamation.
Health care reform would seem to have fallen off the political map in New Mexico. Gov. Bill Richardson has barely mentioned the subject since he called a special session of the Legislature in the summer of 2007 to ostensibly consider reform. Now legislators face the prospect of opening their 2009 session next month with a projected budget shortfall of $400 million this year, as well as next fiscal year.
