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 state will receive $104 million in extra Medicaid dollars thanks to federal legislation projected to clear Congress in the next few days, New Mexico state officials said Wednesday.
The funding contained in the $26 billion federal legislation for…
Meeting today to discuss health care reform, the Senate Finance Committee defeated an amendment that would have required beneficiaries of Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program to show a…
The U.S. Senate confirmed Hilary Tompkins Wednesday as solicitor for the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Albuquerque Journal reports.
New Mexico’s senior senator, Jeff Bingaman, expressed hope Tuesday that Specter’s decision to join the Democratic caucus would translate into an easier time for President Obama’s agenda in the U.S. Senate.
Steven Chu, who will oversee the labs at Los Alamos and Sandia as energy secretary, got his first taste of Washington Tuesday.
And by all reports it was a friendly affair.
Chu appeared Tuesday before Sen. Jeff Bingaman‘s committee,…
The U.S. Senate by a vote of 74-25 passed the $700 billion financial bailout bill Wednesday night, with New Mexico’s Senators Pete Domenici and Jeff Bingaman voting in favor. In the minutes leading up to the vote, Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., singled out Domenici for praise.
