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.
How do next-door neighbors that share a history — both were ceded by Mexico to the U.S. in the 19th century — arrive at vastly different conclusions on the same issue? The Independent posed that question to several university professors and got some interesting answers.
U.S. Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday health care reform legislation scheduled for the U.S. Senate floor in coming weeks would contain a public health care option with an opt-out clause for states. But a public health care option wouldn’t be a slam dunk in New Mexico if the decision fell to state lawmakers.
A budget that largely protects K-12 education, while cutting deeply into most state agencies, won approval from the Legislature Friday evening. The bill, which trims more than $200 million in spending, now goes to Gov. Bill Richardson.
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.
Gov. Bill Richardson said Thursday afternoon that he would sign legislation to open special legislative committees that meet behind closed doors into law if it were to pass the Senate.
“Yeah,” the governor said Thursday during a news conference when…
Just like that, it appears the legislative standoff – at least for the moment – is over.
“Earlier this morning I had the chance to visit with the speaker (House Speaker Ben Lujan) and he told me the chairman of…
People get testy during the last days of a legislative session.
Especially if you are a legislative leader in one chamber, and you feel dissed by lawmakers in the other chamber.
Translation: If the Senate, for example, feels that the…
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.
