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.
Rep. Ben Ray Luján has signed onto a letter backing Steny Hoyer, D-Md., in his race against Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., for House Minority Whip in the next Congress. Hoyer, the current House Majority Whip, also got the backing of some…
Congressman Ben Ray Luján sent out a press release today highlighting the more than 40 events he’s attended throughout his district, to listen to his constituents’ thoughts on health care reform.
Luján has said many times that he favors a…
Martin Heinrich was one of 49 signatories on a letter (pdf) to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., asking them to include a public option provision in any health care reform bill…
U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer praised three fellow Democrats — including U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich — for their work on the major climate change bill passed on Friday.
The U.S. House voted overwhelmingly against releasing the second $350 billion of the Trouble Assets Relief Program, or TARP. The vote was 270-155, with the House leadership on the losing side of the vote.
All three New Mexico congressmen…
