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.
Democrat Tim Jennings, the state Senate’s elected leader, has drawn the ire of the governor and other members of his party for denouncing in a robocall attacks against the Senate’s minority whip, Leonard Lee Rawson, a Republican.
Could Barack Obama have Election Day coattails long enough to reach down into the New Mexico Legislature? That’s certainly the hope of state Democrats — and the fear of at least a few Republicans. Thanks to clever redistricting, most seats in the 112-member body have remained remarkably stable for years. But at least a few are drawing intense interest, and money, in this election cycle.
The AP reports today that State Sen. Leonard Lee Rawson of Las Cruces has named 32 people in his district whom he believes have registered to vote more than once. He sent an e-mail to Doña Ana County…
State Sen. Leonard Lee Rawson, R-Las Cruces, says there was no conflict of interest or impropriety in his decision in 2003 to use taxpayer money to pave a road that doesn’t serve his constituents but instead improves access to a business he owns. He’s wrong. I’m not sure whether he can’t see that or simply refuses to admit it, but either is concerning.
