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.
Steve Terrell of the Santa Fe New Mexican checked to see how the sale of the state jet — the one Gov. Susana Martinez made a big issue to sell the state jet in her campaign, calling it the “ultimate symbol of waste and excess.” However, the jet still hasn’t been sold at $2.35 million less than what the state paid for it and it costs about $400,000 a year to fuel and maintain.
Former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson said something today that many New Mexicans would agree with — that he is sick of the negative campaign ads that have dominated the TV this year. Johnson spoke with reporters during a…
“I’m shocked to learn that a campaign flack would not tell me the truth,” The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Steve Terrell writes this morning. Can you taste the sarcasm dripping off that statement?
Terrell was writing about the revelation…
The American Medical Association has changed its position on whether marijuana should be classified by the federal government as a dangerous narcotic with no medicinal value. Short-term trials indicate marijuana does have medicinal value, the AMA says in the
While we at the New Mexico Independent are sending tweets on our Twitter account about the state Legislature, we aren’t the only ones. Legislators, media and even the House GOP are sending out updates on the 2009 special session.
Educators and others, including health care advocates, are planning to march on the Capitol in Santa Fe to protest proposed cuts to public education and to Medicaid, the government’s low-income health insurance program. And some would like Michael Moore to join, reports the New Mexican’s political reporter Steve Terrell, who included the organization’s open letter to Moore on his blog, Roundhouse Reports. More …
Santa Fe County Commissioner Harry Montoya is running for State Land Commissioner, according to Santa Fe New Mexican reporter Steve Terrell. Montoya, who ran for the 3rd Congressional District seat last year, joins former Land Commissioner Ray Powell, Jr. and…
Steve Terrell of the Santa Fe New Mexican notes that the Milford Daily News called Governor Bill Richardson an “anchor baby,” a derogatory term used to refer to a child, born in the United States to immigrant parents,…
The Wall Street Journal has given the indictment of former Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron and three others a national profile, the Santa Fe New Mexican’s Steve Terrell blogged this afternoon.
Johnny Mango raves today about the University of New Mexico continuing education fall catalog. With summer on its way out, he tells of many a classroom option for those looking for something new as the weather cools. He goes as…
How many people will, ultimately, be running for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor next year?
According to state Sen. Jerry Ortiz y Pino and Santa Fe County Sheriff Greg Solano, two candidates who have already announced they are in…
If you think Twitter is just a way for American techno geeks to navel gaze, how mistaken you are.
Watching protesters in Tehran use Twitter and other social networking services to tap out messages and share photos of…
Contrary to media reports, a new blog called Val Kilmer – The Real Deal isn’t an official Web site of the potential 2010 New Mexico gubernatorial candidate or affiliated with him in any way.
Unless he opts to seek a lesser office or sit out a few years and then run for governor again in 2014 or beyond — and neither is likely — Gov. Bill Richardson will never run in another…
“Bob Johnson, thou art avenged!” was what The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Steve Terrell wrote on his blog last week after the Legislature, following years and years of debate, approved a bill that would open conference committees and most other legislative meetings to the public. Not so fast, Gov. Bill Richardson effectively said.
The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Steve Terrell wrote an interesting blog on the history of executions in New Mexico.
This is particularly relevant, of course, because of HB 285. That bill – legislation that would repeal the death…
Mark Bralley, a photographer and blogger who keeps an eye on politics, has a lengthy but insightful posting on his blog — What’s Wrong With This Picture? — in which he dissects the webcasting debate in the New Mexico…
It’s my turn at the NMI blog roundup and that means another work week is coming to an end, and it is only two days until the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals take to the field in Florida for Super…
Is the Legislature feeling the pressure from the people?
Maybe.
Steve Terrell of the Santa Fe New Mexican reports on his blog that the New Mexico Senate voted 30-10 this morning to reconsider whether to Webcast its proceedings.
Could it be that our beloved commuter train may go by a different name soon? A Massachusetts company has sued two New Mexico governmental entities over their use of the name Rail Runner for the commuter train that runs…
