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.
U.S. Rep. Harry Teague, D-N.M., announced in a press release today that $172 million in stimulus money will be spent at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, known as WIPP, in southern New Mexico near Carlsbad.
The three members of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Mexico sent out a press release touting the $58 million in federal recovery funds for energy-efficiency and weatherization allotted to New Mexico.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)…
Most of the nation’s governors are in Washington this weekend to meet with President Barack Obama and discuss how they’re spending their chunks of the stimulus package. Notably absent from the events: New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.
Tom Udall and Jeff Bingaman issued a joint press release (a lot of these from the new senators lately) showing their support for the signing of the stimulus package into law by President Obama today. In fact, the release hit…
It’s Friday the 13th. In case you were wondering, the fear of Friday the 13th is Paraskevidekatriaphobia. I can’t find an official name for “fear of bad horror movies.”
The U.S. House passed the final version of the economic stimulus bill today with no Republican support. The bill now heads to the Senate for a vote, which is expected tonight.
Just two days after predicting that a special legislative session would not be necessary at a press conference, Gov. Bill Richardson has reversed course, now saying that a special session is necessary to consider how federal stimulus funds…
A study by Christina Romer, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, and Jared Bernstein, chief economist for the vice president, outlines the expected job growth from the stimulus package, which could create or save 22,000 jobs in New Mexico.…
Talking Points Memo has received a classified document which shows the amount of money in the stimulus bill after coming out of conference as compared to the House and Senate versions.
And on the second page of the document,…
The three members of New Mexico’s U.S. House delegation sent a letter to House and Senate leaders from both parties urging the restoration of education money to the economic stimulus package. The Senate’s newly passed version took out much of…
The U.S. Senate passed the stimulus bill a day after voting to invoke cloture. This time, the vote was 61-37, with Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., not voting. Minnesota got only one vote, as former Sen. Norm Coleman’s lawsuit…
No, it’s not quite done yet, but the economic stimulus bill is one step closer to passing the U.S. Senate.
Both New Mexico senators, Tom Udall and Jeff Bingaman, voted with the rest of the Democrats to invoke cloture and…
The economic stimulus package is working its way slowly through the U.S. Senate, and both New Mexico senators have introduced an amendment that would help communities access the money given to the state.
The amendment would allow the individual states…
“Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.” So began U.S. Rep. Harry Teague — in his southeast New Mexico twang — in his defense of his amendment to the omnibus stimulus bill. It was the first amendment…
The US House will vote on President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus plan today. The plan contains “$700 million for New Mexico,” the Albuquerque Journal reports.
The Las Cruces County Commissioners have expressed unanimous support for a domestic partnership bill being heard at the Roundhouse today, says the Las Cruces Sun-News.
One man in Alamogordo is terrified that prisoners from Guantanamo Bay may be transferred to an Otero County immigrant detention center when Gitmo closes, according to the Alamogordo News.
The $2.7 billion fence along the border between the US and Mexico is only 69 miles from completion, but it is possible the Obama administration may halt the progress of the controversial fence, the AP reports.
“Proposed legislative cuts target ethnic programs,” says a story in today’s Daily Lobo.
The US Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has given New Mexico $3.8 million to clean up abandoned coal mines near Lordsburg, T or C, Grants and Soccoro.
New Mexico Sens. Tom Udall and Jeff Bingaman released a press release that outlines a few more areas where the stimulus package will help New Mexico.
“With the nation’s unemployment rates rising, we can’t waste time getting a stimulus bill…
The New Mexico congressional delegation has released what they believe is necessary in an economic recovery package for the state. And the two biggest items on the agenda are transportation and education, with both dwarfing all other numbers provided.
The…
The state of New Mexico could get some significant help from the federal government in Barack Obama’s economic stimulus package, according to the Associated Press.
Barry Massey cites an analysis by Federal Funds Information for States, which says…
