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.
Governor Susana Martinez yesterday announced the five finalists she’d selected from a list of 90 hopefuls for the Public Regulation Commission seat vacated several weeks ago by Jerome Block Jr., who resigned after pleading guilty to several felonies. Among the quintet are three Democrats, a Republican, and an Independent.
Think New Mexico, a non-profit think tank, counts three Democratic state senators who voted for a budget package that included a food tax, but now say they’re urging Gov. Bill Richardson to veto the measure.
The lawmakers include Sens. Nancy…
Think New Mexico delivered more than 500 letters opposing the food tax to Governor Richardson Tuesday morning.
At one of the most unique rallies at the Roundhouse during the session, 12,000 white tortillas were handed out by St. Joseph Community Health and other groups opposing a bill that would reimpose the gross receipts tax on certain…
For the third time in about a week, supporters of House Bill 118 tried to move their bill through the House Voters and and Elections Committee. The committee had asked the sponsor of HB 118Rep. Jose Campos, D-Santa Rosa, to…
On Tuesday the House Voters and Elections Committee tabled a bill designed to combat pay-to-play, asking supporters to work with Rep. Gail Chasey, D-Albuquerque, the sponsor of a similar bill.
House Bill 118 is sponsored by Rep. Jose Campos,…
House Bill 118, a measure that would prevent registered lobbyists, state contractors and agencies seeking subsidies from making contributions to state candidates, was tabled in committee Thursday, but supporters say it’s a temporary setback. The bill would also make nonprofits that…
Money. It’s been called the mother’s milk of politics. But House Bill 118 aims to stop lobbyists and special interests from making contributions or bundling contributions to state candidates.
Common Cause and the New Mexico Conference of Catholic Bishops…
Fred Nathan of Think New Mexico, the think tank that championed eliminating the gross receipts tax on food several years ago, and has campaigned hard against reinstating the tax this year, told The Independent today that the group would be willing…
After campaigning against the measure on Twitter and Facebook, a Santa Fe think tank claims there are enough votes to stop the reimposition of the food tax from passing out of the New Mexico state Legislature. Think New Mexico…
Title insurance reform is an issue that many in New Mexico have been working on for years, and one that gained some momentum on Friday when it was approved on a vote of 59-0 by the House.
