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.
The centrist advocacy group No Labels released a report Tuesday saying that only 175 House members are holding town halls this August. In New Mexico, Reps. Steve Pearce and Ben Ray Luján are, while Rep. Martin Heinrich, who is running for U.S. Senate, is not.
Join The Independent tomorrow as we live blog from an Albuquerque town hall on the federal budget. Albuquerque will be one of 19 locations for the AmericaSpeaks “Our Budget, Our Economy” town hall meeting.
Going to the Heinrich town hall on a hot summer Saturday was a civic duty–emphasis on the duty. But even though it was draining and hot, I’m happy I went, because now I’m a bit more optimistic about my fellow First Congressional districters–and a little bit smarter about healthcare reform.
Congressman Martin Heinrich’s staff expects the health care town hall being held tomorrow in Albuquerque to be filled to capacity. The venue at the University of New Mexico Continuing Education Building holds 600 people, and they’ll have another room with…
The online news site Salon used U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman as an example of Senate Democrats work on health care reform in an unflattering piece called Why Senate Democrats are giving up so easily.
Congressman Ben Ray Luján will hold a health care town hall this Monday, his office has said in a press release. The town hall meeting will be at the Santa Fe Unitarian Church on Barcelona and Galisteo.
John Blair, communications director for U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich, said that in light of the encounters at other recent health care forums plus tensions surfacing in New Mexico, security will be present at the coming event. Heinrich, an Albuquerque Democrat, is scheduled to hold his town hall August 22, at the University of New Mexico.
A local libertarian, via Twitter, seemed to be advocate violence against “ACORN/SEIU” if they decide to attend and/or disrupt health care town hall meetings. The user, @ScottEO, accuses ACORN and SEIU members of being provocateurs at the events.
