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.
Gov. Susana Martinez, Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall, and Rep. Steve Pearce gathered Monday in Santa Teresa to mark the groundbreaking for a $400 million Union Pacific project near the U.S.-Mexico border. The new 2,200 acre facility will measure 11.5 miles long by one mile wide and “include fueling facilities, crew change buildings, locomotive inspection tracks, an intermodal ramp and a switching yard.”
The U.S. Senate approved Tuesday the debt deal, the Budget Control Act of 2011, by a vote of 74-26, with 45 Democrats and 28 Republicans voting yes, including New Mexico Democratic Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall.
Saying “it is John McCain’s time,” the Silver City Daily Press has endorsed the self-proclaimed maverick, joining the Roswell Daily Record as the second New Mexico daily newspaper to back the GOP candidate for president.
But in its own maverick…
Albuquerque Teachers Federation President Ellen Bernstein prefers Sen. Barack Obama’s education platform over Sen. John McCain’s, but she would like her candidate to make a case for throwing No Child Left Behind out instead of trying to fix it.
Pastor Robert Hall did something this past Sunday that few clergy do for fear of running afoul of the federal government. He endorsed candidates from the pulpit. And with those words of support, Hall may have just made himself a target of the IRS. But is he worried?
Was their vote against the Wall Street bailout today just pure election year politics on the part of Tom Udall and Steve Pearce?
An analysis by the Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza suggests maybe so, at least in part.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama leads his Republican rival, John McCain, by 11 points and in the Senate race, Democratic Rep. Tom Udall leads Republican Rep. Steve Pearce by 20 points, according to a poll released today by Public…
