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.
One of the biggest duties of the state legislature this year will be dealing with the decennial redistricting of congressional and legislative seats following last year’s U.S. Census. The state legislature posted preliminary data on redistricting on its website Wednesday for congressional, state House, state Senate and Public Regulations Commission seats.
Nearly one in four Californians — 8.4 million or 24.3 percent — lacks health insurance and the rate of uninsured in many California counties is even larger than that statewide average according to a study reported on by the…
Nearly three-quarters of Americans have returned their Census forms, The U.S. Census Bureau announced today. The 72 percent mail return rate is equal to the rate of 2000. But only 63 percent of New Mexicans have returned their forms, less…
New Mexico residents have mailed in 51 percent of census forms according to numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau. This still lags behind the 60 percent nationwide participation rate.
A poll by the Pew Hispanic Center finds little evidence of a boycott of the census by foreign-born Hispanics. The poll finds that 91 percent of foreign Hispanics, versus just 78 percent of those born in the United States,…
While the national participation rate for the 2010 Census reached the 50 percent mark yesterday, New Mexico is lagging behind at 44 percent. In 2000, 65 percent of New Mexicans sent in their Census forms while the national average was…
Population growth nearly ground to a halt this year in many longtime boom states, a sign the recession has taken a toll on the migration habits of Americans, USA Today reports. But not all high-growth states saw a slowing in…
When the news that Bill Richardson would be named Commerce Secretary came out, political pundits immediately starting characterizing it as a “demotion.” His impressive resume was referenced as proof that such a gig just isn’t good enough. An angered Latino punditry claimed that the Latino community was being slighted by Obama’s cabinet choices, compounded by the delay in announcing Richardson for the Commerce gig.
