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.
Self-employed New Mexicans relying on Blue Cross Blue Shield health care services are due to incur a ten percent increase on premiums paid less than a year after the insurance company hiked up rates by 21 percent.
Republican Senate candidate Greg Sowards told Politico Tuesday that no candidate in the Republican primary would be further to the right than he is. Sowards also said he didn’t believe that Rep. Steve Pearce would enter the Republican primary.
Lt. Gov. John Sanchez is reportedly joining the Republican Senate primary, according to a report from Roll Call. The Hill cites a close associate of Sanchez saying the report is “premature.”
On Monday, former U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson announced she will run for U.S. Senate. Wilson quickly picked up endorsements from prominent New Mexico Republicans, including former U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, and criticisms from Democrats, who noted her involvement in the scandal of fired U.S. Attorney David Iglesias.
Two media sources are reporting that former U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson is going to enter the U.S. Senate race next week. This would be Wilson’s second Senate run.
Heather Wilson is “reaching out to potential staffers” for a run to replace retiring U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman, according to Politico. It is the latest indication that the former U.S. Representative could be gearing up for her second Senate run.
State Auditor Hector Balderas confirm that he is “seriously considering” a run for Senate, echoing a report from Politico this weekend. This is the first official word from the Democrat that he is considering a run to replace retiring Sen. Jeff Bingaman in 2012.
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, who has not yet announced his decision on whether to run for re-election, leads major potential Republican candidates in a poll released by the Democratic polling firm Public Policy Polling. PPP showed that Bingaman had an extremely high approval rating: 56 percent approved of his job performance while just 27 percent disapproved, the fourth highest among senators polled in the last year by PPP.
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) is “weighing retirement” for 2012, according to a report from Politico.
Yes it is, according to a weekend story in Politico.
Politico attributes a vote scheduled for tonight in the U.S. Senate on a $26.1 billion aid package for states, including extra Medicaid funding, to a late-breaking push by the White House.
A congressional debate on whether to extend extra federal dollars for Medicaid, the government’s low-income health insurance program, has captivate a majority of states. The legislation would push the deadline for states receiving extra Medicaid funding to June 30, 2011, six months beyond the current deadline of Dec. 31.
If the extra dollars don’t come, New Mexico will be stuck with a $160 million hole in the state budget that started July 1. More …
The United States Senate voted 60-39 to pass a sweeping financial reform bill today, “overhauling the regulation of everything from the biggest banks to consumer financial products to exotic instruments like credit-default swaps to the derivatives used by farmers.”…
The U.S. must do more to help fund law enforcement efforts on both sides of the U.S./Mexico border, New Mexico Attorney General Gary King told the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee‘s subcommittee on human rights this morning.
King urged…
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced yesterday that the Senate would look into reforming the filibuster. The Senate Rules Committee will hold hearings on the potential Senate rule changes, including testimony by Senator Tom Udall, D-N.M.…
Senate Democrats on Thursday approved a sweeping $871 billion proposal designed to extend coverage to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and slow the growth of runaway costs.
I bumped into ex-U.S. Sen. Fred Harris in downtown Albuquerque yesterday. Of course, Harris isn’t just an ex-senator. He’s been a very popular UNM political science professor for years (now semi-retired), and back in the late 1990s, he served…
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…
New Mexico will lose decades of experience and seniority in the U.S. House and Senate when the new Congress convenes next month, posing great challenges for the new delegation tasked with protecting the state’s interests in Washington.
The U.S. Senate by a vote of 74-25 passed the $700 billion financial bailout bill Wednesday night, with New Mexico’s Senators Pete Domenici and Jeff Bingaman voting in favor. In the minutes leading up to the vote, Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., singled out Domenici for praise.
