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.
Rumors of Bill Richardson replacing Hillary Clinton exploded across the internet today and appear to have been started by a report from Examiner.com and have been falsely attributed to Washington Examiner — which is unrelated to Examiner.com — by Fox News, among other outlets.
Four draft reports released Wednesday by the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling say the Obama administration was not prepared for a spill the size of the one in the Gulf, which spewed 4.9 million barrels of oil into the ocean. They detail the many stops and starts of the Unified Command, which was set up to organize response efforts. And they suggest that the administration sought desperately to keep the oil spill from becoming for Obama what Hurricane Katrina was for George Bush.
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 …
U.S. Attorney Ken Gonzales is promising a comprehensive push to reduce crime in Indian Country.
New Mexico will have three new prosecutors tasked with fighting crime on Indian reservations, Gonzales pledged Tuesday — one more than the two announced…
Many American children are born ‘pre-polluted’ with carcinogens, panel reports.
New Mexico Secretary of New Mexico Indian Affairs Alvin Warren will hold a press conference April 28 at the All Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque to launch the first national anti-methamphetamine advertising campaign aimed at Indian Country. More …
New Mexico relies most heavily on the state gross receipts tax for its revenue — to the tune of 36.1 percent, according to a new report. By comparison, the state income tax comes in third as a revenue generator,…
A community discussion on HIV and AIDS, hosted by the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP), will be held Friday at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque.
In 10 days, New Mexico’s state lawmakers will converge in Santa Fe for a special legislative session to address a half-billion dollar budgetary shortfall. And as they say, misery loves company. States across the nation are struggling financially, which doesn’t make the situation here any easier. But it’s nice to know you’re not alone.
So with that in mind, here’s a sampling of what’s going on elsewhere. More …
U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján joined 57 other members of Congress in sending a letter to the Barack Obama administration urging against troop increases to Afghanistan.
Last week Obama said he won’t rush any decision on troop increases, butt…
The White House has tapped the executive director of a New Mexico domestic violence organization to fill a newly created post — that of White House Advisor on Violence Against Women.
Calling it “a thrill,” state Sen. Dede Feldman announced on her blog Sunday that she will be headed to Washington D.C. to talk about healthcare reform “with HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Presidential Advisor Valerie Jarrett, along with 30 other…
The White House released a 28-page report Wednesday to tout the gargantuan amount of federal dollars otherwise known as the federal economic stimulus package that is flowing into communities across the country as I write.
As someone who came to writing about politics via blogging, I immediately went to the White House Web site and saw something new — a White House blog.
The Web site design itself is a dramatic departure from…
A blistering 392-page report released Monday by federal investigators left the impression that the White House knew of David Iglesias’ firing as U.S. Attorney for New Mexico before it got official word — a finding for which investigators can thank U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson, R-N.M.
