This is a guest blog by Bob Hearn, a citizen who resides in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Health Care Reform, as Congress presents it to us, is incomprehensively complex and non-understandable. If you want to control things, that’s exactly the situation you would want to create. There are hundreds of lobbyists trying mostly [...]
Not that there isn't plenty to be thankful for. New Mexico's eternal gifts--its beauty, culture and climate--continue to delight year after year and generation after generation. But this is a year when more corporeal concerns dominate the thoughts of New Mexicans. Like jobs--and whether theirs will [...] La Politica New Mexico posts, “The Funeral: Microcosm of the Bruce King Legacy.” This blogger gives a sense of the event, including those in attendance, a review of King’s work in the state, and his relationships with both the political class and the Average Joe citizens of New Mexico.
Next, [...]
Governor Bill Richardson’s Budget Balancing Task Force is meeting in Albuquerque at Expo New Mexico and the New Mexico Independent is on hand to liveblog and webcast the proceedings. Come join us as we see what options the task force will be discussing to bridge the budget gap that [...]
This is a guest blog by Tyler Taylor, M.D., who has a solo, patient-focused medical practice in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The piece was written in response to Sunday's op-ed in the Albuquerque Journal North by Carol Miller.
As a member of Physicians for a [...]
This is a guest blog by Democratic State Rep. Brian Egolf, who represents House District 47 in Santa Fe.
I am running for reelection to the New Mexico State House, and I’m writing to ask for your help. I would be honored to have your [...]
The New Mexico Independent plans on liveblogging and webcasting the Budget Balancing Task Force meeting Thursday, which is set to be held from 1 p.m to 4 p.m. at the Leon Harms Youth Hall at Expo New Mexico.
The task force, appointed by Gov. Bill Richardson, [...]
“I’m shocked to learn that a campaign flack would not tell me the truth,” The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Steve Terrell writes this morning. Can you taste the sarcasm dripping off that statement?
Terrell was writing about the revelation in a new book from Obama strategist David Plouffe that [...]
Update, 2:39pm: Here’s a response to this blog from Gilbert Gallegos, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor’s Office:
Nobody is asking lobbyists to “solve New Mexico’s budget woes.” And the Governor is not looking for a consensus or any recommendations from the task force. He wants a thorough analysis of [...]
Governor Bill Richardson took to his official blog to unveil a draft plan to implement the five days of furloughs he announced last week.
The initial plan for the furloughs, which would include all employees except for “critical public safety and welfare positions,” is as follows:
The draft plan outlines the [...]
This is a guest blog from New Mexico PIRG.
The nation has 73,000 crumbling bridges, but year after year startlingly few federal transportation dollars go to fixing them.
In 2008, for example, just a few months after the tragic Minneapolis bridge collapse which killed 13 and sparked alarm and outrage across [...]
Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce president (and blogger) Simon Brackley passes along this chart, compiled from Chamber members’ responses to the question, “If a declining economy forces you to have to cut business expenses in the year ahead, will you cut?”
(Presumably, there should be an ellipsis after “will you [...]
Insight New Mexico discusses how American Education Week plays out in New Mexico, which includes addressing the state’s high dropout rate. One local education aficionado believes the change needs to come from long-term community involvement on many levels.
On to other education blogging, Ched Macquigg asks, “Is AVID just [...]
I have decided that from now on I will blog every week about the things in my life. So this week nothing really happened. Come back next week and i will have to tell you about all my exiting adventures.
[...]I recommend reading the whole thing, but here's an excerpt:But in today's vicious news cycle, lies take on lives of their own on Web sites, blogs and e-mail [...]
BULLETIN: BRUCE KING DEAD. HELD GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR THREE TERMS; WAS 85The State Legislature’s Economic and Rural Development Committee met at the Roundhouse Thursday to hear a presentation on what’s known as “combined reporting.” Currently, New Mexico does not require large, multi-state companies to pay taxes on income they make here. Pro-business groups say to force companies to pay taxes here [...]
Gov. Bill Richardson announced his decisions on the state legislature’s special session budget fix today in a press conference at the state capitol. The Independent webcasted and live blogged the event. Click the box below to read a transcript of our conversation.
Governor Bill Richardson special session press conference
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I, like many, have been reading On Thursday, technology permitting, the New Mexico Independent hopes to webcast and live blog two events at the State Capitol: Gov.Bill Richardson’s press conference on budget fixes at noon and, an hour later, a presentation on combined reporting during the Economic and Rural Development Committee (ERDC) committee meeting.
For [...]
Former Governor Gary Johnson will be speaking at UNM this week according to Santa Fe New Mexican reporter Steve Terrell. Terrell, writing on his blog, notes it will be at an event put on by Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP).
The event, scheduled at 7 p.m. tomorrow at [...]
I've held back on discussing this week's wingnuttery attacks by James Scarantino -- who writes for a blog paid for by the right-wing Rio Grande Foundation -- on Lt. Governor Diane Denish. Scarantino asserted in a post this week that Denish had misused' [...]
