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.
The omnibus Public Land Management Act, a bill sponsored by Democratic New Mexico Sen. Jeff Bingaman, cleared another hurdle on its way to being passed Wednesday. The omnibus bill, which is really a collection of 160 bills, includes several that would affect New Mexico, including the Sabinoso Wilderness Act. The bill passed cloture easily with a 68-24 vote, with six not voting.
The only Democrat to vote against cloture was Democratic Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold, while seventeen Republicans voted for cloture. The Senate previously voted to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill. Invoking cloture is one way to stop a filibuster. It takes 3/5 of the Senate to vote to invoke cloture, and it limits the time to consider the bill to 30 hours.
