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 state Senate minutes ago passed by a vote of 27-14 legislation to allow embryonic stem-cell research. The opposition was bipartisan, with nine Republicans and five Democrats voting against the legislation.
According to a legislative report, the bill, sponsored by Sen. John Ryan, R-Albuquerque, permits “biomedical research on certain embryonic stem cells while at the same time attempting to prohibit human reproductive cloning.”
The legislation now goes on to the House of Representatives.
