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 is expected to take up domestic-partnership legislation this week, possibly as early as Wednesday morning most likely Thursday morning. Join the New Mexico Independent and The Santa Fe Reporter as we co-host a live blog during the debate. We’ll be discussing the bill and its implications for gay, elderly, disabled New Mexicans, as well as objections from the Catholic Church and other religious groups who say that domestic partnership threatens “traditional marriage.” As all Legislature-watchers know, the schedule is notoriously fluid, but whenever this debate happens, we’ll be there to blog it. We plan to have both video and audio of the proceedings, but for crystal-clear audio, go to KUNM 89.9 FM, which provides streaming audio from the Senate floor. Again, we don’t know exactly when the debate will begin, but enter your e-mail address in the box below and we’ll send you a reminder to join us.
