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 Maine House of Representatives has passed a same-sex marriage bill, a week after the state Senate preliminarily passed it last week. According to the Portland Press Herald, the vote earlier today was 89-57.
Here’s an excerpt from the paper’s online story:
The bill, LD 1020, was sent back to the Senate, which gave it preliminary approval last week and is scheduled to give it final approval on Wednesday. It would then send it to Gov. John Baldacci for his signature.
The proposal would make Maine the fifth state to allow gay marriage. But it’s unclear whether Baldacci would sign the bill. Baldacci remains undecided.
