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.
California’s highest court today upheld a gay marriage ban enacted by voters last November, but said that the 18,000 gay couples who were married before the ban took effect will remain legally married under state law.
As the LA Times reports, the justices voted 6-to-1 to uphold Proposition 8, which Californians had passed with 52 percent of the vote. But they voted unanimously to give legal status to the couples whose status has been in limbo since November.
Advocates for gay marriage will likely ask voters next year to overturn the ban.
For more on what the decision means, see this Times Q & A.
