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 Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that Democrat Al Franken should be seated as a U.S. Senator, rejecting a challenge by incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman of the results of the 2008 election.
The decision would give the Democrats a 60th vote in the Senate.
Although Coleman could still appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, Minnesota’s GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty told CNN over the weekend that he would sign off on any decision the state’s high court made:
“I’m prepared to sign [the certification] as soon as they give the green light,” Pawlenty said. “I’m not going to defy an order of the Minnesota Supreme Court. That would be a dereliction of my duty.”
