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.
By a vote of 10-8, the House Rules and Order of Business committee voted to table House Bill 97, a measure sponsored by Rep. Dianne Hamilton, R-Silver City, that would have required voters to present photo ID at the polls.
So far this is the only bill Hamilton has filed. She said her next step would be to merge it with House Bill 123, a bill that would allow same-day voter registration.
“That will make it very palatable” Hamilton says, although she had yet to speak with the sponsor, Rep. Jim Trujillo, D-Santa Fe.
“I’m just not going to give up” Hamilton continued. “Constituents are going crazy.”
The bill, if it were to clear a growing number of hurdles, would require photo ID at the polls by the general election this fall.
