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.
According to a committee schedule on the Web site of the New Mexico Democratic caucus, the domestic partnership bill might be heard during that committee’s meeting this afternoon. The committee, scheduled to meet half an hour after the Senate floor session, has four other pieces of legislation ahead of the domestic partnership legislation.
Earlier this session, the bill was given a third committee hearing, putting the legislation on life support. However, Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez worked to remove the legislation from the Senate Judiciary Committee and instead have it be heard in the Senate Finance Committee.
Domestic partnership legislation has failed in the Senate in the past, but has passed the House.
