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 hot-running emotions surrounding the national debate over Arizona’s tough immigration law have had an unexpected effect in Utah, the Grand Canyon state’s northern neighbor.
Gov. Gary Herbert just called off plans for a special session to dilute a just-passed law requiring businesses to verify the legal residency of employees, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. Among his fears: some lawmakers wanted to pass a law that mirrors Arizona’s tough immigration statute in that it would require residents to prove they are in the country legally — “an unsettling prospect for business leaders,” the paper reported.
The Tribune went on to quote a Herbert spokeswoman on the governor’s decision:
“The governor realizes [immigration policy] is a conversation that needs to happen in Utah,” said Herbert’s spokeswoman, Angie Welling. “It’s something that he will participate in, but it’s something that needs to be done in a thoughtful and deliberative way and a special session is not the venue to do that.”
