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 Senate Armed Services Committee today voted in favor of repealing a ban on gays and lesbians openly serving in the military. The panel voted in a closed session.
The vote was 16-12 and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, told the New York Times she was the only Republican to vote for the repeal.
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., sits on the panel. Earlier this year, Bingaman signed onto the effort to repeal the policy from the Bill Clinton era.
The House is expected to take up the measure on the floor this week.
The White House and congressional leaders reached a compromise on the repeal earlier this week that would give the final say to the Pentagon after a review of the policy is completed on December 1.
