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.
A California bill that would legalize marijuana has lost support since September, according to the final poll of this election cycle by a California polling company, Field Research Corporation. The initiative to legalize marijuana enjoys a comfortable lead in Northern California, but the rest of the state is skeptical, the Field Poll found. Proposition 19, is opposed 49-42 percent, whereas in September it was ahead 49-42 percent.
If Proposition 19 passes tomorrow, individuals over the age of 21 could possess and cultivate limited amounts of marijuana for personal use. State and local governments could also authorize, regulate, and tax businesses that provide marijuana. The legislation would not affect federal law, under which marijuana would remain illegal.
California was the first state to legalize medical marijuana, back in 1996. Since then, fourteen states have adopted laws allowing marijuana for medicinal purposes, including New Mexico.
