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 shakeup in a major Senate committee has Sen. Richard Martinez, D-Española, replacing Sen. Cisco McSorley, D-Albuquerque, as head of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Martinez is more conservative than McSorley, especially on social issues.
Senate President pro tem Tim Jennings told the Santa Fe New Mexican’s Steve Terrell that it wasn’t about policy.
KRQE reported, “Some senators had complained how McSorley scheduled committee business, including the failure to consider some bills.”
The committee will also see a change with Sen. Eric Griego, D-Albuquerque, replacing Sen. Bernadette Sanchez on the committee. Griego is more liberal than Sanchez, and Jennings told Terrell that the committee would be more liberal after the moves.
This is a committee that has been key in such issues as domestic partnership and testimony in pay-to-play allegations.
Martinez has voted against domestic partnerships in the past, drawing the ire of Democratic and gay rights activists.
Sen. Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe, will replace Martinez as Vice-Chair of the committee.
