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.
Gov. Susana Martinez has a strong favorability rating with New Mexico voters, according to a Public Policy Polling survey (pdf) released Tuesday.
Martinez has a 52-37 favorable rating with 32 percent of Democrats having a favorable opinion as well as 49 percent of Hispanics. Martinez’s numbers are strong, unlike other new GOP governors elected in states Obama won last fall, such as Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Florida Gov. Rick Scott or Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who quickly became unpopular.
In the same survey, forty-two percent of New Mexico voters indicated they thought gay marriage should be legal, while 49 percent think it should be illegal. However, when asked about civil unions and gay marriage, 37 percent said gay marriage should be legal, 31 percent said civil unions should be legal, and 30 percent favored no legal recognition for same-sex couples. There is no legal recognition for same-sex couples in New Mexico.
