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.
Lively debate preceded the Senate’s Wednesday vote in favor (23-15) on SB 148, which prohibits insurance companies from using gender as a factor in determining health insurance rates.
For your convenience, we’ve posted the House and Senate schedules for Wednesday, Feb. 10. after the jump.
First Lady Michelle Obama launch her campaign against child obesity, Let’s Move, Tuesday morning. The program aims to improve kids’ health by improving school lunches, increasing the number of farmers markets in the country and revamping the tried and true food pyramid. It also focuses on physical activity by partnering with professional athletes to encourage at least an hour of play away from TV’s computers and video games that take up an average of 7.5 hours of kids’ days. More …
Despite moving testimony from Dan Koffman, the father of the only survivor of a June car accident in which a drunk diver killed four Santa Fe teenagers, the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday tabled one of Sen.
For your convenience, we’ve posted the House and Senate schedules for Tuesday, Feb. 9. after the jump.
House and Senate schedules for Monday, Feb. 8 are posted after the jump.
For your convenience, the legislative schedules for Friday, Feb. 5 are embedded after the jump.
The controversial domestic partnership bill, SB 183, which was scheduled to head to the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday before going before the Senate Finance Committee is instead headed straight for Finance. Senate Majority Floor Leader
HB 17, a bill that would prevent convicted domestic violence offenders from becoming police officers and would remove certification from current officers convicted of domestic violence crimes, is being sent back to the House Judiciary Committee, where it…
The Senate gallery was packed Tuesday for a hearing on SB 183, New Mexico’s domestic partnership bill. We talked to some members of the audience who came to Santa Fe to watch the hearing.
For your convenience, here are the legislative committee schedules for Tuesday, Feb. 2, after the jump.
Approximately 100 people turned up at the New Mexico state capital Monday to support domestic partnership bill (SB 183) expected to be heard in the Senate this week.
For your convenience, here are the legislative committee schedules for Monday, Feb. 1, after the jump.
Four members of New Mexico’s House of Representatives walked out of the House Judiciary Committee Friday afternoon as a domestic violence bill was being heard.
HB 17, which was introduced by Rep. Nate Cote and
Two bills that would have merged departments and eliminated redundancies were tabled on Thursday by the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee.
Both bills, HB 94 (Merge Aging and Human Services Departments) and HB 95 (Merge…
A bill that would prohibit candidates from appearing in public service ads passed through the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee Thursday afternoon.
The most conspicuous example of an elected official appearing on public service ads is former Secretary of…
For your convenience: downloadable schedules for both the Senate and the House can be found here. And here’s a list of some of the things we’re looking at, after the jump.
“We wanted to do something peacefully, and with pretty gold,” Susan Young of Equality New Mexico said of the group’s effort to surround the state capitol with a gold lame fabric engagement ring to bring attention to the issue of marriage…
