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 controversial anti-abortion group Operation Rescue has announced it is sending two “missionaries” to set up a satellite office in Albuquerque. One of them, Henry “Bud” Shaver, was arrested in 2007 after entering Dr. George Tiller’s church and…
New Hampshire may be the third state in a month to legalize gay marriage, the New York Times reports. That state’s Senate this afternoon passed a a bill that would allow same-sex couples to marry; it will now go…
It’s looking like New Mexico’s Roman Catholic Church is serious about tolerating — or even supporting — a new domestic partnerships bill. But before any more votes are cast, an ongoing debate within the church simmers.
It’s been almost two months since domestic partnership legislation failed by an 8-vote margin in the New Mexico Senate. But since then, the New Mexico Independent has learned that a committee appointed by New Mexico’s Catholic archbishop has been charged with seeking out a potential compromise with backers of the original bill.
Whether New Mexico’s Catholic Church is on the side of Democrats or Republicans when it comes to issues like abortion, homosexuality and capital punishment, is beside the point. The issue isn’t ideology; it’s law: Is the church or is it not violating the constitutional separation of church and state?
A federal judge has granted a motion for Eclipse Aviation to liquidate its assets, ending a decade-long run for the aircraft maker, the Associated Press reports.
Also, the sole airline at the Farmington airport will add a flight to…
