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.
According to a recent Kaiser Health Tracking Poll conducted by Public Opinion and Survey Research Program, 66 percent of Americans agree with the federal government’s recent decision to include birth control in its list of preventative services. # The Department of Health and Human services recently included contraception in a list of preventive care under the Affordable Care Act. Because of this decision, women will have their birth control covered by their insurance without co-payments
The Roman Catholic Bishops of New Mexico support the current driver’s license law allowing foreign nationals to obtain a driver’s license with New Mexico residency, and oppose Gov. Susana Martinez’ push to change the law.
In 2009, the Knights of Columbus donated $1.4 million to the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), a nonprofit group dedicated to fighting same-sex marriage through the ballot initiative system in California, Maine and other states. That’s nearly half of the total charitable contributions to the anti-gay-marriage group, and it’s more than the Knights spent on some of its own programs, including food banks or education initiatives.
Vermont, like a lot of states, is struggling with public employee pension costs. But the state just struck an agreement with teachers that may avoid the possibility of a lawsuit and may offer a model for other states, Stateline.org…
Domestic partnership will be on the agenda in January’s 30-day legislative session, according to Steve Terrell of the Santa Fe New Mexican. It won’t, however, be discussed during the upcoming special session, Terrell emphasized in his blog.
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?
Most analysts are pointing to the influence of religion when explaining the defeat of the domestic partnership bill by the state Senate. But a breakdown of the vote shows a clear regional division — specifically, the split among rural…
Ten New Mexico Democrats sided with Republican Senators amid mounting opposition from religious groups and a confluence of factors that worked against the bill’s passage.
Archdiocese of Santa Fe officials and parishioners have turned up the pressure on the measure this year, saying that they fear domestic partnerships will clear a path for legalizing gay marriage. But not all Catholics share that fear.
