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.
With the recent additions of Iowa and Vermont (not to mention Washington D.C.) to the ranks of states that allow same-sex marriage, some New Mexico Democrats hope the Land of Enchantment joins that short list soon.
After a long and passionate series of debates, (which NMI live-blogged here and here), the New Mexico Senate voted last month against recognizing legal status for domestic partnerships. But meanwhile, states in the Northeast are moving in…
In San Francisco today, the California Supreme Court will consider arguments for overturning Proposition 8, the ballot initiative passed last year redefining marriage as between one man and one woman.
It was the state Supreme Court that had previously declared…
Domestic partnership legislation failed in the Senate today, by a vote of 17 to 25. Click below to read the (very, very long) transcript of our live blog, and to watch a video of the proceedings.
Some of the rights conferred to married couples are available to unmarried couples — for a price. Meanwhile, others are simply impossible to acquire.
Those two assertions come from a financial impact report released by American Civil Liberties…
One group in favor of domestic partnership legislation has taken a creative route in advocating for the legislation in New Mexico.
The state Senate is expected to take up domestic-partnership legislation this week, possibly as early as Wednesday morning most likely Thursday morning. Join the New Mexico Independent and The Santa Fe Reporter as we co-host a live…
Lawmakers may reconsider the state’s tax incentives for filmmakers, KOB reports. Adding up to $46 million last year alone, the tax breaks would be scrapped under a plan lawmakers are examining. However, the New Mexico Film Office warns that such…
The vote may come in the State Senate as early as Monday, and supporters and opponents alike say that while they’re hopeful they’ll emerge victorious, nothing is certain.
After a dramatic set of votes in the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday afternoon, domestic partnership legislation moved toward consideration by the full Senate. And state Sen. Bernadette Sanchez, who only two weeks ago said she didn’t support the legislation, cast the critical vote allowing the bill to proceed.
With a new crop of fresh faces coming to the Roundhouse, 2009 may be the year that New Mexico finally recognizes domestic partnerships. According to Whitney Potter of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico, “This legislation would provide basic protections — it’s fundamentally about equality and fairness under the law.”
