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 Senate amended another of Gov. Susana Martinez’s legislative priorities on Saturday, this time a law that would have required all those arrested for felonies to have their DNA put into a crime database. The amending of the expansion of an already existing law, known was “Katie’s Law,” shows another rift between the governor’s desires and that of the state Senate.
A law that would require police to collect DNA from those arrested for all felonies, an expansion from the current law which only designates certain felonies, unanimously passed the Senate Public Affairs committee Tuesday. Gov. Susana Martinez testified on behalf of the law.
A law that would require DNA to be taken from all individuals arrested for felonies, one of Gov. Susana Martinez’s legislative priorities, has wide bipartisan support and will likely land on the governor’s desk for her signature. But after the bill is passed it will face court challenges from civil liberties groups that say the law with the tenet of being innocent until proven guilty.
Gov. Susana Martinez outlined some of her goals for the 2011 legislative session Tuesday in her first State of the State address at the state Legislature. Martinez also said that she would veto any tax increases that pass the legislature.
Gov. Susana Martinez announced today that she is seeking an expansion to Katie’s Law to require DNA samples to be taken from all felony arrests in the state. At a Monday press conference, Martinez announced that she’ll be moving the state DNA lab from Santa Fe back to Albuquerque.
U.S. Rep. Harry Teague has introduced legislation that would encourage states to collect DNA from people arrested for felony crimes so it can be checked against DNA gathered from other unsolved crimes.
