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.
Two bills that get a lot of attention and the capital outlay bill failed to pass the state legislature this year as they failed to gain approval from both chambers in the final hours of the state legislative session on Saturday.
Republican Susana Martinez has said she would work to repeal New Mexico’s medical marijuana program if she’s elected governor. But undoing the state’s three-year-old medical marijuana law would represent a major undertaking. There are only two routes — through the Legislature or voter referendum — and neither would be easy.
Proposals to expand legislative webcasting and create a state ethics commission died in the Senate today when the session ended without Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez, D-Belen, calling them up for debate.
The vast majority of government retirees couldn’t “double dip” after July 1 under a bill the Senate passed Monday. Most retirees after July 1 would have to sit out 12 months following retirement before returning to government work and then give up their pensions for as long as they work. Those exempted from the new rules include elected officials, temporary legislative employees and the more than 1,400 people who currently double dip.
They say it’s healthier, easy to implement and most of all, helps the budget. Senate bill 10 makes more foods eligible to be taxed in New Mexico and it crossed its first hurdle on Friday.
A bill designed to alleviate jury confusion in the plea process confused legislators Thursday during a debate that lasted more than an hour.
Sen. Peter Wirth‘s SB 216 seeks to eliminate the “guilty but mentally ill” plea, leaving only…
Debate over a bill that would allow New Mexicans to renew their drivers licenses online caused a testy debate in the Senate on Wednesday afternoon after Sen. Rod Adair proposed an amendment that would bar those in the United States…
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.
On Wednesday night in Santa Fe, writers from The Independent mingled with dozens of guests gathered at Rio Chama for the first of four Independent Forum events. The Independent’s partner KNME was on hand to film a panel discussion…
Governor Bill Richardson isn’t happy with the budget solutions passed by the state legislature during the week-long special session that concluded on Friday evening, the Associated Press reports. Richardson told the wire service, “every possible action, including vetoes, will…
Here is a list of the seven bills, not including memorials, that were introduced yesterday during the special session in both chambers. We’ll start off with the Senate.
One conservative lawmaker joined a bloc of liberals on the Senate floor Tuesday in attempting to bring back a handful of tax bills that a Senate committee had previously shot down.
“I didn’t need a state Senator from Roswell, New Mexico opining about who the U.S. Attorney ought to be when this is going to be largely the province of the United States Senator who is going to give us a…
The New Mexico Senate had a passionate debate but ultimately took no action today on the issue of webcasting its proceedings.
