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.
A budget that largely protects K-12 education, while cutting deeply into most state agencies, won approval from the Legislature Friday evening. The bill, which trims more than $200 million in spending, now goes to Gov. Bill Richardson.
A poll commissioned by advocates of the legislation zeroes in on two lawmakers viewed as crucial to the legislation’s fate this year — Democratic Sens. Richard Martinez and Bernadette Sanchez. Conducted by one of the state’s most respected pollsters, the poll reveals strong majority support for the bill in both of their districts.
The Albuquerque Democrat used an age-old ruse to avoid voting on the domestic partnership bill. But supporters say her artful dodge won’t kill the measure.
The bill to approve domestic partnerships just failed in the Senate Judiciary Committee on a 5 to 5 tie. Sen. Bernadette Sanchez, who was the swing vote, walked out of the committee room shortly before the vote, and walked back…
State Sen. Cisco McSorley, D-Albuquerque, just told me the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on domestic partnerships this afternoon.
As of last week, the bill’s failure or passage in the Senate Judiciary Committee had come down to one…
Five of the six Democrats on the make-or-break committee appear to support the Domestic Partner Rights and Responsibilities Act. Sen. Bernadette Sanchez, meanwhile, stands in the middle, undecided, and the likely swing vote. She’s being lobbied hard on the bill, which would extend the rights of married couples to same-sex and opposite-sex couples in a committed relationship.
