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.
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…
The nation’s governors and state school chiefs will propose standards Wednesday for what students should learn in English and math, from kindergarten through high school, a crucial step in President Obama’s campaign to raise academic standards across the…
Vermont minutes ago became the fourth state to legalize same-sex marriage.
That happened when that state’s House of Representatives overrode Gov. Jim Douglas‘ veto of same-sex marriage legislation by a vote of 100-49.
The Vermont state Senate has just voted 23-5 to override Gov. Jim Douglas‘ veto of same-sex legislation. The House of Representatives now will vote whether to override Douglas’ veto, possibly later this morning.
Gov. Jim Douglas of Vermont just vetoed a law that would have created same -sex marriage in that New England state. Douglas’ action comes three days after the Iowa Supreme Court issued a ruling allowing same-sex marriage in…
