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.
Three attempts to end a law that allows illegal immigrants to get state driver’s licenses failed in the New Mexico Senate Monday. The three attempts came when Republican legislators attempted to add amendments to a bill that tightens laws on drivers under 18 who receive licenses.
Among the hundreds of bills introduced so far in the state House and Senate are four from Republicans hoping to restrict marriage in New Mexico, including three separate pieces of legislation that seek to define marriage as between “one man and one woman.”
An attempt to define marriage as between on man and one woman failed in the Senate Rules Committee Monday by a vote of 5-2. Sen. William Sharer, R-Farmington, had proposed a constitutional amendment that would have added the phrase…
A bill that would oppose any mandate that New Mexicans buy a specific type of health care coverage failed Friday in the Senate Rules Committee on a 4-3 vote after very little debate. The sponsor, William Sharer, R-Farmington, said the…
The concept that nuclear energy is a “green” energy was brushed aside by most Democrats on the Senate Rules committee Wednesday morning. A memorial brought by Sen. William Sharer, R-Farmington, would have directed that the state environment department acknowledge…
Governor Bill Richardson has put his influence behind domestic partnership efforts for years. Now, in Richardson’s final session as governor, there is a final effort to push a domestic partnership bill past the finish line. And the effort starts with…
Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez has the public backing of 25 percent of Republican state senators and representatives–10 of 40. What does it mean? Do endorsements matter? Depends on whom you ask.
A new report by the National Institute on Money in State Politics (NIMSP) showed that significant money was spent by health interests to pass a constitutional amendment in 14 states, including New Mexico, which would allow the state to…
