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New Mexico domestic partnership bill dies

logointern1 — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:03:24 +0000

The progress of New Mexico’s domestic partnership bill came to a grinding halt Tuesday as the state senate finance committee voted 7-4 against forwarding the measure. Supporters of the measure(...)

N.M. settles gay partner suit

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:09:36 +0000

(Santa Fe, New Mexico) The New Mexico government has agreed to offer health and other benefits to the domestic partners of retired state government workers.

The agreement ends a lawsuit filed in(...)

NM partner bill heads to state senate

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:39:37 +0000

(Santa Fe, New Mexico) Legislation would create a statewide domestic partnership registry for both same and opposite-sex couples has passed a key committee and is heading for a vote in the full(...)

NM partner bill stalls

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:33:07 +0000

(Santa Fe, New Mexico) The New Mexico Senate has once again put the kibosh on a proposed domestic partnership bill.

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 5-5 on the Domestic Rights and(...)

Withers: Richardson not going to Washington

James Withers — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:11:56 +0000

New Mexico governor Bill Richardson is keeping his day job. Selected by Barack Obama to be his commerce secretary, Richardson withdrew his name from consideration due to a grand-jury probe(...)

Withers: Wanna bet the Clintons have turned their back to the stage

James Withers — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:22:16 +0000

Gov. Bill Richardson is talking now. The Clintons may have gotten over their dislike of Obama, but I’m willing to bet Richardson will always be on the Clinton’s traitor’s list.