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The New Mexico Independent going forward

By | 11.16.11

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…

EIB hears more anti-cap-and-trade testimony

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By | 11.10.11

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…

New Mexico’s largest university low in popularity

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By | 11.10.11

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.

TODAY’S TOP STORIES: State invested with once-renowned Wall Street investor Bernie Madoff

By | 12.19.08 | 9:15 am

You’ve heard of Bernie Madoff, right? If not, you’re about to. The Albuquerque Journal reports New Mexico was taken in — to the tune of $18 million — by the erstwhile influential Wall Street investor who now is suspected of orchestrating one of the largest Ponzi schemes in financial history.

Meanwhile, state lawmakers sketched out a plan Thursday on how to plug the gap in the state’s operating budget estimated at more than $450 million this fiscal year, The Associated Press reports.

In the area of transportation, signal problems caused delays for the second day in a row on the Rail Runner, leading some passengers to ditch the rail service for their cars, according to the Santa Fe New Mexican.

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