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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.

Why did guv keep raising, spending campaign cash in 2008?

By | 04.23.09 | 11:06 am

bill-richardson-official-photo1Unless he opts to seek a lesser office or sit out a few years and then run for governor again in 2014 or beyond — and neither is likely — Gov. Bill Richardson will never run in another state-level race in New Mexico.

So why did his 2006 gubernatorial campaign raise $30,000 last year? And why did it spend $26,000 on consultants?

These are questions probed in an article by reporter Steve Terrell that is published today in The Santa Fe New Mexican. And they’re questions to which Terrell couldn’t get an answer.

The article is a fascinating look at one aspect of the cesspool that is campaign financing in New Mexico. Check it out by clicking here.

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