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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.

Alberto Gonzales to speak in Hobbs next month

By | 08.31.09 | 1:27 pm

Controversial former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will appear in Hobbs on Sept. 10 and speak at the Hispano Chamber of Commerce’s annual banquet, the Associated Press is reporting.

At the banquet, Gonzales will reportedly speak to high school seniors “about the importance of higher education,” according to the Associated Press.

Gonzales, the nation’s first Hispanic attorney general, resigned in August of 2007. Members of Congress accused Gonzales of committing perjury in relation to the firing of several U.S. attorneys in 2006, including New Mexico’s former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias.

Iglesias said in a movie from this year that Gonzales lied under oath.

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