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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.

Public option revived by House Democrats, including Lujan

By | 07.29.10 | 1:36 pm

New Mexico Democratic Rep. Ben Ray Lujan has co-signed a House Bill that would add a public option to the recently passed health care reform bill.

As The Washington Independent reported today, House Democrats have returned to a top liberal priority that didn’t make it into the final health care reform bill.

The Congressional Budget Office projects that offering a public option alongside private plans in states’ health care exchanges would reduce the federal deficit by $68 billion between 2014 and 2020.

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