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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.

Heinrich leads Barela in 1st Congressional race, Journal Poll finds

By | 08.30.10 | 9:45 am

First-term Democratic Congressman Martin Heinrich led Republican challenger Jon Barela by six percentage points, according to the Albuquerque Journal Poll.

Heinrich, who won the 1st Congressional District in 2008, polled support from 47 percent of those surveyed while Barela got the nod from 41 percent of those polled, the Journal reported. Meanwhile 12 percent of likely voters were undecided or declined to say for whom they’d vote, meaning Barela is within striking distance of Heinrich just as the traditional election season is getting started up, the paper reported.

The survey polled voters in the 1st Congressional District from Aug. 23 through Aug. 27, the  paper reported.

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