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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.

Richardson is only U.S. governor to attend cross-border conference

By | 09.20.10 | 8:07 am

This year’s annual gathering of Mexican and U.S. border state governors seemed star crossed from the start.

Scheduled for Phoenix this year, Arizona cancelled hosting the event after its toughest-in-the-nation anti-immigration law stirred protests and controversy. So New Mexico stepped in to play host. But the U.S. delegation kept dwindling. Ariz. Gov. Jan Brewer and Texas Gov. Rick Perry decided against attending. But not to worry. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was scheduled to fly in. But he was a last-minute cancellation. That left Gov. Bill Richardson as the only U.S. border-state governor to greet governors from Mexican border states in Santa Fe on Sunday, the Albuquerque Journal reported.

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