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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.

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TODAY’S TOP BLOGS: Politics, media and body parts

By | 03.24.09 | 6:50 pm

Let’s start off today with photos from the 2009 Legislature. That’s a nice way to look back at things, right? Then on to other things…

Local microlender get some national publicity

By | 12.09.08 | 12:09 pm

MSNBC looked at microlenders and the companies they loan to — including a local microlender and company.

ACCION New Mexico jumpstarted the local car and recreational vehicle detailing business Recapturing Vehicles with an $8,000 loan. The owner of…

Economy fueled Obama’s surge. Just check the polls, UNM poly sci professor says

By | 10.30.08 | 1:00 pm

Barack Obama’s recent rise in the presidential race numbers isn’t due to media persuasion –- as the increasing volume in blogosphere and email chatter would have us believe –- but rather is directly tied to Americans’ negative response to the economic crisis. That’s the opinion of one UNM political scientist who looks to numerous polls for confirmation.

Obama wins, says local paper

By | 10.29.08 | 12:00 pm

To follow-up on an earlier blog post by Kate Nelson, there is at least one Santa Fe newspaper that believes the election is a foregone conclusion.

The New Mexico Sun News will never be considered part of the traditional…

TV watch: McCain on Letterman tonight

By | 10.16.08 | 3:08 pm

Sure, there was some sort of debate last night. The debate looks to have lower ratings than the previous debate, perhaps due to the Phillies-Dodgers playoff game.

But the real show is tonight. The “Late Show,” that is.…

NPR: Sandoval is N.M.’s “bellwether county”

By | 10.11.08 | 8:11 am

National Public Radio (NPR) reported from Rio Rancho, the population center of what NPR believes is the swing county in the middle of what has been the closest swing state in the nation the past two elections.