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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.

Posts Tagged 2003 income tax cuts

State’s 2003 income tax cuts had a safety valve — and then they didn’t

By | 10.15.09 | 8:49 am

As New Mexico lawmakers prepare for Saturday’s special legislative session to deal with this year’s large budget shortfall, Gov. Bill Richardson and some lawmakers have repeatedly said that repealing the state’s income tax cuts isn’t an option — not…

More groups say repeal tax cuts, but guv stands firm

By | 09.03.09 | 10:13 am

Kate Nash of the Santa Fe New Mexican gives us a story today about another group — this time the American Federation of Teachers New Mexico — calling for a repeal of the 2003 income tax cuts…

Richardson open to looking at some tax credits, incentives to close budget gap

By | 08.18.09 | 3:39 pm

Gov. Bill Richardson reiterated Tuesday that he isn’t interested in scaling back his 2003 state income tax cuts or the state tax incentive program for films that his administration vigorously defended over the years.

But the state’s looming budget gap…