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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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SIC appoints new State Investment Officer

By | 03.23.10 | 3:39 pm

A newly reconstituted State Investment Council on Tuesday named Steven Moise as state investment officer. The selection was made with the understanding that his appointment wouldn’t be permanent until a full council was assembled. Legislative leaders, who control four seats on the…

Guv taps former state treasurer to lead search for new investments guru

By | 10.27.09 | 10:17 am

Doug Brown, who stepped in as state treasurer after the resignation of Robert Vigil in 2005, has been tapped to head the search for a new State Investment Officer, Gov. Bill Richardson’s office announced today.

The search for a new…

Seeking answers on finders fee windfalls

By | 05.13.09 | 1:06 am

Angry legislators publicly thrashed the state’s investments officers Tuesday, in particular demanding to know why no one had noticed the millions of dollars in finders’ fees that were paid to a politically connected individual involved in certain state investments.