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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 Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter

Trip’s morning reading: Afternoon edition

By | 01.06.10 | 2:27 pm

Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter will announce today that he is withdrawing from the 2010 race for governor, according to the Denver Post. The governor’s decision has caught many by surprise in Denver and sent Democrats in the state scrambling…

Trip’s morning reading: Prisons and education face cuts elsewhere

By | 11.17.09 | 10:10 am

Budget woes continue for states across the nation. Tennessee might release up to 4,000 non-violent felons, including those convicted for drug dealing, to deal with that state’s woes, the Nashville Tennessean reports.

Meanwhile, Colorado can collect sales tax

Trip’s morning reading

By | 10.28.09 | 10:32 am

The special session ended Friday, or so we were led to believe. But Kate Nash of the Santa Fe New Mexican is dead on with her story today that suggests that maybe the session has gone into overtime, what…