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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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Health care reform targets hospital-acquired infections

By | 04.13.10 | 3:29 pm

The new federal health care reform law may add millions of Americans to the ranks of the insured. Much less unheralded, says a national consumers group, is the law’s attempt to reduce the number of hospital-acquired infections, a problem that has garnered scrutiny over the past decade. The new act, signed into law by President Obama last month, also will require more public reporting of medical errors, such as infections, at hospitals, something that is not yet occurring in New Mexico.