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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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New dairy regulations subject of NM water commission hearings

By | 04.12.10 | 6:39 pm

New Mexico dairy owners say new water quality regulations could crush their industry. But the state’s dairy herds are the largest in the nation and the Environment Department says that dense concentration of animals is one of the reasons why 57 percent of New Mexico’s dairies have polluted the groundwater.

NM dairy industry gears up for fight over new clean water regs

By | 04.12.10 | 12:21 pm

A dairy industry group is claiming up to half of New Mexico’s dairies could be driven out of business by new regulations proposed by the state Environment Department, the Associated Press and KOB reported Sunday. The claims come…

Vilsack hears from dairy farmers in Las Cruces

By | 10.01.09 | 9:49 am

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack heard complaints on Wednesday from dairy farmers about the need for changes in the system, the Las Cruces Sun-News is reporting.

Sharon Lombardi, director of the Diary Producers of New Mexico, told Vilsack…