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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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Is the guv blogging? Nah, that’s sooo old school. He’s tweeting and updating his Facebook status instead

By | 08.07.09 | 10:18 am

Hey, have you noticed that Gov. Bill Richardson is blogging less and tweeting more?

No? Me either.

But Dan Boyd of the Albuquerque Journal has got the scoop in a story in today’s paper.

TODAY’S TOP STORIES: WIPP it, WIPP it good!

By | 03.04.09 | 10:22 am

A bill that would abolish the death penalty in New Mexico now faces its toughest hurdle: getting through the Senate Judiciary Committee. Previously, similar bills have died in this committee. Steve Terrell of the Santa Fe New Mexican has more…

TODAY’S TOP STORIES: Economic malaise hits state lottery

By | 01.30.09 | 8:48 am

Economic pessimism seems to have caught up to the state lottery. The New Mexico Lottery sales are down by 5 percent so far this fiscal year, the Las Cruces Sun-News reports.

A national organization focused on teacher quality says…