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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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Defenders of Wildlife airs ads against Pearce, Barela

By | 10.19.10 | 3:59 pm

Another day, another couple of independent expenditures in New Mexico Congressional races. This time, the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund is airing ads against Republican Jon Barela in the 1st Congressional District and a new group which calls itself Accountability…

DCCC spends big in CD2 to help Teague

By | 10.06.10 | 8:57 am

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is going up with a big buy in New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District. The committee will have a $300,000 TV buy attacking Steve Pearce on a number of fronts, including ethics concerns related to the…

Environmental group flexes muscles in New Mexico — and wins

By | 11.07.08 | 12:34 pm

When the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund set up camp in New Mexico last spring, its goal was to help elect U.S. Senate candidate Tom Udall as part of a wider effort by environmental groups to pack the Senate with green-leaning members. It did that and more, playing a role in Udall’s victory as well as those of U.S. House candidates Martin Heinrich and Harry Teague.