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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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Guv says lawmakers rejected Holguin for personal reasons

By | 02.16.10 | 6:34 pm

State lawmakers should have judged Neri Holguin on her professional qualifications, not her past political work, Gov. Bill Richardson said Tuesday, after the Senate rejected his nominee to the state Environmental Improvement Board by a vote of 17…

Senate rejects nominee, revealing rival political factions

By | 02.16.10 | 2:12 pm

A political battle over control of New Mexico’s dominant party played out on the Senate floor Tuesday over an unexpected issue: an Albuquerque woman’s nomination to a state board. Confirmations in the Senate are usually uneventful and state lawmakers usually speak…

Guv and Legislature headed for a collision

By | 12.04.08 | 10:14 am

A potential showdown is emerging between state lawmakers and Gov. Bill Richardson over where to look for cost savings. State lawmakers, grappling with a projected half-a-billion-dollar budget shortfall, were told Tuesday they could limit the pain by retrieving nearly $200 million in unspent money on unfinished brick-and-mortar projects around the state.