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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.

Posts Tagged Dr. George Tiller

Kansas abortion clinic to close permanently — reactions mixed

By | 06.09.09 | 5:08 pm

The family of slain abortion provider Dr. George Tiller announced Tuesday that his Kansas clinic will close permanently. Activists on both sides of the abortion issue expressed regret that the closure was the result of violence, but beyond there…

No death penalty for Scott Roeder, accused of murdering abortion doctor

By | 06.02.09 | 3:28 pm

The man accused of murdering Kansas abortion provider Dr. George Tiller  was charged today with one count of first degree murder and two counts of aggravated assault but he will not face the death penalty. 

Roeder is not expected…

Did Bill O’Reilly, Operation Rescue encourage violence against Kansas abortion doctor?

By | 06.01.09 | 12:13 pm

A story posted on Salon.com yesterday argues that FoxNews host Bill O’Reilly is responsible for pushing an image of a Kansas abortion provider that was so monstrous and exaggerated that it fanned the flames of violent anger among the…

Kansas abortion doctor ‘a person of conscience and faith,’ N.M. pro-choice religious group says

By | 06.01.09 | 11:35 am

“Dr. Tiller was a person of conscience and faith,” writes Joan Lamunyon Sanford of the New Mexico Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, in reaction to the murder of Dr. George Tiller, who was shot Sunday in the foyer of his church…