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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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Poll: Coloradans favor legalizing marijuana, love Tim Tebow

By Scot Kersgaard | 12.09.11 | 4:05 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

It is probably just a coincidence, but polling released today by Public Policy Polling shows that Coloradans love Tim Tebow and think marijuana should be legal. If they had to choose one or the other, though, it looks like Tebow in a landslide. Forty-nine percent think marijuana should generally be legal to only 40% who believe it should be illegal.

Obstacles await Martinez if she tries to repeal medical marijuana law

By | 10.27.10 | 4:20 pm

Erin Armstrong, the young woman who lobbied state lawmakers tirelessly for New Mexico’s medical marijuana law (which bears her name), today told Steve Terrell of the Santa Fe New Mexican that Susana Martinez’s desire to repeal the law represents an…

Martinez has high hopes for repeal of medical marijuana

By | 08.31.10 | 12:02 pm

Republican Susana Martinez has said she would work to repeal New Mexico’s medical marijuana program if she’s elected governor. But undoing the state’s three-year-old medical marijuana law would represent a major undertaking. There are only two routes — through the Legislature or voter referendum — and neither would be easy.

Medical marijuana program may need revision if shortage goes on

By | 09.11.09 | 12:00 pm

The New Mexico medical marijuana program, whose sole provider recently ran out of the drug, may need to be revised if patients can’t be guaranteed access to their medicine, critics say.