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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 Election ’08

Get your holiday mug here

By | 12.04.08 | 10:00 am

Yes, we’re in a serious recession, but Barack Obama and Joe Biden still think you should do your holiday shopping with the DNC. So is this where I should send the last little bit of that stimulus check I got this year? Come to think about it, I haven’t spent the $40 I got from New Mexico yet. Maybe I’ll buy a couple of these with that.

Don’t have your absentee ballot? Not a problem — you can now vote early instead

By | 10.29.08 | 6:01 pm

Have you requested your absentee ballot but not received it yet? No worries.

New Mexico Secretary of State Mary Herrera’s office has instructed county clerks to allow folks like you to vote in person at early voting locations.

In…

John McCain declares Mickey Mouse a Republican in interview with Albuquerque reporter

By | 10.20.08 | 1:54 pm

Republican presidential candidate John McCain is still touting Joe the Plumber, invoking the moniker repeatedly in the first minute of his interview this morning with Albuquerque reporter and blogger Peter St. Cyr.

Joe the Plumber, the Ohio man whom…

CD1: Heinrich poll finds lead holding steady

By | 09.26.08 | 12:54 pm

Democrat Martin Heinrich maintains a narrow lead over his Republican opponent, Darren White, in the race for New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District in an internal poll released today by the Heinrich campaign.

Heinrich, a one-term Albuquerque city councilor making his…