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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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Trip’s morning reading: Med pot wins

By | 01.12.10 | 10:19 am

New Jersey is poised to become the 14th state to allow the use of medical marijuana by people suffering from debilitating diseases under a bill that received legislative approval on Monday, the Record of Bergen County reports.

Trip’s morning reading: No same sex marriage in NJ

By | 01.08.10 | 12:09 pm

After 90 minutes of impassioned debate that invoked the sweep of American history, the New Jersey state Senate yesterday voted down a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. Gay-rights advocates immediately said they would bring their…

Trip’s morning reading

By | 01.07.10 | 11:00 am

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar Wednesday morning declined to say whether he would run for the governor’s office in the wake of Bill Ritter stunning announcement Wednesday that he won’t seek a second term, the Colorado Independent reports.

Trip’s morning reading

By | 11.09.09 | 11:18 am

Yes, New Mexico’s budget is in the toilet, but California is the poster child for dysfunction. With a multi-billion dollar shortfall, a Legislature often stymied by bickering and The Governator at the helm, California keeps its capital reporters busy