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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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State studies hospitals’ profitability to help make painful decisions

By | 06.25.10 | 8:46 am

After a little-known report found the New Mexico’s for-profit hospitals were making more profit than their peers in neighboring states and more than the national average, the state is taking steps to cut costs. For starters, New Mexico hopes to save millions by reducing what Medicaid pays hospitals for outpatient X-rays, CT scans and MRI’s. It’s also considering asking the poor to pay $75 monthly premiums.