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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 grand jury looking into scandal-plagued housing district

By | 01.08.09 | 9:16 pm

A state grand jury is investigating the workings of an Albuquerque-based housing district scandal that defaulted on payments on $5 million in bonds it sold to New Mexico, the Associated Press is reporting.

Richardson’s staying put in N.M. called a ‘blessing in disguise’

By | 01.04.09 | 2:57 pm

House Speaker Ben Lujan said Sunday that Gov. Bill Richardson‘s decision to stay in New Mexico instead of departing to become the U.S. commerce secretary is a “blessing in disguise.” That’s because the 112-member Legislature convenes in less than three weeks and has a very tall order: balance the state’s books. The state of New Mexico is looking at a budget gap for this year estimated at more than $450 million.

Mr. Attorney General, where are the results of the Housing Authority investigation?

By | 12.02.08 | 9:14 am

I was looking at a posting the other day that talked about ethics and the need for ethics reform in New Mexico. The article talked about former State Sen. Manny Aragon and the recently defeated Senate Republican Whip Lee Rawson. What I was shocked to see missing was any real discussion about the New Mexico Housing Authority and the people who are involved with it.