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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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Dem Auditor Balderas earns praise from GOP—and no election challenger

By | 12.08.09 | 8:00 am

The 2010 election is in full swing, and the governor’s race has already degraded into the usual partisan, nasty mess. In contrast, some prominent Republicans have nothing but nice things to say about State Auditor Hector Balderas, a rising star in the Democratic Party who’s up for re-election next year.

TODAY’S BLOG ROUNDUP: The Berry fallout

By | 10.13.09 | 1:30 pm

There’s lots going on in the blogosphere today, but much of it has to do with Albuquerque Mayor-elect Richard Berry and the fallout from him resigning his legislative seat days before the special session begins.

TODAY’S TOP BLOGS: The non-ABQ election edition

By | 10.06.09 | 12:34 pm

There’s lots of coverage of today’s Albuquerque municipal election floating around on the Internet. Here are some of the other things that are going on today on the blogosphere.

Capital Report New Mexico has an interesting piece about…

TODAY’S BLOG ROUNDUP: ABQ Mayor’s race heats up, and more…

By | 09.15.09 | 4:42 pm

Things are starting to heat up in the Albuquerque mayor’s race. Today, former Mayor Jim Baca has a posting telling candidate R.J. Berry that he needs to stop “picking out some segment of the population (immigrants) and blaming them…

TODAY’S BLOG ROUNDUP: Drought, economics, education and politics

By | 09.01.09 | 4:25 pm

The Santa Fe Review discusses “The Great Drought of ‘09” today in light of Santa Fe’s driest weather in decades. All about loopholes, construction and bureaucracy, this blog about New Mexico water politics is definitely worth the read.

TODAY’S BLOG ROUNDUP: Health care, clunkers, education and more

By | 08.25.09 | 5:07 pm

John Fleck remembers today something he wrote years ago regarding “what happens when you don’t have health insurance.”  He ties it in to an article he wrote examining the same issues that are facing Americans now.

Meanwhile, Mario Burgos

TODAY’S BLOG ROUNDUP: First education, then the news

By | 08.18.09 | 2:51 pm

Johnny Mango raves today about the University of New Mexico continuing education fall catalog. With summer on its way out, he tells of many a classroom option for those looking for something new as the weather cools. He goes as…

TODAY’S BLOG ROUNDUP: Red ink and other political news

By | 08.11.09 | 2:05 pm

At the top of the list of top blogs today is Peter St. Cyr’s posting about a report released by former U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici and the Bipartisan Policy Center called “Drowning in Red Ink.” Get St. Cyr’s take…

TODAY’S BLOG ROUNDUP: Judge’s nonprofit decision and other news

By | 08.04.09 | 3:04 pm

There’s lots of talk on the blogs about Monday’s ruling that an attempt by the Secretary of State’s Office to force two nonprofits to register as political action committees violates their First Amendment right to free speech.

TODAY’S BLOG ROUNDUP: Rainbows, switching sides, guns and gays in the military

By | 06.23.09 | 3:27 pm

An overreaction? Both Cocoposts and Jim Baca think the U.S. Forest Service needs to “chill out” when it comes to the Rainbow Family meeting in the Santa Fe National Forest this week.

TODAY’S BLOG ROUNDUP: From the right

By | 06.09.09 | 11:26 am

Today we’re going to go to the conservative side of the blogosphere, and we’ll start with the state’s king of that side of things, Mario Burgos. He’s going after the way stimulus money is being spent:

TODAY’S BLOG ROUNDUP: It’s raining subpoenas

By | 05.19.09 | 2:57 pm

“It’s raining subpoenas,” The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Kate Nash screams from her blog today. 

“You mean you haven’t gotten one yet?” she asks. “Seems like it’s almost in style these days to get a subpoena.”

TODAY’S BLOG ROUNDUP: Some swine flu stuff and other interesting tidbits

By | 05.05.09 | 11:34 am

Between swine flu and the Mexican Army’s battle with the cartels, there’s a lot going on in the nation south of the border. Jose Garcia has it all covered in several postings on his blog. It’s a good…

TODAY’S BLOG ROUNDUP: Politics and policy

By | 04.07.09 | 11:58 am

We’re going to spread out to some various political and policy topics today. Over at Democracy for New Mexico, Barbara Wold is hailing the legalization of gay marriage in Vermont as “a major victory for American democracy.”

TODAY’S BLOG ROUNDUP: Insight on the webcasting debate and more

By | 02.10.09 | 1:19 pm

Mark Bralley, a photographer and blogger who keeps an eye on politics, has a lengthy but insightful posting on his blog — What’s Wrong With This Picture? — in which he dissects the webcasting debate in the New Mexico…

TODAY’S BLOG ROUNDUP: Friday afternoon edition

By | 02.06.09 | 4:00 pm

Time to wrangle up the end-of-the week blogs and put them out in today’s edition of the NMI blog roundup.

Democracy for New Mexico takes an extensive look at the reason why ethics legislation doesn’t make it past the Legislature.…

TODAY’S BLOG ROUNDUP: The looming leadership battle for the N.M. Senate, a conservative approach to the state budget crunch, plus a local labor perspective on Detroit

By | 12.09.08 | 1:02 pm

Blogs, blogs and more blogs. Tuesday is my day to do the New Mexico Independent’s blog roundup. Since I’m from Las Cruces, expect a southern slant.

But first the breaking news: The Albuquerque Journal’s blog is reporting…

TODAY’S BLOG ROUNDUP: The Richardson-is-off-to-D.C. edition

By | 12.03.08 | 1:07 pm

You may have heard that Bill Richardson is Barack Obama’s choice for Secretary of Commerce. Some bloggers have also heard and discussed it — but most on the left side of the virtual aisle. Those on the right side of…