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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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Pew: Michael Jackson coverage dominated the news

By | 06.30.09 | 12:48 pm

If you thought that coverage of the King of Pop’s death dominated the news landscape over the weekend, then you were right according to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.

According to Pew, 93 percent of all…

Congressman Lujan is out of step with northern N.M. on illegal immigration

By | 06.30.09 | 7:32 am

The other day, when it seemed like everyone else was getting dewey-eyed over the death of a pop star they’d spent the past decade or so mocking as a freak, I was, as usual, perusing the fine print in the “How They Voted” section of the Santa Fe New Mexican to see what our illustrious members of Congress had been up to.

TODAY’S TOP STORIES: More nukes, Dick Cheney alive and kickin’

By | 02.04.09 | 10:24 am

Carlsbad may be the new site of a nuclear facility within the distant near future, reports the Carlsbad Current-Argus. Supporters suggest this move would make Carlsbad a leader in the nuclear energy industry, although many of the kinks need…