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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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GRIPgate grand jury looking at communications between Contarino, Stratton, Romer and Harris

By | 01.21.09 | 8:02 am

The GRIPgate grand jury has subpoenaed communications between two of Richardson’s top advisers and a representative of JPMorgan Chase in its effort to find out if Richardson’s office influenced the New Mexico Finance Authority’s decision to hire CDR Financial…

Feds looking at guv’s ‘most senior and trusted aide’

By | 01.07.09 | 8:26 am

Federal prosecutors are asking whether David Contarino, a man Bill Richardson once described as the “strategic mind” of his administration and “my most senior and trusted aide,” was involved in the alleged pay-to-play scheme that derailed the governor’s nomination to be commerce secretary days ago, Bloomberg.com is reporting.

Richardson adviser/fundraiser Michael Stratton lobbied for bond deals under investigation

By | 01.06.09 | 5:42 pm

Michael Stratton, an advisor to Gov. Bill Richardson’s presidential campaign and a fundraiser for Richardson, lobbied New Mexico for JPMorgan Chase, a financial services company involved in the municipal bond deals currently under investigation, Bloomberg reports.

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