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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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News from around the state

By | 12.22.09 | 8:52 am

A woman suspected of embezzling millions of dollars from a small Northern New Mexico school district offered to repay the money when confronted this summer, reports the Albuquerque Journal.

Also from the Journal, a decrease in medical services for the poor could be one of the negative effects from the state’s recent decision to cut what it pays medical providers like physicians to care for the state’s low-income population through Medicaid, the government’s health insurance program. More …

TODAY’S TOP STORIES: New rules for APD, a minimum wage hike in Santa Fe, and big chile news too!

By | 11.25.08 | 9:20 am

After a spate of embarrassing arrests that have turned into public relations nightmares, Albuquerque Police Chief Ray Schultz has ordered his officers to think twice before citing individuals with the broad and vague charge…

TODAY’S TOP STORIES: Hackers access state client info, putting at risk potentially thousands

By | 11.14.08 | 9:12 am

Hackers managed to access client information at the state human services department, putting at risk thousands of individuals for identity theft and other forms of skulduggery. One third of Albuquerque Public Schools’ teachers aides called in sick Thursday…