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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 New Mexico

By | 08.12.10 | 11:02 am

Proposed Bernalillo County nepotism guidelines might loosen current rules, the Albuquerque Journal reports. Employees working in corrections, fire and rescue and law enforcement and any individual with “pre-existing family relationships” would be exempted from the new rules.

Lawyers says…

UNM hires university president’s son for $94K per year

By | 10.17.08 | 3:32 pm

In the words of Tom Waits: It’s nice work, if you can get it.

The Albuquerque Journal reported yesterday that UNM has hired Brian Schmidly, the son of university President David Schmidly, to serve as…