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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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State considers cutting optional Medicaid services

By | 09.17.09 | 8:27 am

Thousands of low-income New Mexicans could lose medications, vision and dental services, hospice care and physical therapy because of a potential huge shortfall in Medicaid, Human Services Secretary Pam Hyde told state lawmakers Wednesday.

State sued for not providing farmworker worker compensation

By | 08.26.09 | 7:46 am

The state of New Mexico is being sued by a group of non-profit organizations and one injured agricultural worker for not providing workers compensation to farm and ranch laborers in the state.

The group maintains that the exclusion of these…

N.M. uninsured rate tops the national list — yet HSD keeps data close to the vest

By | 03.27.09 | 12:15 pm

I forgot to point out earlier in the week that New Mexico has now surpassed Texas for highest percentage of workers without health insurance. We’ve surpassed Texas to top the list nationally, according to a report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

New Mexico now has 28.1 percent of its population uninsured, while Texas stands at 28 percent More …