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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.

Posts Tagged New Mexico House

A short, un-comprehensive tutorial on the Legislature and budget

By | 02.11.10 | 11:53 am

The Senate Finance Committee on Thursday reduced by more than half the amount of new revenue the House approved to generate through tax increases, from $340 million to roughly $150 million.

The Senate did this by replacing two House-approved tax…

N.M. House to vote on open conference committees

By | 03.02.09 | 8:09 am

A bill that would open conference committees and other legislative meetings to the public could be voted on by the House on Monday.

Oops! Legislative leaders tout the news before it happens

By | 02.04.09 | 2:13 pm

Leaders in the House and Senate sent out an advisory to the media this morning announcing that state lawmakers would hold a press conference shortly after noon. The subject: how the last piece of a budget package to address this…

Lawmakers recommend that audio webcasting commence next week

By | 01.30.09 | 1:24 pm

A subcommittee of a House legislative committee recommended Friday that audio streaming begin on the House floor as soon as next week and asked staff to determine how long, and how much it would cost, to eventually webcast video…