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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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Jobs bill money might not prevent teacher layoffs at APS

By | 08.11.10 | 12:58 pm

Albuquerque Public Schools‘s share of extra education dollars Congress approved Tuesday is around $15 million according to latest estimates, a district spokesman said Wednesday.

Under a complicated scenario that assumes APS might be staring at a $19 million budget hole…

Top lawmakers consider $77 million in education cuts

By | 09.23.09 | 10:08 am

New Mexico public schools could be cut by $77 million under a budget-balancing scenario that could be on the table in today’s deficit talks, the Albuquerque Journal is reporting.

The paper reports that Senate Finance Committee Chairman, John

Jemez school district received clean bill of health just months before alleged embezzlement scheme surfaced

By | 09.01.09 | 9:51 am

The Jemez Mountain School District received a clean bill of health from an auditing firm just months before an alleged $3.3 million embezzlement scheme was uncovered, the Albuquerque Journal reports today.

Reporter Martin Salazar writes that “Accounting & Consulting…

Rio Grande Sun: Entire Jemez school district board should resign

By | 08.31.09 | 12:27 pm

Jemez School District LogoThe Rio Grande Sun, Española’s hard-hitting newspaper, called out the Jemez Mountain School District board in an editorial over the weekend, demanding that board members resign en masse.

The paper’s editorial comes after revelations in mid…