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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 Obama

Taos News endorses Obama

By | 10.29.08 | 1:30 pm

Barack Obama now has a 4-1 lead over John McCain in the presidential endorsements by New Mexico newspapers, as the Taos News came out in favor of the Democratic candidate.

Conservative Farmington daily newspaper endorses Obama

By | 10.27.08 | 11:53 am

The Farmington Daily Times’ editorial board likes John McCain, but couldn’t stomach the idea of Sarah Palin in the Oval Office.

Albuquerque teachers union endorses Obama, but not his NCLB view

By | 10.21.08 | 10:55 am

Albuquerque Teachers Federation President Ellen Bernstein prefers Sen. Barack Obama’s education platform over Sen. John McCain’s, but she would like her candidate to make a case for throwing No Child Left Behind  out instead of trying to fix it.

Daily newspaper endorsements favor Obama 3-1

By | 10.20.08 | 10:30 am

This past weekend’s daily newspaper endorsements for the nation’s next president kept Barack Obama solidly in the lead, with 50 more papers for Obama in one day, including two that were solidly for George W. Bush in 2004, according to…

Do you think McCain knows what an Xbox is?

By | 10.15.08 | 11:30 am

And do you think the Barack Obama campaign is going after young voters? If you need proof, check out the Xbox live games of college students.

Those ripe, enthusiastic voters Obama would like casting a vote for him in a…

Media feeling bite of Sarah’s pit bull tactics

By | 10.08.08 | 3:33 pm

Demonization campaigns – typically short on facts and long on hate – seem to have made the leap from our e-mail boxes to the campaign trail, this time with Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin pushing the “send” button. Her…

Udall & Obama up big in N.M. poll

By | 09.22.08 | 6:11 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama leads his Republican rival, John McCain, by 11 points and in the Senate race, Democratic Rep. Tom Udall leads Republican Rep. Steve Pearce by 20 points, according to a poll released today by Public…