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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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GOP candidates blame Obama for August job numbers

By Lynda Waddington | 09.02.11 | 12:48 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

Republican presidential candidates hoping to make a little political hay wasted little time Friday in offering statements on a dismal jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor

Patricia Espinosa Cantellano, President of the UN Climate Change Conference in Cancún

Mexican government hopes to rein in ministers at climate talks

By | 12.06.10 | 11:14 am

CANCÚN, MEXICO — As the second week of climate negotiations begins, the Mexican government is preparing for the arrival of ministers and world leaders–and hoping to head-off the same chaos that broke apart last year’s talks in Copenhagen.

Call of the House: Was it a walk?

By | 03.04.10 | 12:42 am

On Wednesday evening, as the House was debating a series of tax increases, five members were missing from the chamber–and not excused, leading to a call of the House. “I believe there was a plan to allow people to leave,” House Minority Whip Keith Gardner said.

No endorsement, but Legacy gets political

By | 09.29.08 | 7:33 am

While some pastors across America may have endorsed a political candidate Sunday, Steve Smothermon, pastor of Albuquerque’s Legacy Christian Church, stayed away from names when talking politics from the pulpit. But that didn’t stop him from exhorting his flock to vote their values and pointing them to a voter guide in the lobby of his church.