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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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Gov. Susana Martinez. Photo: Albuquerque Public Schools

Martinez’s line-item vetoes draw scrutiny

By | 04.15.11 | 11:32 am

New Mexico Democratic legislators are crying foul over a line item veto by Gov. Susana Martinez that they say overstates her constitutional authority. A spokesman for Martinez says that her administration believes that it is legal.

A primer on New Mexico’s housing authority scandal

By | 06.25.09 | 9:14 am

Not sure what led to last week’s indictments in the investigation into the misuse of bond money in the state’s regional housing authority system? Wondering what the housing authorities even do?

Guv signs housing authority overhaul bill

By | 03.31.09 | 1:38 pm

Gov. Bill Richardson today signed a bill that will reform the state’s scandal-plagued affordable housing system.

Budget crunch makes housing reform harder

By | 02.27.09 | 2:00 pm

The state’s budget crunch makes reforming the affordable housing system more difficult, but reform backers are optimistic that the Legislature will approve an overhaul of the regional housing authority system this session.

Lawmakers discuss housing authority scandal — and what they want to do about it

By | 02.09.09 | 4:37 pm

Sen. Mary Kay Papen and Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones appeared on the television show “Report from Santa Fe with Lorene Mills” this weekend to discuss the housing authority scandal and a reform bill making its way through the…