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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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A 2005 Cessna Citation Bravo Jet, listed for sale on the governor's website

State jet sold

By | 08.26.11 | 9:11 am

The New Mexico state jet, or as Gov. Susana Martinez called it “the ultimate symbol of waste and excess,” was sold Thursday for $2.5 million to a retired couple from Anchorage.

Photo: Rahim Sonawalla, Flickr

Utilities file petitions to repeal new emissions rules

By | 07.22.11 | 10:27 am

New Mexico’s oil and gas utilities have filed petitions with the state’s Environmental Impact Board, seeking to overturn rules establishing a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gas emissions in the state.

Obama: Picking a pet dog tougher than finding a commerce secretary

By | 01.11.09 | 10:56 am

New Mexico might be having a meltdown over Gov. Bill Richardson’s loss of the commerce secretary nomination, but President-elect Barack Obama thinks it’s a joking matter.

Obama’s final words of a 40-minute interview with George Stephanopoulos on the Sunday morning…

CDR Financial on New Mexico contracts and ties to the guv: ‘This isn’t Nigeria’

By | 12.22.08 | 1:39 pm

Just in case you missed it, the New York Times reported last week on Gov. Bill Richardson’s potential problem getting confirmed as commerce secretary, given the federal investigation of CDR Financial Products Inc.’s ability to gain lucrative contracts…

Guv’s office, TV station spar over report

By | 12.18.08 | 11:29 am

As our own Trip Jennings reported earlier this week, Gov. Bill Richardson left a press conference rather abruptly when reporters asked him off-topic questions about a federal investigation into a 2004 agreement between California based CDR Financial Products…