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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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TODAY’S TOP STORIES: Federal judge backs environmentalists’ lawsuit

By | 04.03.09 | 8:48 am

A federal judge has rebuffed an attempt to dismiss a lawsuit by environmental groups to stop authorities from removing problem wolves, the Albuquerque Journal reports. The judge says the suit can move forward.

N.M. GOP stands by factually incorrect poll

By | 02.25.09 | 1:21 pm

The Republican Party of New Mexico said Tuesday that it was standing by a poll it commissioned that included misstatements about domestic partnerships.

Clash over domestic partnerships turns to next Senate committee

By | 01.29.09 | 10:02 am

Domestic partnerships, whether lawmakers like it or not, stands in the middle of the clash of two big ideas — equal rights vs. traditional values. And hanging over that clash, like a screaming neon sign, is the word “marriage,” and how to define it.

TODAY’S TOP STORIES: Metro Court figure pleads guilty

By | 10.11.08 | 8:27 am

Former Metro Court administrator Toby Martinez has admitted taking more than $2 million in public money through inflated invoices and cash payments from construction funds for the new $83 million Metro courthouse in Downtown Albuquerque. State funds have lost billions