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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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State Sen. Linda Lopez: Return to pre-2004 tax levels to help fix budget

By | 08.26.09 | 12:31 pm

While Gov. Bill Richardson has said that he would seek to bridge the budget gap by cutting services including Medicaid, he has said that rescinding the 2004 tax cuts is one option that is off the table as…

Guv says bipartisan group of lawmakers agree to October special session

By | 08.11.09 | 2:57 pm

Bill Richardson Official Photo2Gov. Bill Richardson announced in a press release that a bipartisan group of state legislative leaders in the House and Senate agreed to call a special session of the Legislature sometime in October.

The special session, which the Governor and…

AP: Richardson says special session necessary to account for fed stimulus funds

By | 02.12.09 | 5:01 pm

Just two days after predicting that a special legislative session would not be necessary at a press conference, Gov. Bill Richardson has reversed course, now saying that a special session is necessary to consider how federal stimulus funds…