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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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Sen. Bingaman supports push to cut ethanol subsidies

By | 07.16.10 | 9:01 am

Citing a new report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that corn-based ethanol subsidies cost taxpayers more than $7 billion a year, Sen. Jeff Bingaman Thursday voiced support for cuts to the ethanol tax credit…

NM film industry subsidies: corporate welfare?

By | 06.21.10 | 11:33 am

Citing a 2008 study of New Mexico’s film industry subsidies, Los Angeles Times business columnist Michael Hiltzik Friday questioned California’s own $100 million-a-year tax credits for Hollywood film productions, calling them “corporate welfare.”

The study showed that New Mexico saw…

Sure, good news is vital, but the government shouldn’t subsidize it

By | 08.04.09 | 12:01 am

If the online newspaper eventually does replace the printed page — and I cannot help but believe that it eventually will — there will still be investigative journalists because there will still be readers who want to know the facts.