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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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New figures show NM still #2 for teen pregnancy

By | 10.21.10 | 4:01 pm

New Mexico has the second-highest rate of teen pregnancy in the nation, a ranking consistent with years past, shows a new report released yesterday. The report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention uses preliminary data from 2008 to…

Albuquerque Public Schools doesn’t allow distribution of condoms??? Believe it.

By | 07.16.09 | 3:16 pm

I’m just as surprised as Albuquerque Journal reporter Charlie Eisenhood, who blogged this week about his shock in finding out that the Albuquerque Public Schools doesn’t allow the distribution of condoms or other birth control.

Meanwhile, New Mexico has…

N.M. health chief Dr. Alfredo Vigil examines the H1N1 calamity that wasn’t, medical marijuana — and Bristol Palin!

By | 05.08.09 | 5:55 pm

New Mexico Department of Health Secretary Alfredo Vigil is the featured guest on tonight’s episide of New Mexico In Focus, a weekly show I co-host along with Gene Grant.

TODAY’S TOP STORIES: Unhappy APS teachers, layoffs in Clovis, and guv to meet with UNM faculty

By | 03.10.09 | 9:48 am

Albuquerque Public Schools so-called  in-service days may be getting the ax, reports KOB TV. In an attempt to maximize time students spend in the classroom, lawmakers may be cutting in-service days set aside for professional development. Educators worry that…