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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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Texas Gov. Rick Perry likes NM’s film incentives — sort of

By | 04.20.10 | 11:08 am

Get this. Texas Gov. Rick Perry likes what New Mexico has done to attract film productions in recent years.

Sort of.

Perry touts New Mexico’s aggressive campaign to show how interstate competition works as opposed to a strong central government…

Trip’s morning reading

By | 01.15.10 | 8:41 am

Here’s are two signs of how bad other states’ budgets are: Nevada “Gov. Jim Gibbons has asked staff members to explore whether the state can drop out of the Medicaid program, which provides free health care to more than

Trip’s morning reading

By | 11.20.09 | 11:48 am

Here’s something New Mexico state officials can back up with experience: predicting revenues in this recession are incredibly difficult, says Stateline.org. Indiana hasn’t produced an accurate monthly tax revenue estimate in over a year. The state has never been…

Trip’s morning reading

By | 10.13.09 | 10:45 am

New Mexico relies most heavily on the state gross receipts tax for its revenue — to the tune of 36.1 percent, according to a new report. By comparison, the state income tax comes in third as a revenue generator,…