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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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More than 25,000 NM businesses might qualify for health care tax credit

By | 06.22.10 | 3:38 pm

More than 25,700 small businesses in New Mexico potentially could qualify for a new small business tax credit that is part of the new federal health care law, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Kokesh accuses Speaker Lujan of corruption, while father faces SEC charges

By | 01.20.10 | 2:10 pm

Just days before New Mexico House Speaker Ben Lujan launched the 2010 legislative session, Adam Kokesh, a Republican primary candidate in the 3rd Congressional District, accused the powerful speaker of helping put his son Ben Ray Lujan in Congress through his “ability to make bribes and promises from the statehouse.” But the SEC has charged Kokesh’s own father for allegedly misappropriating $45 million from investors in four businesses.

Mullins: Kokesh’s actions “dishonor the military”

By | 01.15.10 | 3:15 pm

Republican candidate for the 3rd Congressional District Tom Mullins took a swipe at his sole opponent in the Republican primary, Adam Kokesh, in a post on his official campaign blog yesterday. Mullins wrote that he believes that the actions…

Anti-war activist Adam Kokesh mounts GOP campaign for Congress

By | 12.18.09 | 9:01 am

Adam Kokesh, a candidate for Congress in New Mexico’s 3rd district, is looking like the Republican front-runner just one short year after he crashed the Republican National Convention. Over the course of a year, he’s made the move from confrontation-seeking anti-war activist to clean-cut politician in the mold of the man he supported in 2008, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas).

Trip’s morning reading

By | 11.05.09 | 10:36 am

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who has led the charge on bad actors in the investment world, including one or two here in New Mexico, now is going after Intel Corp, which has a big presence in the…

Val Kilmer appears in the Roundhouse, then disappears

By | 02.04.09 | 3:56 pm

Batman was in the Roundhouse.

Or was it Doc Holliday?

Val Kilmer, the actor and possible aspiring New Mexico politician, was seen skulking around the state Capitol on Wednesday.

This reporter only got within 20 feet of the…