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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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We can’t afford the 2003 income tax cuts

By | 09.22.09 | 12:09 pm

The best way to recover from a recession is to do what both the Bush and Obama Administrations did: increase direct spending. Every dollar that the government spends returns on average $1.58 in economic growth.

Obama to urge credit card reform at Rio Rancho town hall

By | 05.13.09 | 9:58 pm

President Barack Obama will be in New Mexico Thursday morning to discuss federal legislation that would crack down on credit card companies that he says have been taking advantage of customers. Consumer groups applaud the proposed reforms, but some in New Mexico wish they went further to protect against predatory lending.

Cutting Medicaid is the wrong thing to do in a recession, says NM group

By | 01.15.09 | 12:18 pm

Tucked away in the laundry list of items found in Gov. Bill Richardson’s proposed budget is a halt to an expansion of health care benefits for children, that was passed last August during a special session of the…