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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.

Posts Tagged Walt Rubel

What you need to know about special interest legislative scorecards

By | 07.02.09 | 3:22 pm

Reading this year’s legislative scorecard put out by the Albuquerque-based Association of Commerce and Industry, you would think Doña Ana County’s legislative delegation is pretty unfriendly to business.

“Don’t buy it,” the Las Cruces Sun-News’ Walt Rubel writes in…

N.M. budget crunch revisited: ‘An issue they will be forced to confront’

By | 12.15.08 | 10:22 am

The Las Cruces Sun-News’ Walt Rubel pointed out in a weekend column that local governments in Doña Ana County are doing little to help the state deal with a massive budget deficit over the next 18 months that’s approaching $1 billion — but, then again, neither is the governor who asked them to pitch in.