Articles by Rob Nikolewski

One of the World’s Biggest Sources of Oil Is Right Here in America

Rob Nikolewski | July 29, 2014

SANTA FE, N.M.—Oil production in New Mexico keeps on booming, and it could continue to do so for some time. “I think the forecast is… Read More

EconomyNews

Frustrated With Federal ‘Bullying’ Over Mouse, Ranchers Take Their Case to Congress

Rob Nikolewski | July 28, 2014

The battle over the meadow jumping mouse moved has from New Mexico to Washington, D.C. Ranchers who complain the federal government is acting with a… Read More

EconomyCommentary

New Mexico’s Mouse War Escalates

Rob Nikolewski | July 16, 2014

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico’s war over the meadow jumping mouse is escalating and moving ahead on multiple fronts. Ranchers whose permits allow their… Read More

EconomyNews

Gary Johnson: ‘Abolish the IRS’

Rob Nikolewski | July 14, 2014

SANTA FE, N.M. — For 2012 Libertarian Party presidential candidate and former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, the ongoing controversy at the Internal Revenue Service… Read More

EnergyNews

$6 a Gallon? Where Gas Prices Might Be Without the U.S. Energy Boom

Rob Nikolewski | July 10, 2014

If you think the price of gas is high, imagine paying up to $6 a gallon. That’s what energy expert Dan Steffens thinks the price could… Read More

EconomyNews

Federal Officials Propose 8-Foot Fences to Protect Endangered Mice

Rob Nikolewski | July 05, 2014

SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST, N.M.—For more than a century, the Lucero family has grazed livestock in the majestic landscape near Fenton Lakein the Santa Fe… Read More

SecurityNews

New Mexico Shoots Down Drones for Hunting

Rob Nikolewski | June 28, 2014

SANTA FE, N.M.—New Mexico is a no-drone zone. This week, the state’s Game Commission, in a 6-0 vote, passed “a prohibition against the use drones… Read More

EconomyNews

Another State Attempts to Block Ride-Sharing Companies Uber, Lyft

Rob Nikolewski | June 26, 2014

SANTA FE, N.M. — It’s called ride-sharing, a way to catch a ride using 21st century technology, embraced by millenials and free-market advocates as efficient… Read More

SecurityNews

New Mexico Officials Question Border Holding Facility

Rob Nikolewski | June 25, 2014

SANTA FE, N.M. — Trying to deal with a tide of thousands of undocumented immigrants, as many of 50,000 of them children, the U.S. Department… Read More

EnergyNews

Should the Government Own So Much Land Out West? Some States Want It Back

Rob Nikolewski | June 23, 2014

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Glance at a map showing the percentage of state land owned by the federal government and you’ll see a remarkable difference between the East and the West…. Read More

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