New Mexico

Strict rules keep business out of N.M. loan program
Business

Strict rules keep business out of N.M. loan program

October 7, 2020

“We created the program, believing that about 5,000 applications would be processed. And it’s a much smaller volume than that,” said New Mexico Finance Authority CEO Marquita Russel at a…

New Mexico taps federal loans to pay unemployment
Business

New Mexico taps federal loans to pay unemployment

September 23, 2020

Workforce Solutions Secretary Bill McCamley said that unemployment trust reserves were exhausted on Sept. 8 – and that the state has spent about $35 million since then in borrowed federal…

New Mexico Republicans to announce moderate agenda
Regional News

New Mexico Republicans to announce moderate agenda

September 8, 2020

Republican House Minority Leader James Townsend speaks in March in front of GOP candidates for the state House and Senate at a news conference in Albuquerque. Republicans introduced Wednesday a…