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…
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…
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.
CNN has an interesting — and scary — map showing the wide net of jobs in the automotive industry. There are more 2 million, in every state, from Maine to Arizona, from Alaska to Hawaii.
Not surprisingly, Michigan leads the way with more than 240,000 jobs in either auto manufacturing, auto parts or auto sales.
New Mexico has a small share of auto-industry-related jobs. New Mexico ranks 38th, with just 8,763 jobs, and most of those (7,921) are in auto sales. The rest are auto parts jobs. These aren’t exactly high paying jobs, as the average pay is just $5,604 in wages.
No. 2 in the most amount of jobs is the country’s largest state (in population) — California. Meanwhile, the state that would be least effected, by raw numbers, is the country’s largest state in area — Alaska. I’d be willing to guess that Alaska leads in snowmobile-industry jobs, however.
The District of Columbia, however, has just 222 auto industry jobs. Much less than even Sarah Palin’s state.
