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.
The state’s unemployment rate rose to 7.5 percent in August, meaning New Mexicans were unemployed that month than in any other month this year, the Santa Fe New Mexican reports today. The figures were released Thursday from the state’s Department of Workforce Solutions.
August’s unemployment rate was up from 7.0 percent in July and 4.3 percent a year ago, the release reads.
Despite the higher unemployment, New Mexico appears better off than some other states, given the national unemployment rate of 9.7 percent.
Nash also notes that the agency is this weekend is upgrading its mainframe computer, which should mean faster information processing.
The mainframe handles unemployment insurance claims and the related tax system. Access to the unemployment insurance call center and the department’s unemployment Web site will be inoperable from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday. The call center plans to reopen at 9 a.m. Sunday and operate until 4 p.m.
The upgrade to the IBM mainframe will “further capacity and increase capability for processing claims,” department spokeswoman Carrie Moritomo said.
