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…
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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.
Around 2,500 New Mexicans will be affected by Congress’ inability to extend an unemployment extension for jobless Americans who have already or will soon exhaust their eligibility for the aid, state officials said Monday.
Last week the U.S. Senate was unable to pass legislation that included an extension through November of the jobless benefits.
Around 1,100 New Mexicans already have lost jobless benefits since June 2 and another 1,400 are expected to lose them through the end of July, Carrie Moritomo, spokeswoman for the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions, told The Independent on Monday.
An extension by Congress would mean that individuals who have lost or will soon lose eligibility could keep receiving jobless aid for more time.
Not all of the 2,500 New Mexicans affected by last week’s inaction will lose all unemployment aid, Moritomo said. A certain number of those individuals might qualify for a different program that could bring in the same amount of monthly financial aid, Moritomo said. But it was unclear how many might qualify.
