Department of Workforce Solutions

About 2,200 federal employees in the state were probationary and may have been included in a first round of layoffs, according to Department for Workforce Solutions Secretary Sarita Nair

In a presentation at the New Mexico Workforce Conference on Thursday, a community-based organization that advocates to protect and expand the rights of immigrants in New Mexico addressed the challenges undocumented people face in the workplace and how it is working to make more equitable opportunities available.

New Mexico has a shortage of tradespeople who help build infrastructure like roads, energy facilities and broadband. Two bills awaiting the governor’s signature aim to address that by funding more apprenticeship programs.

While New Mexico’s public sector as a whole has continued to struggle with high vacancy rates since the pandemic, local governments are in worse shape than the state. KUNM’s Nash Jones hosted a roundtable NM PBS’ New Mexico in Focus on Oct. 6 to learn more about the scope of the issue and what’s driving it. Below is an excerpt from that discussion.

The New Mexico Legislature made changes this year to the state’s Energy Transition Act in an effort to speed up funding and job training opportunities for former employees of the San Juan Generating Station and coal mine in Farmington.Some of the $20 million available has begun rolling out this month and officials say they’re making plans to get the rest out as quickly as possible.

New Mexico’s unemployment rate fell the most of any state and Washington D.C. over the last year, according to a new federal report. While that’s good news, it doesn’t mean New Mexico is leading the nation in jobs.

About 100,000 New Mexicans are receiving unemployment benefits right now. Many of those people lost their jobs due to the pandemic, and some of those jobs…

About 100,000 New Mexicans are on the state’s rolls for unemployment insurance right now. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of them qualify for…

We get into what money really is. We take a dive into a bill that looks to create a public bank. We talk with a member of a financial innovation group…

Now that the state is slowly relaxing the shutdown orders, some are considering getting back to business. In episode 67 we talk with small business owners…