Pandemic upends preparations for legislative session
290 Views SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – State lawmakers sparred on Thursday over whether to delay a legislative session that traditionally starts in mid-January, potentially deferring Democratic initiatives on cannabis, abortion rights, and education funding.
Hospitals using hundreds of travel nurses to help with COVID-19
281 Views Out-of-state workers being contracted to help with increased hospitalizations ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — COVID-19 has hospitals around the state approaching or already above capacity. Hundreds of out-of-state workers are now helping handle that increase. KOAT spoke with the largest hospitals in the state.
Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce President: Businesses Cannot Wait Until Next Year For More Aid
288 Views Over the course of the pandemic, more than 150 businesses have reached out to the Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce in need of COVID related assistance. For Chamber of Commerce President Debbi Moore, it’s a heartbreaking sign of the times.
New Mexico governor reshuffles office as she advises Biden
292 Views SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An attorney who successfully defended the governor’s emergency health orders from legal challenges has been promoted to chief of staff by Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.
Public Banking A Way Up and Out During Economic Hardship
314 Views Wake Up Call’s MK Mendoza speaks with two leading representatives from the non-profit Alliance for Local Prosperity about how public banking statewide could literally turn things around for New Mexico as we find out way out of economic hardship.
