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Recession, employer rate cuts have depleted fund May 14, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALBUQUERQUE—New Mexico’s unemployment insurance (UI) trust fund—which pays benefits to the unemployed—should be rebounding at this point in an economic recovery. It’s not and that is due in part to a decrease in the rates employers pay into the fund. That’s according [...]

April 27, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALBUQUERQUE—Veronica C. Garcia, Ed.D., has been hired to serve as Executive Director of New Mexico Voices for Children. Dr. Garcia is best known for her tenure as the state’s first Cabinet Secretary of Education. Along with advocating for the passage of the New Mexico’s Pre-K Act, she pushed for [...]

March 7, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALBUQUERQUE—New Mexico Voices for Children released the following statement about Governor Martinez’s veto of SB 9. “Governor Martinez has said that she did not support closing a tax loophole for out-of-state corporations because she did not want to ‘pick winners and losers.’ But by vetoing SB 9 she has [...]

Without indexing, $7.50/hour wage will be worth less than $6.50/hour in 2020 February 13, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALBUQUERQUE—As the Legislature considers a bill to index the minimum wage, a new report shows that full-time minimum wage earners have already lost $1,000 a year due to inflation since the wage was raised in 2009. Indexing [...]

February 7, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALBUQUERQUE—Legislation that would require citizens to show a photo ID in order to vote would cost New Mexico taxpayers an estimated $1.8 million per year, or $5.5 million over three years. Three such bills are currently working their way through committee hearings in the state Capitol. The expenses would [...]

State receives D+ for tracking of job-creation incentives and subsidies January 18, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALBUQUERQUE—New grades are out and, when it comes to tracking whether tax breaks are creating jobs, it’s a disappointing D+ for New Mexico. The grades were issued by the group Good Jobs First in their report “Money-Back Guarantees for [...]

State encouraged to invest in programs serving children and families January 17, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALBUQUERQUE—More New Mexico children have fallen into poverty as a result of the recession, according to the 2011 New Mexico KIDS COUNT report. The annual report, released today, is published by New Mexico Voices for Children. Even before the [...]

College education will become less affordable for New Mexicans January 9, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALBUQUERQUE—With the state’s vast network of universities, community colleges, and branch campuses—coupled with relatively low tuition and the lottery scholarship—a post-secondary education in New Mexico has been relatively inexpensive. But the recession and changes in the state budget have made [...]

Single Sales Factor Formula would create ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ December 15, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALBUQUERQUE—Governor Martinez has said publically that she won’t close a much-discussed corporate tax loophole because she does not want to “pick winners and losers.” But that’s exactly what would happen if her administration is successful in getting the Legislature to [...]