![]() ![]() But even with its low unemployment rate - around 3.1% now - New Mexico still ranks 33rd in unemployment, an illustration of the nation's flourishing jobs economy, which must bring some chagrin to inflation fighters. New Mexico has led states with the biggest drop in unemployment from April 2022 to April 2023. New Mexico has been enjoying low unemployment, as have many other states, though central bank pressure to tamp down inflation should in theory be driving up unemployment.Īccording to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, South Dakota had the lowest seasonally adjusted rate at 1.9%, with other Great Plains states also in pretty good shape - Nebraska at 2.0%, North Dakota at 2.1%. May's job numbers for New Mexico aren't due until the middle of this month, but it bears remembering where we are now. The report adds that more than 200,000 households in the state are cost-burdened.įigures like that are concerning and illustrate the need for a more long-term approach, unlike the temporary solution of safe spaces - some of which have been eyed for Menaul itself, but which have never been acceptable to neighborhood residents and business owners. A 2022 report shows a shortage of more than 30,000 homes for renters making less than 30% of the area median income. Inside today's edition, staff reporter Alaina Mencinger delves into the city's vision for the boulevard and what changes city officials want to see.Īlso inside, staff writer Matthew Narvaiz writes about another effort to address the state's affordable housing problem. It's been noticed, a city official pointed out. The part that concerns the city is blight, homelessness, and, well, dangerous dark alleyways in a central section of Menaul. It has industrial, residential, small business sections and eventually spills into the beautiful Menual Trailhead in the foothills to the east of the city. It's sometimes pleasant, sometimes blighted. 5-The city of Albuquerque's leadership has been talking about a renewal plan for troubled Menaul Boulevard, a well-traveled thoroughfare that wends its way through a varied scene, and is a type of microcosm of the city. 6, 2021, riot that disrupted Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.Jun. District Judge Ana Reyes said she can’t fathom why Dodge Hellonen violated his oath to protect the Constitution “against all enemies, foreign and domestic” - and risked his career - by joining the Jan. Capitol together was sentenced on Monday to probation and 279 hours of community service - one hour for every Marine who was killed or wounded fighting in the Civil War. WASHINGTON (AP) - One of three active-duty Marines who stormed the U.S. The township had said a special-use permit was needed because the project was the equivalent of a church building.Ĭapitol rioter gets 1 hour of community service for each of 279 Marine Civil War casualties The court ruled 3-0 in favor of the group and issued an injunction Monday, saying Genoa Township in Livingston County was likely violating the rights of Missouri-based Catholic Healthcare International, which controls the 40-acre wooded parcel. Michigan Catholic group wins zoning fight over display of Stations of the CrossĭETROIT (AP) - A Catholic group will be allowed to post religious displays along a privately owned “prayer trail” depicting the last day of Jesus, after a zoning fight with a local government in southeastern Michigan went all the way to a federal appeals court. So far this year’s disasters have cost more than $57.6 billion and claimed at least 253 lives. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Monday that there have been 23 weather extreme events in America that cost at least $1 billion this year through August, eclipsing the year-long record total of 22 set in 2020. And there’s still four months to go on what’s looking more like a calendar of calamities. (AP) –The deadly firestorm in Hawaii and Hurricane Idalia’s watery storm surge helped push the United States to a record for the number of weather disasters that cost $1 billion or more. US sets record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year Michelle Lujan Grisham announced the order Friday, telling reporters that she expected legal challenges and that state police would handle enforcement. “This ban does nothing to curb gun violence.” Reaction has been swift after Democratic Gov. “It’s unconstitutional, so there’s no way we can enforce that order,” Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen said during a news conference. (AP) - The sheriff in New Mexico’s largest metro area vowed Monday not to enforce an emergency order by the governor to temporarily suspend the right to carry firearms in public in and around the city of Albuquerque. Sheriff in New Mexico’s most populous county rejects governor’s gun banĪLBUQUERQUE, N.M.
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