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The Rio Grande near Rio Bravo Boulevard in late June. New Mexico must prepare for long-term water shortages, climatologists and water experts told state lawmakers on Tuesday. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. New Mexico’s current drought will end someday.
But the state must prepare for long-term water shortages, climate scientists and water experts told state lawmakers Tuesday.
Statewide drought is approaching the severity of a 16th century megadrought, said David Gutzler, climate scientist and professor emeritus at the University of New Mexico.
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Rising global temperatures, a consequence of greenhouse-gas induced climate change, make drought worse by affecting regional snowpack.
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Pandemic Emptied Unemployment Trust, Left Fraud Unchecked -
By Morgan Lee Associated Press
New Mexico probably overpaid unemployment insurance benefits by an estimated $250 million during the coronavirus pandemic amid a backlog of investigations into potentially fraudulent claims, the budget and accountability office of the Legislature announced Wednesday in a research report.
Analysts briefed members of the Legislature s lead budget writing committee on the trajectory of record-setting unemployment claims during pandemic.
New Mexico has paid out more than $3 billion in unemployment claims through the state s Workforce Solutions Department since the local outset of the pandemic in March 2020. That put the state unemployment trust fund into insolvency and in debt to the federal government.
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