COVID-19 by the numbers New Mexico health officials yesterday reported 691 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide total so far to 164,954. Of those, the health department has designated 88,982 as recovered. Bernalillo County had 257 new cases, followed by Doña Ana County with 85 and Sandoval County with 56. Santa Fe County had 28 new cases. The state also announced 20 additional deaths, including one from Santa Fe County: a man in his 70s who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. There have now been 2,975 fatalities statewide. As of yesterday, 643 people were hospitalized with COVID-19. You can read all of SFR s COVID-19 coverage here. If you ve had experiences with COVID-19, we would like to hear from you.
Donald Trump’s campaign dropped a lawsuit over the use of ballot drop boxes in New Mexico’s elections part of the campaign’s nationwide, unsuccessful efforts to overturn election results after he lost his reelection bid. The campaign filed the lawsuit in mid-December, weeks after the election and after the state had certified its election results and the […]
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New Mexico AG Says Recruiter Preyed On Filipino Teachers
Law360 (January 5, 2021, 9:20 PM EST) New Mexico s attorney general accused a recruitment firm on Tuesday of preying on Filipino teachers, saying that through threats of litigation, the company forced exorbitant service fees on workers that were nearly four times what other recruiters charged.
Attorney General Hector Balderas filed the state court case against Total Teaching Solutions International Inc. and its CEO Janice Bickert, claiming they violated New Mexico s Unfair Practices Act through a slew of business practices, including the purported $15,000 service fees it charged to Filipino teachers placed in public schools.