SANTA FE — An economic council that includes business and labor leaders is recommending New Mexico dedicate about $215 million in bonding capacity this year to expanding broadband internet service,…
Scott McMahon, a senior lobbyist with the Flaherty & Hood, P.A., law firm, is the new executive director for the Greater Minnesota Partnership (GMNP).
McMahon, who has worked with the partnership since 2017, lobbying to address Greater Minnesota’s child care shortage while working with the organization’s growing membership.
He was appointed to the executive director’s job by the nonprofit’s board of directors, the group said in Jan. 6 press release.
“The leadership he has shown in advancing our policy agenda over the past two years and the effort he has made to strengthen the organization’s statewide presence and financial health made the decision about this transition easy and seamless for the board,” said the group’s president Heidi Omerza.
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When the Great Recession ended in 2009, it took the United States five years to regain lost jobs. In New Mexico, recovery took twice that long, with the state surpassing its pre-recession employment levels just before the COVID-19 pandemic brought the economy to a halt.
It was a lost decade of job growth that stalled upward mobility for workers and families and forced college graduates – New Mexico’s future – to leave the state for opportunities elsewhere.
The reason it took twice as long to recover: New Mexico’s answer to tight budgets was to cut economic development investments in the LEDA fund to almost zero and to suppress funding to New Mexico’s longest and best-rated workforce training program, the Job Training Incentive Program (JTIP).
EDD Sets Groundwork For Economic Recovery Across State
COVID-19 emergency funds awarded to the Mobile Bike Center in Gallup. Courtesy/EDD
EDD News:
SANTA FE From global manufacturing and biosciences, to outdoor recreation and film production, the Economic Development Department (EDD) set the foundation for long-term job growth in 2020, putting New Mexico on the path to sustainable recovery, Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes said Tuesday.
The COVID-19 pandemic and the public health emergency brought unprecedented challenges to small businesses, employees, and the overall economy.
But EDD moved quickly in 2020 to assist businesses with direct economic assistance to train or hire new workers, acquire land, and expand infrastructure. The initiatives will boost growth and hiring in the coming year.
New Mexico December Job Training Funds Announced
X2nSAT, Inc., is a full-service satellite network operator in Las Cruces. Courtesy/X2nSat
National Water Services in Santa Fe manufactures, installs and services purified water vending systems. Courtesy/NWS
JTIP News:
SANTA FE The Job Training Incentive Program (JTIP) Board approved funding for eight businesses in support of a total of 87 employees in December, (71 trainees and 17 interns), Economic Development Department Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes announced Monday.
Each month the board convenes in order to review applications from businesses all over New Mexico who wish to get funding in order to help train new employees or up-skill current ones. JTIP funding encourages businesses to continue to move to or expand business in the state and continue growing jobs for New Mexicans.