by Michelle Mosser | Jan 12, 2021 | News, Economics, Environment, New Mexico, New Mexico News, Renewable Energy
A scarecrow stands in front of turbines on a wind farm in Lovington in 2012. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal.) By Kevin Robinson-Avila, Albuquerque Journal | January 12, 2020 Funding renewable infrastructure with a NM State Bank would keep NM revenue working...
by Michelle Mosser | Jan 12, 2021 | News, Local Economies, New Mexico, New Mexico News, Small Business
James, an employee of Diverse Office Supply, packs Primo crayons. Diverse Office Supply landed a $5 million contract to supply the City of Albuquerque with office supplies in 2019, a contract that was responsible for Diverse Office Supply riding out COVID-19 (so far)....
by Michelle Mosser | Jan 5, 2021 | News, New Mexico, New Mexico News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Graphic by Shutterstock By Doug Lynam, Santa Fe New Mexican | January 5, 2020 New Mexico is No. 1. In payday lenders per capita, that is. According to a study by California State University, Northridge, we have almost 10 times more payday lenders than we do...
by Michelle Mosser | Dec 15, 2020 | News, New Mexico News, Public Bank, Public Banking
By Madison Staten, KRWG | December 15, 2020 The Alliance for Local Economic Prosperity is calling on the Las Cruces City Council to approve a resolution in support of a public bank in New Mexico.Angela Merkert, the executive director of the Alliance for Local Economic...
by Michelle Mosser | Dec 9, 2020 | News, Local Economies, New Mexico, New Mexico News
From left, Bryan Romero, from Springer, Sebastian Aguiera and Joseph Salazar, from Santa Fe, work with other YouthWorks staff Tuesday to prepare meals for about 160 people at the El Rancho de Las Golondrinas commercial kitchen. The work is part of an effort to...
by Michelle Mosser | Dec 8, 2020 | News, New Mexico, New Mexico News, Public Bank, Public Banking
Dan Mayfield, vice president of government affairs for the Credit Union Association of New Mexico, is an advocate for a public bank. Courtesy Taos News. By Dan Mayfield, Taos News | November 20, 2020 Community activists have renewed their efforts to create a...