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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.
New Mexico Summer Programs For Youth Include New Internships -
By Cedar Attanasio Associated Press / Report For America
New Mexico education officials are budgeting up to $10 million in pandemic relief money to create internships for high school students, while nonprofits and school districts are bringing back summer enrichment opportunities to meet rising demand.
As many as 2,600 students across New Mexico could participate in the internship program, according to the Public Education Department, which announced the program on Tuesday. The department started developing the program last year, and is in the process of hiring up to 150 part-time adult coordinators.
Seven tribal and 18 county governments have signed up to coordinate internships in their offices or at partner nonprofits, including summer camps.
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Ex-Las Vegas, N.M., Mayor Tonita Gurule-Giron is followed out of the San Miguel County courtroom by her lawyer JoHanna Cox. Opening statements were heard Tuesday. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)
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LAS VEGAS – The trial of former Las Vegas mayor Tonita Gurule-Giron got underway Tuesday, despite a bumpy start with some last-minute jury issues.
Gurule-Giron, 63, is accused of using her position as mayor to give her then-boyfriend’s construction company, Gemini Construction, city contracts in exchange for kickbacks. Fourth Judicial District Judge Abigail Aragon is presiding over the trial, which is expected to last until Friday.
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Gurule-Giron is charged with engaging in an official act for personal financial gain, violation of ethical principles of public service, soliciting or receiving an illegal kickback, conspiracy to commit m
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