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Workforce Solutions Amid COVID-19

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March 27, 2020 – Senior producer Matt Grubs speaks with Sec. Bill McCamley of Workforce Solutions about the state’s expanded response for workers who have been laid off because of actions to stop the spread of the new coronavirus. New Mexico’s unemployment numbers jumped from 800 new jobless claims two weeks ago to nearly 32,000 as the week draws to a…

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New Mexico Under Stay-at-Home Restriction | The Line

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March 27, 2020 – Gene Grant and The Line opinion panel discuss Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s recent statewide stay-at-home order and the edict that all non-essential businesses must close. The group discusses implications for people laid off or furloughed and what the orders mean for the businesses that employed them. The Line also looks at the rising numbers of New Mexican testing positive for COVID-19, and the first state death related…

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