Posts Tagged ‘NMPBS’
YNMG & COVID: To Be Heard And Counted
Episode 49 is all about the elections that are still coming up and the 2020 census. Advocates tell us that New Mexico is hard to count because it’s big, area-wise, and because plenty of communities are intentionally discouraged from filling it out through fear tactics. The census determines how much federal funding comes to the state for all…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Response: Checking For Those Checks
Episode 47 is all about this relief money folks have been promised. Where’s that unemployment? That stimulus money? That small business relief? That food assistance? We hear from Lindsay Cutler from the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty about a sudden deadline the IRS announced for people getting federal benefits—who haven’t filed taxes in the…
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