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State Focuses on Rebuilding Jobs

January 11, 2021When 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...

An Exceptional Start

December 26, 2019During Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s first year in office, the New Mexico Economic Development Department has helped create over 1,700 jobs, boosted private investment in the state by $740 million, and awarded job-training grants for 2,100 new workers...