/tags/sarita-nair Sarita Nair en-US Copyright Mon, 24 Feb 2025 21:50:51 GMT /local-news/2025-02-24/officials-urge-laid-off-federal-workers-to-seek-unemployment-consider-working-for-new-mexico About 2,200 federal employees in the state were probationary and may have been included in a first round of layoffs, according to Department for Workforce Solutions Secretary Sarita Nair Mon, 24 Feb 2025 21:50:51 GMT /local-news/2025-02-24/officials-urge-laid-off-federal-workers-to-seek-unemployment-consider-working-for-new-mexico Alice Fordham /local-news/2023-12-05/first-nm-worker-gets-deferred-immigration-enforcement-during-labor-rights-investigation The Department of Homeland Security announced a process this year to allow workers who aren't citizens to report exploitative employers without fear of being deported. Tue, 05 Dec 2023 21:30:52 GMT /local-news/2023-12-05/first-nm-worker-gets-deferred-immigration-enforcement-during-labor-rights-investigation Alice Fordham /local-news/2020-06-17/ynmg-covid-on-this-day In episode 76, we discuss criminal justice reform, from policing to prisons. We get a preview of the Albuquerque mayor and a city councilor plans to… Thu, 18 Jun 2020 03:16:09 GMT /local-news/2020-06-17/ynmg-covid-on-this-day Marisa Demarco, Khalil Ekulona /local-news/2017-06-20/auditor-local-companies-get-a-fraction-of-state-food-spending Local government has to provide millions of meals every year to schools and to people who are incarcerated. It’s big money for whoever’s providing that… Tue, 20 Jun 2017 22:06:36 GMT /local-news/2017-06-20/auditor-local-companies-get-a-fraction-of-state-food-spending Marisa Demarco /public-health-new-mexico/2016-07-12/state-starts-to-process-sexual-assault-evidence-backlog All around the country, states are trying to address a mounting number of untested sexual assault evidence kits. And even though New Mexico’s budget is… Wed, 13 Jul 2016 00:54:20 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2016-07-12/state-starts-to-process-sexual-assault-evidence-backlog Marisa Demarco