Month: August 2024
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Mortgage Lock‑In Spurs Recent Home Equity Lines of Credit (HELOC) Demand
Mortgage balances, the largest component of U.S. household debt, grew by only $77 billion (0.6 percent) in the second quarter of 2024, according to the latest Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit from the New York Fed’s Center for Microeconomic Data.
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Calling Young Artists! – Healthy Homes Calendar Coloring Contest
The purpose of the calendar is to highlight the principles and allow people to learn and to be aware of these potential hazards in the home, year-round.
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CFPB Report Finds Lenders Cramming Markup Fees and Confusing Terms into Solar Energy Loans
Agency issues nationwide consumer advisory on predatory solar lending
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One Development in Colorado Breaks an Affordable Housing Drought
When Academy Place opened in April 2022, it was Broomfield’s first low-income housing tax credit project that was not senior housing in more than 20 years.
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First Members of Anthony’s very own Honor Guard
Police Department milestone! Meet our first members of our City’s very own Honor Guard! Source: City of Anthony NM (via Facebook) Sgt. Julian Martinez, Ofc. Sergio Martinez, and Ofc. Lucas Allen. Congratulations on graduating from the El Paso Sector Border Patrol Honor Guard Academy today! The Honor Guard represents the ultimate pride in the law…
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Where’s Xochitl, Now? Part Nine
On Wednesday, Deputy Secretary Torres Small was in Morgan, Minnesota, to attend Farmfest, an event held every other year in Minnesota on 50 acres of land to showcase products, services and technologies from over 500 exhibitors and vendors.
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Celebrate 100 years of New Mexico Magazine with the Centennial Cookbook – A Century of Flavors!
Discover the rich culinary heritage of New Mexico, brought to life in this extraordinary collection of recipes.
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NM State Soccer Wins Season Opening Exhibition–Picked to Finish 2nd in CUSA in Preseason Poll
NM State Soccer wrapped up their exhibition against Cochise College with a victory on Friday, Aug. 9, at the NM State Soccer Complex.
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Learn to be financially Savvy with the City of Las Cruces and the United Way of Southwest New Mexico.
Join the FREE 6-part financial literacy program to learn the basics of finances through a range of class topics.
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Congratulations, Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Academy #28
Congratulations to 23 new law enforcement officers for choosing to protect our communities. They graduated from the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Academy #28 on Friday, August 9, 2024, and received their badges, pinned by family members.
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USDA Updates Farm Loan Programs to Increase Financial Freedom, Resilience and Profitability for Agricultural Producers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces changes to the Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) Farm Loan Programs, effective Sept. 25, 2024 — changes that are intended to increase opportunities for farmers and ranchers to be financially viable.
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Local Dairies Score High Marks as of July 2024
The IMS LIST SANITATION COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT RATINGS OF INTERSTATE MILK SHIPPERS is published quarterly
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El USDA anuncia los tipos de interés de los préstamos de Agosto de 2024 para los productores agrícolas (Bilingual Post)
El Departamento de Agricultura de EE.UU. (USDA) anunció las tasas de interés de préstamos para agosto de 2024, que son efectivas a partir del 1 de agosto de 2024.
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Grocery Wars Part 1: What Was Up with Grocery Prices
The consumer price index for groceries has risen more than the overall price index since the start of the pandemic, with a particularly large jump in 2022.
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NMSU successfully completes critical incident response training scenario
New Mexico State University Police worked with several regional law enforcement agencies to conduct an active-shooter and suspicious-package training exercise at NMSU’s Branson Library Thursday.
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High School Football Starts in Two Weeks; Here is a District-Level Breakdown
Our local teams are spread out over five (5) different districts. Here is a breakdown of the districts teams in our broader community will be competing in.
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Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims: New Mexico had 799 New Claims with 10,000 still looking for work
Nationally, the advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.2 percent for the week ending July 27, unchanged from the previous week’s unrevised rate.
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Employment Opportunity Roundup: August 9, 2024
Over the course of the past week, Las Cruces Digest received dozens of announcements of open positions, and employers hoping to fill them. To be sure, these are not all local jobs; however, these employers are casting a wide net in hopes of finding help.
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FOR THE 1ST TIME EVER LAS CRUCES VS MAYFIELD WILL KICKOFF THE FOOTBALL SEASON
The Las Cruces High School vs Mayfield High School football game is widely regarded as one of the best rivalries not only New Mexico, but the entire country.
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Arrowhead Center at NMSU to host state’s first Startup World Cup competition in Albuquerque
New Mexico has been selected to join the 2024 Startup World Cup, a prestigious global competition organized by San Jose, California-based Pegasus Tech Ventures, offering a $1 million prize to the winner.
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Demographic Characteristics of Nonemployer Business Owners
This release also includes business owners’ urban and rural classification, receipt size of firm, legal form of organization (e.g., sole proprietorships and partnerships), and for the first time, tabulation of nonemployer business data by county.
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Trade liberalization reduces entrepreneurship rate
Entrepreneurship is an extremely important driver of economic growth and wealth creation. However, entrepreneurship opportunities may be significantly different in a globally interconnected economy relative to the past.
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County seeks residents’ input to develop a road safety plan
Doña Ana County is developing a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan to help reduce fatal and serious injury crashes on local roads and highways.
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The Anatomy of Labor Demand Pre- and Post-COVID
Has labor demand changed since the COVID-19 pandemic? The authors leverage detailed data on the universe of U.S. online job listings to study the dynamics of labor demand pre- and post-COVID.
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Las Cruces Utilities Program announces Three New Interns
Las Cruces Utilities (LCU) is sponsoring students for their education and career in Utilities related technology degrees and operations in service to the Las Cruces community through an in-house internship opportunity.
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Study shows NM outdoor recreation businesses expect growth–Grants Available
The New Mexico Economic Development Department’s Outdoor Recreation Division (ORD) Director Karina Armijo announced the opening of both the Outdoor Equity Fund (OEF) and the Outdoor Recreation Trails+ Grant. Both grant programs opened for applications on July 1, 2024.
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Sherrif’s Academy #28 Graduation Ceremony– 1PM, August 9, 2024
New law enforcement officers will be sworn in after successfully completing the twenty-eighth class of the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Academy.
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LCPD Announces Enforcement Schedule for Recently Enacted Ordinances: Aggressive Panhandling, Street/Sidewalk Solicitation and the “Shopping Cart Ordinance”
The recently approved updates to Sections 21-62 and 21-63 of the Las Cruces Municipal Ordinance related to street and sidewalk solicitations will go into effect Friday, Aug. 16, 2024.
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Planned soundstage at NMSU expected to significantly boost local, state economies
The New Mexico State University Board of Regents in June unanimously approved an agreement between the New Mexico Economic Development Department, NMSU and Arrowhead Center Inc. to build a 36,400-square-foot soundstage complex in Arrowhead Park that will be used for film and television productions. NMSU and Doña Ana Community College creative media students will also…
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Las Cruces Reads about Money Tech: The DeFi Intermediation Chain
Decentralized finance, or DeFi, is a rapidly growing ecosystem of financial applications built on blockchain technology, primarily on the Ethereum network.
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NMSU Women’s Golf Strengthens Staff: Coach Announces Addition of Alison Gastelum
Gastelum to serve as graduate assistant following five-year playing career with NM State.
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Three to Watch for the Next Three Days: Womens Golf in Paris
Golf in the Olympics is very similar to what we are used to in our broader community with two distinctions. 1) There is no “cut” after the second round of 18–all competitors play 72 holes. 2) There are sudden-death tie breaker rounds for all medals.
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Justice Department Statements on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia’s Decision in U.S. v Google
“This victory against Google is an historic win for the American people.”
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Justice Department Sues TikTok and Parent Company ByteDance for Widespread Violations of Children’s Privacy Laws
The Justice Department, together with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), today filed a civil lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against TikTok Inc., ByteDance Ltd., and their affiliates (together, TikTok) for violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and its implementing regulations (COPPA) in connection with the popular…
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For the 29th time, NMSU’s Aggies Without Limits completes largest yet international community service project
New Mexico State University Aggies Without Limits volunteers set up six solar panels to power the pump transporting fresh spring water more than one mile to 81 spigots in the Guatemalan town of Unillá Pacalá.
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Office of Foreign Labor Certification Announces Final Decommission of the Permanent Online System
The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) is making this public service announcement to alert employers and other interested stakeholders the legacy Permanent Online System, which provides public access to permanent labor certification applications and final determinations, will be fully decommissioned on December 1, 2024. Source: U.S. Department of Labor As part of the Department’s…