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State to Address Water, Trade
By Alta LeCompte, Las Cruces Bulletin New Mexico’s looming water crisis will top the state’s economic development agenda in the coming year, Cabinet Secretary Jon Barela told a Las Cruces audience on Tuesday, April 2. Barela addressed a hometown crowd that packed two banquet rooms at the Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces for the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance Business in the Borderplex luncheon. Having successfully pushed for passage of a corporate income tax rate cut and other...
Home Care Company to Add 100 Jobs
By Todd G. Dickson, Las Cruces Bulletin Over the next 33 months, Heritage Home Healthcare and Hospice will add 100 new jobs to its Las Cruces operations, which will become its regional headquarters. Heritage CEO Len Trainor said he and his wife Liz started the company in 1993 out of their rental home in Albuquerque. The business that started with a fax machine in the kitchen is now one of New Mexico’s largest non-government employers with more than 1,100 employees statewide, he said. Trainor...
Albuquerque Health Care Company to Open Regional Headquarters in Las Cruces
By Brook Stockberger, Las Cruces Sun-News LAS CRUCES - Gov. Susana Martinez said she loves the sunlight and warmth of her hometown of Las Cruces because Santa Fe can still be chilly this time of year. She said she also loves visiting southern New Mexico to help announce economic development, a task she undertook Tuesday. Martinez was on hand for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Albuquerque-based Heritage Home Healthcare and Hospice that has opened a regional headquarters in Las Cruces and could...
News from Spaceport America – April 2013
FROM THE DIRECTORAt a ceremony on-site at Spaceport America this afternoon, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez signed into law the Informed Consent legislation. The new law provides expanded liability coverage to spacecraft manufacturers and suppliers, and preserves New Mexico’s leadership and competitive standing within the commercial space industry. We at NMSA are grateful to all those who made this milestone achievement possible. I am also pleased to unveil our three new emergency response...
Governor Susana Martinez Signs Bill to Keep New Mexico at the Forefront of Commercial Spaceflight Industry
SPACEPORT AMERICA – Following unanimous passage by the state’s legislature, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez signed legislation today expanding existing liability protections for spaceflight operators to spaceflight manufacturers and suppliers. The New Mexico Expanded Space Flight Informed Consent Act prevents lawsuit abuse and addresses the inherent risks of space flight and is written to ensure New Mexico’s Spaceport America remains at the forefront of a nationally-competitive and...
Policy Scholar to Discuss Defense Sequestration at NMSU’s Spring 2013 Domenici Forum
By Justin Bannister, NMSU News Center Gary Schmitt, of the American Enterprise Institute, will take part in New Mexico State University's spring 2013 Domenici Forum at 1 p.m. April 18 at KRWG-TV studios, inside Milton Hall. The event is free and open to the public. Schmitt will discuss sequestration and its potential impact on U.S. strategic defense initiatives. He is a resident scholar and co-director of the Marilyn Ware Center for Security Studies and is the director of the program on...
Firm Adds 300 Jobs
By Todd G. Dickson, Las Cruces Bulletin When Cathy Holloway heard on the news that Convergys in Las Cruces was hiring 300 new workers, she grabbed her résumé and collected her letters of references to apply Tuesday, March 26. She moved here from Seattle a couple of weeks ago, but unlike many of the other applicants, she brings 20 years of experience as a call center representative. After completing computer testing that afternoon, Holloway said she was optimistic – and confident – that she...
Economic Developers to Hold Update Session
By Alta LeCompte, Las Cruces Bulletin With more economic development providers than Caliche’s has sundae toppings, the Mesilla Valley is positioned to do great things. Christine Logan, City of Las Cruces economic development and business assistance director, counts about 38 local agencies doing “good economic development work.” But these providers can do even more if they know each others' strengths, she said. Logan, who considers herself a generalist, has called a “get-acquainted” meeting for...
Sapphire Strikes Agreement with Tesoro for Green Crude
Courtesy of Algae Industry Magazine.com Sapphire Energy has entered into a commercial agreement with Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Tesoro Corporation, to purchase crude oil from Sapphire Energy’s Green Crude Farm in Columbus, New Mexico. This begins the first step of a commercial relationship to process Green Crude oil from Sapphire’s future commercial facilities. Tesoro Corporation, a Fortune 150 company, is an independent refiner and marketer of petroleum...
Workforce Effort Creates Job Opportunities for Students, Filmmakers
Courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin, by David Salcido Will she or won’t she? That was the question facing New Mexico filmmakers as the 60-day legislative session wound to a close Friday, March 15, and HB379 sat on Gov. Susana Martinez’s desk awaiting a signature. When news broke that Martinez had vetoed the bill, however, it wasn’t seen as a final defeat. Revived within hours as HB641 by House majority whip Rep. Antonio “Moe” Maestas, D-Albuquerque, the provisions of the original bill were...
