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Family and Children's Advocacy

Program offers metro students a chance to learn professional skills

Source: KOB4 – New Mexico ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A free summer program is giving students in Albuquerque and Rio Rancho a chance to sharpen their professional skills. “Usually in normal […]

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Equal Pay Family and Children's Advocacy

Walmart rolls out new training programs for skilled trades as it tries to fill high-demand roles

Source: NBC News The big-box retailer said it will also offer another reason for hourly store workers to stick around: a bonus of up to $1,000 per year. Walmart on Wednesday […]

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Family and Children's Advocacy

New Mexico housing price increases rank high in the U.S.

Source: KRQE News ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Across the nation, housing prices are on the rise, new data from the Federal Housing Finance Agency reveals. And in the last year, New Mexico ranked as […]

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Family and Children's Advocacy Social Justice

Middle schooler fatally shot by fellow student in Albuquerque

Source: ABC News One student was killed by another in a shooting at a middle school in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Friday. The shooting took place at about 12:45 p.m. […]

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Family and Children's Advocacy

The pandemic and a broken unemployment system are upending people’s lives

Source: Washington Post The pandemic crept up on Lakeisha Rollins one text at a time. When the coronavirus hit the District in March, the 30-year-old was working at the Whole Foods […]

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Family and Children's Advocacy

Border Patrol Finds Abandoned Toddler with Phone Number on His Shoes

Source: Julia Ainsley/NBC News Agents have taken the 3-year-old boy to a U.S. border station and are trying to find his parents using the number written on his shoes, officials […]