Ethanol plant set to receive $220K training bonus
by Chelle Delaney: Quay County Sun The Route 66 Ethanol plant — to be operational in late summer — is to receive $223,783 for creating 27 jobs from the state’s Job Training Incentive Program (JTIP)....
View ArticleLand donation for feed yard up for approval
By Thomas Garcia: Quay County Sun A contract for land for a feedlot will be up for review by City Commissioners on Thursday at a regular meeting. The contract is to call for the donation 218 acres of...
View ArticleState hopeful for ‘Green Collar’ jobs in future
By Chelle Delaney: Quay County Sun Renewable energy sources, such as wind, solar and biomass, offer the state an opportunity to diversify its economy and provide “green collar jobs, said Lt. Gov. Diane...
View ArticleHopes dashed for green job training
Thomas Garcia College officials advised Mesalands Community College Board of Trustees that Mesalands will miss out on $250,000 in state funds from the New Mexico Legislature because a House committee...
View ArticleGreen jobs only produce fiscal black hole
Freedom New Mexico The faddish obsession with “green jobs” is being revealed as a massive waste of taxpayer money. Pipe dreams eventually are revealed for what they are — unrealistic, wishful thinking....
View ArticleGovernment can’t create jobs by spending
Hope that President Barack Obama had come up with a brilliant means of creating jobs — something big enough to warrant a joint session of Congress — was dashed after Thursday’s salesman-like pitch for...
View ArticleSteve Jobs revolutionized industry
With his death this week, they’re saying Steve Jobs was an inventor and innovator on par with Henry Ford, Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison. I’m not sure if that’s true or not but I’ve got to say every...
View ArticlePipleline denial cost thousands of U.S. jobs
By denying a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline last week, President Barack Obama may succeed in delaying until after November’s election the politically difficult decision of which loyal constituency...
View ArticleLetter to the editor: Most Pipeline jobs only temporary
The Jan. 25 editorial about the Trans-Canada pipeline headlined “Pipeline denial cost thousands of U.S. jobs” uses the conservative mantra — facts be damned to defend the status quo. The editorial...
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