New Mexico reckons with economic impact of federal job cuts

New Mexico reckons with economic impact of federal job cuts

Sherry RobinsonAll She Wrote A recent headline tells us that New Mexico lost 2,700 federal jobs between March 2025 and March 2026. It’s actually worse than that. Late last year the number of unemployed federal employees hit 2,900 and stayed at that level for months, pushing up our unemployment rate. I spent years at newspapers where we reported – and lamented – the loss of even 100 jobs in this state. These numbers are breathtaking on a lot of l…