IRS Issues Nearly 40 Million Tax Refunds
IRS News:
PHOENIX—Almost 40 million tax refunds worth nearly $125 billion have been issued as of Feb. 20, according to Internal Revenue Service statistics released Thursday.
The average refund is $3,120.
The IRS has processed nearly 50 million returns, about one-third of the total individual federal income tax returns the agency expects to receive this year, with almost 83 percent of those returns resulting in refunds. More than 92 percent of refunds have been directly deposited into taxpayer accounts. The IRS recommends direct deposit as a safe, quick way for taxpayers to get their refunds. Read More
Udall Applauds FCC’s New Net Neutrality Rules
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall welcomed a vote by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to approve updated open Internet rules.
The new rules prevent broadband providers from blocking or throttling lawful online content and ban agreements between broadband providers and online companies that create Internet “toll lanes.”
Udall has been outspoken in his support for a free and open Internet for all Americans. In November, he visited Albuquerque’s Levitated Toy Factory and met with its co-owner Jared Tarbell, who also co-founded Etsy, Read More
MidSchoolMath National Conference Feb. 27-28
EDUCATION News:
TAOS – Hundreds of middle school mathematics teachers and school district professionals from around the country will convene in Santa Fe this week for the MidSchoolMath conference, the brainchild of two Taos entrepreneurs.
Poised to change the way mathematics are taught in middle school classrooms nationwide, MidSchoolMath addresses the drop known as the Mid School Math Cliff – the most precipitous decline in mathematics competency in the world, as documented by the past few generations of American children.
MidSchoolMath will soon release a new online Read More
Venture Acceleration Fund Awards Spur Investment In Northern New Mexico
LANL News:
- Proposals due by March 20
Companies located in Los Alamos, Santa Fe, Sandoval, Rio Arriba, Taos, San Miguel and Mora counties have until March 20 to submit proposals for Venture Acceleration Fund (VAF) awards for calendar year 2015.
Preference for funding are given to businesses in these counties, as are technology and manufacturing firms that can demonstrate their ability to stimulate job growth and attract additional revenue to the region.
“The VAF has become a very important and popular economic development resource and we expect that this year will be our most competitive to Read More
UNM-LA To Repeat Popular Customer Service Class
Customer Service and Relations instructor Laura Loy. Courtesy photo
UNM-LA News:
According to an American Express survey, 78 percent of consumers have bailed on a transaction or not made an intended purchase because of a poor service experience.
In today’s competitive business climate, you can’t afford to lose business because of poor customer service. Learn what it takes to provide and maintain quality customer service through UNM-LA’s upcoming Customer Service class.
The class is 10-11:30 a.m. every Tuesday, March 17 through May 5. Local businesswoman and UNM-LA instructor Laura Loy Read More
Benefit Party For Bathtub Row Brewing In Central Park Square At 5 P.M. Friday
The public is invited to a benefit for Bathtub Row Brewing begins at 5 p.m., Friday at 170 Central Park Square. There will be a $10 suggested donation to help Bathtub Row Brewing in one last push to get open. Kakistocrats will be playing music and Bosque Brewing will have beer available for purchase. It’s a picnic-type event, so people are asked to bring whatever they would like to eat in from home or take-out from local eateries. Courtesy/BRB Read More
Right-To-Work Compromise Passes House Floor
STATE News:
Bill Also Raises Minimum Wage To $8
SANTA FE – The New Mexico House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday night that will raise the minimum wage to $8 per hour and give workers the right to choose whether they financially contribute to a union.
The legislation – which passed by a bipartisan vote of 37-30 and will now head to the Senate – is the result of hours of debate and a compromise that not only creates a right-to-work law, but also raises the minimum wage to the third highest in the region.
“A vast majority of New Mexicans agree that our workers should never have to financially Read More
LANL Major Subcontractors Report ‘Washington Got The Message’
LANL MSC members in Washington, D.C., from left, Jeff Lunsford, Joseph Sanchez, Liddie Martinez, Floyd Archuleta and Aaron Scutt. Courtesy photo
LANL MSC News:
- Local Subcontractors Trip to DC Yields Big Results in Protecting Local Businesses from Contract Loss
The Los Alamos National Laboratory Major Subcontractors Consortium (LANL MSC), a collaborative of the 35 largest LANL subcontractors travelled to Washington, D.C. the week of Feb. 9 to speak to the New Mexico Congressional delegation and DOE leadership regarding two issues, the environmental clean-up transition from Read More
Purgatory Is Back!
Purgatory Ski Resort in the San Juan Mountains of Southwestern Colorado.
BUSINESS News:
- James Coleman Finalizes Purchase of Durango Mountain Resort and Changes Name Back to Purgatory
DURANGO, Colo. – Durango Mountain Resort has announced that James Coleman, a Durango, Colo., businessman, finalized the purchase today of the resort. Coleman disclosed that his first order of business is to change the name of Durango Mountain Resort back to “Purgatory” Resort and use the ski area’s popular “retro” logo with the red and white inverted triangles.
James Coleman
Since 2000, Coleman has been the Read More
Zia Credit Union Supports Empty Bowls Project
Zia Credit Union staff members J.C. Duggar, left, and David Woodruff with Self Help Director Ellen Morris Bond, are supporting the 22nd annual Empty Bowls project, luncheon and silent auction. The event is 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., March 7 at the Betty Ehart Senior Center in Los Alamos. Courtesy photo
