AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoNew Mexico Tech Investment Oversight: Santa Fe launched a Technology and Innovation Network Advisory Board to guide more than $200M in planned state tech and innovation funding, including $110M for an RD&D Fund, with industry, universities, and lab leaders at the table. Screwworm Alarm for Ranchers and Pets: USDA reclassified a Texas dog case as New Mexico’s first New World screwworm detection (Lea County), while Texas added more cases, expanding the response and raising quarantine/trade concerns for livestock movement. Workforce/Economic Development Leadership Change: CNM Ingenuity CEO Kyle Lee will step down Aug. 3 after a decade growing workforce and entrepreneurial programs statewide. Local Business Expansion: Las Cruces is partnering with Independent Electrical Contractors Southern New Mexico on an 8,400-square-foot facility for apprenticeship and training, with a June 5 groundbreaking. Child Well-Being Rankings: New Mexico climbed to 49th in the KIDS COUNT report after years at the bottom, but education remains the state’s weak spot. Fuel Prices Watch: GasBuddy data shows some of the lowest regular and premium prices in parts of the state during the week ending May 30, reflecting ongoing volatility tied to oil markets and refinery outages. Indoor Golf Opens in Albuquerque: Golf Envy opened its first New Mexico location, bringing tech-driven indoor simulators to the city’s business scene.
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