Wondering when we will get data from the 2020 Census? Data Bank manager Suzan Reagan joins us in the premier episode of season 2 to update us on when and how the data will be released, as well as alert us to Census Bureau job opportunities.

Register for US Census Webinar for New Mexico Data

Cumulus Media Albuquerque is on a mission to help local businesses during a time of need with its initiative: Open For Business ABQ. Albuquerque entrepreneurs are encouraged to sign up for free so shoppers know how to support local.

Sign up or support local now at openforbusinessabq.com

BBER has been conducting a research project about uranium remediation in New Mexico for over year. They presented their findings to the state’s Indian Affairs Committee in October. Join Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment (MASE) coordinator Susan Gordon as she explains all that went in to getting this study approved and how she hopes it will impact communities suffering in the wake of uranium mining and milling in our state.

Visit MASE at https://swuraniumimpacts.org/

View BBER's presentation to the IAC

UNM BBER Data Bank Manager Suzan Reagan checks in with an update on the deadlines for the 2020 Census and informs us of the latest count totals for New Mexico. Reagan is hosting the 22nd annual New Mexico Data Users Conference in November and describes what census experts will be on hand to educate attendees.

22nd Annual New Mexico Data Users Conference 

It's no secret that the USPS is experiencing financial difficulties. But can you imagine life without the post office? Rural communities are already losing them and in this episode our guest, Carol Miller, tells us how her town lost its post office and shares how she's fighting to get it back.

Carol's Commentary: Closing a Rural P.O. Can Be a K.O. Punch 

UNM Complete Count co-chair and sociology professor Dr. Nancy Lopez joins us as we head into the home stretch of the 2020 Census.  We discuss future changes to the census, current problems and why the census is important for all New Mexicans!

The US Census Bureau keeps confusing race and ethnicity by Nancy Lopez for The Conversation

UNM Race Complete Count Raffle

Race.UNM.edu

Retired New Mexico State University professor Dr. Jim Peach chats with us about the status of higher education enrollment in the Land of Enchantment as well as the effects it has on our economy.

University of New Mexico history professor Jason Scott Smith gives us a history lesson in economics to help us decide if we can or cannot use the past to predict the future of our economy and the culture of labor.  

For more information on our guest expert, visit history.unm.edu

BBER produces quarterly economic forecasts for the US, State of New Mexico and the MSAs of Albuquerque, Farmington, Las Cruces, Santa Fe, and Lea & Eddy Counties. Here is a snippet from our FOR-UNM meeting on Friday, May 1. Our next meeting is Friday, Aug. 7. For more information, visit bber.unm.edu.

BBER Data Bank Manager and State Data Center representative Suzan Reagan fills us in on how the 2020 Census deadlines are being adjusted due to COVID-19 as well as how New Mexico is doing in its push for a complete count.