NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS is New Mexico PBS' prime-time news magazine show covering the events, issues, and people that are shaping life in New Mexico and the Southwest. NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS takes a multi-layered look at social, political, economic, health, education and arts issues and explores them in-depth, with a critical eye to give them context beyond the "news of the moment."
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Tim Keller Wins Third Term in Albuquerque
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31:50We sit down with two former city councilors to explore Tim Keller’s successful run for an unprecedented third consecutive term as Albuquerque mayor. NMiF Show Host Nash Jones and the two former councilors — Eric Griego and Greg Payne — also discuss why Darren White’s mayoral campaign didn’t resonate, and they touch on the council races that landed …
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Indian Health Service Censors Doctors on Vaccine Messaging
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17:07Last month, reporter Mary Hudetz published a story with nonprofit newsroom ProPublica that unearthed a new system of censorship within the federal Indian Health Service. Hudetz spoke to doctors and other public health experts to try and figure out why the department has essentially gone dark over the past year when it comes to messaging about vacci…
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Last year, state officials launched a 50-Year Water Action Plan. Executive Producer Jeff Proctor sits down with State Engineer Elizabeth Anderson to explore how that plan aims to conserve water and develop new supplies. Podcast Host: Lou DiVizio Correspondent: Jeff Proctor Guest: Elizabeth Anderson, New Mexico State Engineer…
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New Mexico in Focus Show Host Nash Jones chats with New Mexico Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury from Washington after President Trump signed a bill that reopened the federal government earlier this month. That bill closed the 43-day chapter on the nation's longest-ever shutdown. Stansbury, D-NM, talks about the end of the shutdown and why she voted …
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Amy Goodman: Voices the Corporate Media Leave Out
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28:58NMiF Show Host Nash Jones sits down with a journalism icon they’ve long admired: Amy Goodman. The longtime host and executive producer of Democracy Now! talks about the voices often left out of corporate media coverage of world events. Podcast Host: Lou DiVizio NMiF Show Host: Nash Jones Guest: Amy Goodman, Host & Executive Producer, Democracy Now!…
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As the end of Domestic Violence Awareness Month nears, we spotlight the New Mexico Sexual Assault Helpline’s first anniversary and hear from two directors about the impact it has had. Podcast Host: Lou DiVizio NMiF Show Host: Nash Jones Guest: Alexandria Taylor, Executive Director, NM Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs Rachel Cox, Deputy Director…
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Hannah Burling, president of the League of Women Voters of New Mexico, joins us to talk about the customizable voter guide her organization puts together each year. Podcast Host: Lou DiVizio NMiF Show Host: Nash Jones Guest: Hannah Burling, President, League of Women Voters of New Mexico For More Information:Voter Guide from the League of Women Vot…
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Justin Greene: Santa Fe Mayoral Candidate
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27:17Justin Greene is near the end of his first term as a Santa Fe County commissioner; now, he’s running for mayor in the capital city. In this interview with NMiF Host Nash Jones, Greene describes his vision and plans for the mayor’s office, should he be elected. Podcast Host: Lou DiVizio NMiF Show Host: Nash Jones Guest: Justin Greene Santa Fe County…
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Michael Garcia: Santa Fe Mayoral Candidate
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27:03City Councilor Michael Garcia has emerged as the likely frontrunner in the race to succeed Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber, who is not running for reelection to a third term. Garcia explains why he believes he’s best positioned for the job in a crowded field of eight. Podcast Host: Lou DiVizio NMiF Show Host: Nash Jones Guest: Michael Garcia, Santa Fe C…
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Joanne Vigil Coppler: Santa Fe Mayoral Candidate
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28:26In 2021, Joanne Vigil Coppler finished a distant second in the race for Santa Fe mayor behind Alan Webber. This year, the longtime public and elected official is running again. She describes her campaign and her plans for the City Different in this interview with Nash Jones. Host: Lou DiVizio NMiF Show Host: Nash Jones Guest: Joanne Vigil Coppler, …
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Most local government watchers will be familiar with Ron Trujillo, who served several years on the City Council and ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 2018. He’s back for another try this year, and NMiF Host Nash Jones digs into why Trujillo thinks he’s right for the job. Podcast Host: Lou DiVizio NMiF Show Host: Nash Jones Guest: Ron Trujillo, Santa …
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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham: Special Session Postmortem
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34:36This week on the podcast, we feature an exclusive interview with Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who reflects on what state government accomplished — and what it didn’t — during the recently concluded special legislative session. Lujan Grisham also looks ahead to the 30-day, regular session that begins in January. It will be the last for th…
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Marty Chavez on Possible State Fair Move
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This week on New Mexico in Focus, we report from the special legislative session at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe, where lawmakers quickly passed a series of funding and other bills meant to shore up health care, public media and COVID vaccine access in the wake of massive cuts and confusion from the Trump administration. Host: Nash Jones Segments: St…
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Mayling Armijo: ABQ Mayoral Candidate
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27:36This episode of the podcast, we conclude our interviews with Albuquerque mayoral candidates when political newcomer Mayling Armijo speaks with NMiF Show Host Nash Jones. Nash explores some of the big issues facing the city: homelessness, housing, crime and economic opportunity. Host: Lou DiVizio NMiF Show Host: Nash Jones Guest: Mayling Armijo, Alb…
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At the end of National Suicide Prevention Month, NMiF Show Host Nash Jones sit down with a Health Department official and two staffers from the New Mexico Crisis & Access Line to talk about an uptick last year in suicides across the state — and lift up suggestions for community care. Podcast Host: Lou DiVizio NMiF Show Host: Nash Jones Guests: Clar…
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City Councilor Louie Sanchez: ABQ Mayoral Candidate
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45:16We near the end of our interviews with candidates for Albuquerque Mayor with current city councilor Louie Sanchez. NMiF Show Host Nash Jonesexplores some of the big issues facing the city with Sanchez: homelessness, housing, crime and economic opportunity. Podcast Host: Lou DiVizio NMiF Show Host: Nash Jones Guest: Louie Sanchez, Albuquerque City C…
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Santa Fe Mayoral Candidates Montoya, O'Dean, Rodriguez
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11:02Reporter Cailley Chella takes us to Santa Fe, where she spoke with three of the city's eight candidates vying for the mayor’s office in the City Different. Letitia Montoya, Jeanne O'Dean and Oscar Rodriguez tell Chella their thoughts on Santa Fe's affordability crisis and the city's recent partnership with Urban Alchemy to work with the rising unho…
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ABQ Mayoral Candidates Chavez and Varela
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14:34We continue our look-ahead to Albuquerque's mayoral election. In an effort to fairly give all seven candidates airtime over the next few weeks, our team set a threshold for who would qualify for a one-on-one interview based on fundraising and petition signatures. Those interviews are forthcoming. Correspondent Cailley Chella sits down with candidat…
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Alexander Uballez: ABQ Mayoral Candidate
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37:35We return to Albuquerque's upcoming mayoral election with an interview of one of Mayor Tim Keller's progressive challengers, former New Mexico U.S. Attorney Alexander Uballez. Host Nash Jones asks whether his time as a chief federal law enforcement officer would inform his priorities as mayor. Podcast Host: Lou DiVizio NMiF Show Host: Nash Jones Gu…
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ABQ Mayor Tim Keller Running For Third Term
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36:36This week on New Mexico in Focus, we zero-in on Albuquerque's upcoming mayoral election a one-on-one interview with incumbent Tim Keller. NMiF Show Host Nash Jones asks Keller why voters should elect him for an unprecedented third consecutive term. Podcast Host: Lou DiVizio NMiF Show Host: Nash Jones Guest: Tim Keller, Albuquerque Mayor…
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Public Campaign Financing & Ranked Choice Voting
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25:48It's local election season. In Albuquerque and Santa Fe, mayoral and city council candidates have an opportunity to fund their campaigns with taxpayer money if they qualify for public financing. In Albuquerque, just one candidate for mayor reached the threshold for public dollars: incumbent Mayor Tim Keller. Senior Producer Lou DiVizio met with one…
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Use of Wastewater from Oil & Gas Extraction Could Expand
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22:07State Environment Secretary James Kenney made a rare appearance at last month's meeting of the Water Quality Control Commission. Kenney advocated for the board to adopt a proposal that would expand the state's use of “produced water” — oil and gas wastewater that's loaded with questionable chemicals. Previous pushes to pass a similar proposal have …
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National headlines on the redrawing of congressional maps have hit our state. NMiF Host Nash Jones spoke with Democratic state Sen. Harold Pope, one of two lawmakers who stepped down from the New Mexico Redistricting Task Force. Pope tells Nash why Republican gerrymandering in other states led him to quit the nonpartisan group that's focused on cra…
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Trump’s Medicaid Surgery Could Paralyze NM
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36:20Senior Producer Lou DiVizio sits down for two-part a discussion on Medicaid with Legislative Finance Committee Director Charles Sallee and Democratic former state senator Dede Feldman. Lou asks how Trump's Medicaid cuts will impact New Mexico's rural health care system. Podcast Host: Lou DiVizio Guests: Charles Sallee, Director, Legislative Finance…
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Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández
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43:53Democratic U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez is back in New Mexico this month as Congress is on recess throughout the month of August. While here, the congresswoman is updating her constituents on all that's gone down this year in Washington, D.C. NMiF show host Nash Jones speaks with Leger Fernandez about the Trump administration's approach to immi…
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They Poisoned The World: Author Shares Insights on 'Forever Chemicals'
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21:44Investigative journalist and author Mariah Blake has spent years reporting on the ways PFAS, commonly referred to as forever chemicals, have posed a threat to our environment. Senior Producer Lou DiVizio recently sat down with Blake to talk about her new book: "They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals." Podcast Host: …
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Late last month, President Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency proposed rescinding the “endangerment finding" — an Obama-era addition to the Federal Clean Air Act of 1963 that recognized the dangers of climate change. Host Nash Jones sits down Camilla Feibelman, director of the local chapter of the Sierra Club, and Ben Shelton, deputy se…
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Trump’s Push to Deregulate the Oil and Gas Industry
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15:21In collaboration with nonprofit news organization Capital and Main, oil and gas reporter Jerry Redfern stopped by our studio to interview Kyle Tisdel, senior attorney with the Western Environmental Law Center. The two examine Trump's tax and spending bill — and how it fits with Trump's executive orders to roll back federal regulations on the oil an…
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State Sen. Jim Townsend: NM GOP on Trump's Tax and Spending Bill
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28:37State Sen. Jim Townsend, a Republican from Artesia, sits down for a conversation with Senior Producer Lou DiVizioabout Trump's massive tax and spending bill and how it will impact New Mexicans. Although he praises the bill, Townsend tells Lou that he wants state leaders to help fill funding gaps left in the wake of Trump’s cuts. Podcast Host: Lou D…
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NM Downwinders: The Long Wait for Acknowledgment & Compensation is Over
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15:01Tina Cordova, the president and co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders, has advocated for decades for those who were exposed to radiation during and after the Trinity Test — the first-ever detonation of a nuclear bomb. Host Nash Jones speaks with Cordova about her life's work: pushing for reparations for New Mexico victims, and what the newly…
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Should Taxpayer Dollars Return to Public Broadcasting?
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27:26Earlier this month, Congress approved President Trump's request to strip away the next two years of funds previously allocated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. As a result, our local public television station and about 1,500 others — along with the national PBS and NPR networks — will no longer receive federal funding starting in October…
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Working to Grow NM's Workforce: Higher Ed Dept. Explains New Initiatives
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24:31Higher Education Secretary Stephanie Rodriguez and two program directors at the department, sit down with NMiF Hose Nash Jones to discuss how several new loan forgiveness programs are meant to help more New Mexicans pursue high-paying, high-skill jobs. The three also discuss new scholarship programs aimed at making higher education more affordable …
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For years, reporters Ed Williams of Searchlight New Mexico and Taylor Velazquez of KUNM News have documented the shortcomings and failures of the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department. In their conversation with host Nash Jones, the pair discuss the new changes made at the department that aim to address its many issues surrounding chil…
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Pat Davis: Challenges for Ctrl+P Publishing and its Outlets
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30:57Ctrl+P Publishing owner Pat Davis has been on each of our 'State of the Local Media’ specials for the last three years. Since the former Democratic Albuquerque City Councilor last stopped by our studio, his quickly growing local media company has hit a snag. Nash sits down with Davis to discuss the challenges and changes at his local outlets over t…
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Jeff Pope: KUNM's New General Manager
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24:13We continue our look at the state of local public media as Host Nash Jones sits down with the new general manager of KUNM, Jeff Pope. Nash returns to their former workplace to meet the new boss and hear Pope’s first impressions and vision for the future. We dive into how KUNM can meet the moment while potentially weathering significant funding cuts…
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Jay Newton-Small: ABQ Journal's New VP & Executive Editor
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36:48Late last year, Jay Newton-Small stepped in to lead the Albuquerque Journal following the ouster of former editor Patrick Etheridge. Newton-Small has been a journalist for more than two decades, writing for Time Magazine and Bloomberg News. Senior Producer Lou DiVizio asks Newton-Small about her vision for the state's largest newspaper in the years…
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Leon Howard: ACLU's New Leader; NMiF's New Reporter Cailley Chella
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35:37This week, show host Nash Jones sit down with Leon Howard, the new executive director of the ACLU of New Mexico to discuss his priorities as he takes the helm of the local chapter of the national civil rights organization. Plus, Howard weighs in on a few specific cases they’re working on. Multimedia journalist Cailley Chella is the newest reporter …
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IAIA Funding Threatened; MLK, Jr. Commission's New Leader
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26:42This week, questions are swirling for Santa Fe's Institute of the American Indian Arts as the school's federal funding is threatened to be cut. Robert Martin, president of the institute, gave Senior Producer Lou DiVizio his perspective on the school's importance to indigenous culture and its uncertain future. In March, the New Mexico Martin Luther …
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This week, we dig into this year's ongoing fire season. Since New Mexico's fire season began this spring, about 25 local jurisdictions have imposed some level of fire restriction. In May, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham declared a state of emergency due to the state's severe drought and increased fire risk. Source New Mexico reporter Patrick Lohmann sp…
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ABQ Councilor Rogers: Legislative Branch Must Hold APD Accountable
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17:39City Councilor Nichole Rogers ran for her seat in 2023 in part on a platform of improving policing. Rogers speaks with NMiF Host Nash Jones about how she and her constituents’ relationship with APD stands as the consent-decree era ends. Podcast Host: Lou DiVizio Correspondent: Nash Jones Guest: Nichole Rogers, Albuquerque City Councilor for Distric…
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Civil Rights Lawyer on Maintaining the ‘Scaffolding’ for Reform
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26:27Longtime civil rights lawyer Mark Fine has monitored the situation at APD for years. Fine joins Executive Producer Jeff Proctor for a long-view perspective on how effective federal intervention has been in tamping down APD's culture of aggression. He also talks about some of the under-discussed benefits of the reform effort — with transparency at A…
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APD Chief Medina: Department Is ‘Not Going Back’
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52:37When Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller appointed Harold Medina as APD chief in 2020, the department was still not fully in charge of itself, having blown past the deadline to end a court-approved settlement agreement the city signed with the U.S. Department of Justice six years prior. DOJ investigators had identified a deeply embedded culture at APD tha…
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APD Shooting Victim’s Parents: Push for Police Reform
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32:32This week on the podcast, we explore what the end of federal oversight at the Albuquerque Police Department means for the city. Today's episode features the parents of a man who Albuquerque Police shot and killed on April 12, 2011, when two plainclothes detectives killed 27-year-old Christopher Torres, shooting him three times in the back in his fa…
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‘the bomb’ Exhibit Shows the Horror of Nuclear Weapons
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24:23A new exhibit called 'the bomb' has opened at the University of New Mexico's Zimmerman Library. The exhibit takes visitors through a series of images, archival footage and film clips documenting the unsettling history and uncertain future of the world's most dangerous machine: nuclear weapons. KUNM News Director Megan Kamerick sits down with the ex…
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Jacob Johns: Oñate Protest Shooting Survivor Sues Rio Arriba County
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13:48In September 2023, Jacob Johns was shot will attending a celebration of Rio Arriba County’s decision to delay installing a statue of Spanish conquistador and war criminal Juan de Oñate. Now, Johns and another demonstrator are suing county officials for allegedly failing to keep them safe. Searchlight New Mexico’s Joshua Bowling, who was first to re…
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AmeriCorps Axed; NM Republican's Government Efficiency Effort
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52:04Lou DiVizio opens the show with news from around the state. Then, we turn our attention to federal cuts made to AmeriCorps, the government agency that's trained generations of Americans to help others. Until recently, AmeriCorps employed thousands to help others statewide — from Taos to Ruidoso, and in cities and pueblos in between. Now, the federa…
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Civil Rights, Immigration in Trump's Second Term
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36:29Nash Jones examines civil rights and immigration in New Mexico during Donald Trump's first 100 days in the White House. Nash speaks with Marshall Martinez of Equality New Mexico and Deanna Warren, an attorney with the ACLU. Warren and Martinez consider how Trump's second term has changed federal policy regarding civil liberties and the communities …
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The Future of Public Media & NM Water Outlook
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25:58Correspondent Gwyneth Doland interviews NMPBS General Manager Franz Joachim, who lays out the facts on what President Trump's executive order to end federal funding for public media could mean here at home. The dam that creates the El Vado Reservoir on the Rio Chama Tributary is leaking — and in dire need of repair. Correspondent Elizabeth Miller r…
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Former Dem State Lawmaker on Federal Cuts to NM Programs
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21:23Many of New Mexico's state programs rely heavily on both federal funding and staffing. Recent cuts by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are putting many of those programs in jeopardy. Senior Producer Lou DiVizio recently sat down with Bill McCamley, a Democratic former state representative and cabinet secretary, to ask how those cut…
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