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DOJ Sues NM; State Profits from Wartime Oil Prices

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This week on New Mexico in Focus, we hear local reaction to the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Albuquerque and the state of New Mexico over their immigration enforcement policies. Host Nash Jones speaks with Albuquerque City Council Joaquín Baca, co-sponsor of the “Safe Community Places” ordinance, to learn about what it does and how he feels now…

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Concerns Over Produced Water and Police Oversight

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This week on New Mexico in Focus, an environmental attorney criticizes a recent decision by the state’s Water Quality Control Commission to revisit how and where fracking wastewater can be used in New Mexico. Tannis Fox, a senior attorney with the Western Environmental Law Center, tells Host Nash Jones why she, and a coalition of…

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