Governor’s Final Session; CYFD Office Stays End
This week on New Mexico in Focus, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham sits down with Host Nash Jones to take stock of her final regular legislative session. Nash asks the governor about the newly established universal child care system created during the session, and how the program can help families. Then, the two discuss the session’s “rocket docket,” a bundle of bills that sped their way through the early days at the Roundhouse. Later, Lujan Grisham talks to Nash about two signature pieces of legislation that died before reaching her desk: a gun control bill and a bill that would have cemented her climate goals in law.
Searchlight New Mexico investigative reporter Ed Williams has followed the plight of foster kids for years. This week, he stopped by our studio to discuss an executive order from the governor that bans the Children, Youth and Families Department from continuing its long-time practice of housing foster children in office buildings.
NMPBS Senior Producer and Director Tara Walch pays a visit to an engineer who built a system that converts sunlight directly into electricity — all while providing shade for crops and, at the same time, decreasing evaporation to conserve water and the Rio Grande.
Host: Jeff Proctor
Segments:
Gov. Lujan Grisham on Universal Child Care, ICE Detention Centers
Correspondent: Nash Jones
Guest: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-NM
Gov. Lujan Grisham Defends ‘Rocket Docket,’ Transparency in Santa Fe
Correspondent: Nash Jones
Guest: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-NM
CYFD Ordered to Stop Housing Kids in Offices
Correspondent: Nash Jones
Guest: Ed Williams, Investigative Reporter, Searchlight New Mexico
Gov. Lujan Grisham on Failed Climate and Public Safety Bills
Correspondent: Nash Jones
Guest: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-NM
Harvesting the Sunshine, Conserving the Rio Grande
Producer/Director: Tara Walch
Photography: Tara Walch
Ella Daniel
Ethan Weiner
Camera Assist/Audio: Joey Dunn
RJ Torres
Elijah de Billie
Aydan Muro
Music:
Spanish Castle by Dario Benedetti
About The Flame by Dario Benedetti
El Guapo by Wayfair
Solar Irradiance Map: National Renewable Energy Laboratory