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Bernalillo County District Attorney Kari Brandenburg, APD Reforms, Short Term Loan Legislation

February 5, 2015

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Rolling Stone and the New Yorker recently published feature stories on fatal shootings by officers in the Albuquerque Police Department. This week on New Mexico in Focus, Host Gene Grant and our line panelists debate whether national attention could change the local debate over reforms within APD. The Line will also look at right to…

2015 Legislature: Payday Loans

February 3, 2015

NMiF correspondent Gwyneth Doland is following issues and legislation in the Roundhouse. This week, she is reporting on a proposal to cap interest rates on payday loans at 36 percent. “I think it’s very much a human rights issue,” Sen. William Soules, D-Las Cruces said Monday. “We are charging people exorbitant interest rates on very small…