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Just-in-Case Special Session; Shutdown Ends

November 14, 2025
A SNAP benefits icon is superimposed over a statue of three children in front of the New Mexico State Capitol building.

This week on New Mexico in Focus, we recap a chaotic week in Santa Fe and Washington D.C. President Trump signed a bill that reopened the federal government Wednesday night, closing the 43-day chapter on the nation’s longest-ever shutdown. Host Nash Jones speaks with U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-NM, about the end of the shutdown…

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Gene Grant on His New State Job

November 7, 2025
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11.7.2025 – Gene Grant returns to New Mexico in Focus, but this time as a guest. Last month, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham named Grant as director of the state Office of African American Affairs.  Host/Correspondent: Nash Jones  Guest: Gene Grant, Director, New Mexico Office of African American Affairs 

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