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Wastewater and Water Rights in NM

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This week on New Mexico in Focus, we revisit several previously aired stories about water in New Mexico.   Earlier this year, the Water Quality Control Commission decided to revisit how and where fracking wastewater can be used in New Mexico. We hear from advocates for and against the proposal. In June, Capital and Main journalist…

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Discipline at Gallup Schools; Tribal Water Rights

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This week on New Mexico in Focus, a new report from the state attorney general’s office finds Indigenous and Hispanic students are punished at Gallup McKinley County Schools far more severely than their white peers. The published findings follow an investigation from New Mexico In Depth in 2022 who first uncovered the story. In Depth…

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