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Congressional Candidate Conversations, Election Misinformation & NM’s Troubling Standardized Test Scores

The U.S. Capitol Building.

This week on New Mexico in Focus, candidates for New Mexico’s third congressional district each explain their platforms ahead of election day. Correspondent Gwyneth Doland speaks with Democratic Incumbent Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez and Republican challenger Alexis Martinez Johnson about what kind of representation New Mexico needs in Washington. Plus, Gwyneth also sits with Rep. Melanie Stansbury…

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Healing New Mexico’s Lower Rio Grande

An overview of the dry Rio Grande.

Today in southern New Mexico, the Rio Grande typically only flows when its channel is used to convey water from Elephant Butte and Caballo reservoirs to cities and farmers downstream. In conversation with Laura Paskus, Esperanza Chairez Uriarte, communications coordinator with Nuestra Tierra, talks about what that means for communities along the river – and…

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