Posts by Myah Wilmarth
Good Neighbors, Redistricting Committee Approves Maps & Author William deBuys
This week on New Mexico in Focus, the Citizen Redistricting Committee has wrapped up it’s work, approving a series of map proposals for redrawing election districts for the next ten years. But now, those choices move to the New Mexico legislature. Correspondent Gwyneth Doland gets reaction on the process so far, from representatives of the All Pueblo Council of…
Read MorePretrial Detention Study & New Media Outlet Hopes to be a Big Re-‘Source’ for News Consumers
NMiF senior producer Matt Grubs talks about New Mexico’s pretrial detention conundrum with the director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, Artie Pepin. The office recently asked UNM social researchers to evaluate the 2nd Judicial District Court’s (Bernalillo County) effectiveness at keeping the right people free until trial, an innocence-before-guilt approach reinforced with a…
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