Posts by Myah Wilmarth
Downwinders, Down Time for Virgin Galactic, and Our Land’s Dark Skies
This week on New Mexico in Focus, the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium has been trying for years to get the U.S. government to compensate families who were impacted by the Trinity nuclear test. Correspondent Russell Contreras speaks with Tina Cordova about the latest effort, which now has the support of a bipartisan pair of senators representing both New…
Read MoreThe Money Rolls In To State Coffers, But How to Spend it All? Plus, Afghan Perspectives and Unemployment Benefits Run Dry
The Line opinion panel takes a closer look at the implications of a predicted $1.4 billion surplus in the state’s next budget year. Lawmakers and the governor are already rolling out ideas to spend it, while others caution against yet another ratcheting up of the state’s baseline costs. The group weighs the likelihood that crime…
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