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Population Growth Lags in New Mexico

NOMONO Back in the Stands

April 30, 2021 – The Line opinion panel looks at population news from the Census Bureau and the Legislative Finance Committee. Recent reports show the state lags its neighbors in population growth, with key parts of the population leaving New Mexico during their prime years. The legislative agency recommended this week that the state rethink…

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Governors on Cannabis Legalization, Earth Day & 2022 Gov’s Race

Composite of cannabis plant superimposed with portrait of Michelle Lujan Grisham.

This week on New Mexico in Focus, the co-hosts of the NMPBS podcast Growing Forward speak with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham about New Mexico’s new recreational cannabis laws, which legalize the practice starting at the end of June, with sales to begin a year from now. The package also provides for expungement of certain cannabis-related…

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New Mexico in Focus is on hiatus as our team gears up for coverage of the general election; we'll be back with all new journalism in October.