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Biden’s Tribal Affairs Adviser, NM’s population problems, and Civil Rights After Chauvin

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This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Antonia Gonzales speaks with President Biden’s top tribal affairs adviser, PaaWee Rivera. The son of former Pojoaque Pueblo Governor George Rivera is working to advance Native interests as tribal communities emerge from the pandemic.  A group of leading civil rights attorneys gathers for a discussion of the impact on New Mexico…

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

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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 crimes. The governor called a special…

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