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Shaky NM Water Infrastructure; Power in Powwows

May 8, 2025

This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Gwyneth Doland interviews NMPBS General Manager Franz Joachim, who lays out the facts on what President Trump’s…

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Civil Rights, Immigration in Trump’s Second Term

May 1, 2025

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Nash Jones makes their debut as host, and we examine civil rights and immigration in New Mexico during…

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How Trump’s Cuts Hit NM; Remembering Pope Francis

April 25, 2025

This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Antonia Gonzales sits down with three advocates from the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women about…

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Gov. Signs State Budget; COVID Five Years Later

April 17, 2025

This week on New Mexico in Focus, we examine the state budget and some of the bills Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham vetoed.   Most of this…

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Transparency at UNMPD; Self-Care is Community Care

April 11, 2025

This week on New Mexico in Focus, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visits Hózhó Academy, a conservative charter school in…

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Las Cruces Shooting Context; New Lobo Hoops Coach

April 3, 2025

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Albuquerque Journal reporter Algernon D’Ammassa updates us on the investigation into last month’s mass shooting in Las Cruces…

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The 2025 Legislative Session in Perspective

March 27, 2025

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Politics Correspondent Gwyneth Doland sits down with two groups of journalists to discuss the ins and outs of…

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Final Week at the Roundhouse 2025

March 20, 2025

This week on New Mexico in Focus, we take one last trip to Santa Fe as the 60-day legislative session wraps up. Politics Correspondent Gwyneth…

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Last Climate Bill Standing; Diné Language Nest

March 14, 2025

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Politics Correspondent Gwyneth Doland interviews state Sen. Mimi Stewart about her bill that would fund future climate change…

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The Year for Paid Family Leave, Lawmaker Pay?

March 7, 2025

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Politics Correspondent Gwyneth Doland interviews state House Speaker Javier Martínez about all things Roundhouse-related: the state budget, a…

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Two Points of View as Legislature Rolls on

February 27, 2025

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Politics Correspondent Gwyneth Doland asks two former lawmakers how this year’s legislative session is shaping up. Former state…

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Legislature Hits Midpoint; NM’s Senior Boom

February 20, 2025

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Politics Correspondent Gwyneth Doland speaks with state representatives Nathan Small and Cathrynn Brown about the state budget as…

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