How the repeal of the ACA could effect New Mexico, reforming ethics to help the local economy, protecting water in Standing Rock and New Mexico, tribal leaders discuss priorities on American Indian Day, and a discussion about behavioral health funding.
This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Gwyneth Doland reports from the Roundhouse on efforts to create an independent ethics commission and she speaks with the new Secretary of State about increasing transparency. Correspondent Antonia Gonzales, at the Roundhouse on American Indian Day, speaks with current and future leaders about priorities for their tribes. Both interviews are part of People, Power and Democracy, a project that covers ethics, transparency and accountability in state government.
Since 2015, a tax overwhelmingly approved by voters is providing up to $20 million annually for mental health programs in Bernalillo County. Correspondent Megan Kamerick talks with city and county officials and a mental health advocate about progress made so far in getting more services to more people in distress.
In November and December of 2015, Navajo filmmaker Tony Estrada was at several camps near the Standing Rock Reservation where people were protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline and Keystone XL projects. Estrada spoke with those wishing to protect key water sources and interviewed some water protectors who came from New Mexico to support opposition to the project.
New Mexico in Focus host Gene Grant sits down with a representative from New Mexico’s Health Insurance Exchange, an authority on health policy, and an advocate for Native Americans to talk about how a repeal of the Affordable Care Act could affect our state.
Host:
Gene Grant
Correspondents:
Gwyneth Doland
Antonia Gonzales
Megan Kamerick
Studio Guests:
Douglas Chaplin, director, Family & Community Services, city of Albuquerque
Katrina Hotrum, director, Substance Abuse Programs, Bernalillo County
Jim Ogle, member, Behavioral Health Taskforce and
former president, NAMI-New Mexico
Roxane Spruce Bly, independent consultant, Bly and Associates
Gabriel Sanchez, director, RWJF Center for Health Policy at UNM and Latino Decisions,
Linda Wedeen, interim CEO, New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange (beWellnm)
Note: there is no Line Panel this week
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New Mexico in Focus is New Mexico PBS’ prime-time news magazine show covering the events, issues, and people that are shaping life in New Mexico and the Southwest. Hosted by Gene Grant, New Mexico in Focus takes a multi-layered look at social, political, economic, health, education and arts issues and explores them in-depth, with a critical eye to give them context beyond the “news of the moment.”
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