Homelessness in Santa Fe; Local Headlines in Focus
This week on New Mexico in Focus, we catch up to some of the biggest recent headlines with the local journalists who broke and kept an eye on those stories.
Santa Fe New Mexican city reporter Carina Julig wrote a deep-dive series about Urban Alchemy’s first year running the capital city’s homeless shelter. Six months in, Urban Alchemy has spent nearly all of the $1.5 million allocated in its one-year emergency contract. Senior Producer Lou Divizio sat down with Julig to discuss the nonprofit’s financial dealings. Later, Lou asks Julig how the nonprofit’s community services stack up to its additional $7.9 million outreach contract.
Reporter Patrick Lohmann’s byline is all over the home page of Source New Mexico, a nonprofit digital outlet that covers state news. Host Nash Jones asks Lohmann to run through three ongoing stories he’s covered: immigrant detention, uranium mining and the State Fairgrounds.
The Public Service Company of New Mexico, or PNM, and its parent company filed an application last year with state regulators to be acquired by Blackstone Infrastructure, the nation’s largest private equity firm. Ten months later, that sale is still pending. Albuquerque Journal Staff Writer Justin Horwath has covered the acquisition process. Horwath talks to Executive Producer Jeff Proctor about the potential purchase and what an approved acquisition would mean for New Mexicans who receive their electrical power from PNM.
Host:
Nash Jones
Segments:
Urban Alchemy Funds Run Short in First Year
Correspondent: Lou DiVizio
Guest: Carina Julig, City Reporter, Santa Fe New Mexican
Headlines in Focus: ICE Contracts, State Fairgrounds, Uranium Mining
Correspondent: Nash Jones
Guest: Patrick Lohmann, Reporter, Source New Mexico
Urban Alchemy Street Outreach Questioned
Correspondent: Lou DiVizio
Guest: Carina Julig, City Reporter, Santa Fe New Mexican
Blackstone Inc Pursues Purchase of PNM Parent Company
Correspondent: Jeff Proctor
Guest: Justin Horwath, Staff Writer, Albuquerque Journal