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Common Cause Pushes for Good-Government Reforms

March 7, 2025
Two people are on a split-screen video call during a "New Mexico in Focus" segment. Both wear glasses and face the camera against a backdrop of framed pictures and a blurred building exterior.

3.7.25 – For years, Common Cause New Mexico has been a vocal advocate for state lawmakers receiving a salary. Senior Producer Lou DiVizio asks Mason Graham, the organization’s state policy director, why he believes a salaried Legislature would open the Roundhouse to a broader swath of New Mexicans.  Correspondent: Lou DiVizio  Guest: Mason Graham, Policy Director, Common…

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Searching for Solutions to NM’s Alcohol Problems

January 11, 2024
A row of liquor bottles on a shelf.

1.12.24 – In this second roundtable discussion, Senior Producer Lou DiVizio asks the panelists for conclusions and recommendations to course-correct the state’s worrying alcohol-related death rate.    Correspondent: Lou DiVizio  Guests: Dede Feldman, Democratic former state senator  Trip Jennings, executive director, New Mexico in Depth  Michael Bird, former president, American Public Health Association  For More Information:  “Still…

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