{"id":47782,"date":"2025-08-29T09:55:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T16:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=47782"},"modified":"2025-09-08T12:52:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T19:52:27","slug":"lieutenant-governor-on-education-in-new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/lieutenant-governor-on-education-in-new-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Lieutenant Governor on Education in New Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lieutenant Governor on Education in New Mexico\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EGjIi-KZ9eY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8.29.25 <\/strong>\u2013<strong> <\/strong>Before serving more than a decade in the state senate and spending the last six-plus as lieutenant governor, Howie Morales was a teacher and school administrator in Grant County. 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