{"id":6753,"date":"2015-09-30T13:38:22","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T20:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=6753"},"modified":"2020-06-02T10:05:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T17:05:24","slug":"october-2-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/october-2-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"President of Blue Cross Blue Shield of NM; New Series: Entrepreneurship in ABQ; Student Test Scores; Ethics in State Government; Records Requests for Public Documents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PL0QUHGaLftJi5v3tvpAs06IlAp_TeNXYi\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>This week, NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS begins a new series on entrepreneurship in Albuquerque. 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Marquez, Talk Radio, Inc.<br \/>\nRob Nikolewski, <a href=\"http:\/\/watchdog.org\/category\/new-mexico\/\">Watchdog.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>HOST<\/em>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dredlockflaneur\">Gene Grant<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Producer of NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahgustavus\">Sarah Gustavus<\/a>. Associate Producer is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nmpbskwimmer\">Kathy Wimmer<\/a>. Funding for this program was provided in part by the McCune Foundation Communications Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><em>Episode 914 airs October 2, 2015<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS begins a new series on entrepreneurship in Albuquerque. Eric Renz-Whitmore discusses opportunities and challenges for local entrepreneurs. 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