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Spike in Migrant Deaths & Potential Impact of Redrawn Congressional Map

December 7, 2023

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor speaks with two journalists, Lauren Villagran of USA Today and Omar Ornelas of the…

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NM United’s New Stadium, PED Calendar Proposal & Building Empathy Through Poetry

November 30, 2023

This week on New Mexico in Focus, New Mexico United CEO and President Peter Trevisani stops by our studio for a one-on-one interview. In partnership…

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MMIWR Task Force Quietly Disbanded, U.S. Interior Sec. Deb Haaland & Celebrating Native American Heritage

November 21, 2023

This week on New Mexico in Focus, we discuss Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s decision to quietly shut down the state’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women…

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Exploring Sheriff’s Office Oversight, Albuquerque Air Quality & Transit Equity

November 16, 2023

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor speaks with Matthew Reisen from the Albuquerque Journal about a recent indictment alleging a multi-state…

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2023 Elections, NM’s Healthcare Workforce Shortage & Local Journalism in the 1970s

November 9, 2023

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor chats with Santa Fe Reporter Editor and Publisher Julie Ann Grimm about the capital…

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Policing the Police, The Significance of the Afro-Frontier & Santa Fe Period Pods

November 2, 2023

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor interviews Albuquerque City Council President Pat Davis about delays in council’s handling of citizen…

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Police Shootings in NM, UNM Clery Act Violations, Listening to the Gila River

October 26, 2023

This week on New Mexico in Focus, we have an in-depth, two-part conversation about police shootings in New Mexico. According to an analysis by Searchlight New Mexico,…

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PED Secretary Talks Yazzie-Martinez Response, Chronic Absenteeism & School Counselors Assess the Student Experience

October 19, 2023

This week on New Mexico in Focus, we turn our attention to three education issues we’ve been following closely in recent weeks and months, beginning with…

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City of Albuquerque Sued for Allegedly Violating the Constitutional Rights of the Unhoused & Special Immigrant Juvenile Status in NM

October 12, 2023

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Senior Producer Lou DiVizio speaks with two attorneys who are suing the City of Albuquerque on behalf of…

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Public Employee Shortage in NM & Indigenous Leaders React to Española Shooting

October 5, 2023

This week on New Mexico in Focus, KUNM reporter and first-time In Focus correspondent Nash Jones sits down with a special roundtable to discuss why…

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NM Attorney General Explains Desire to Take Over Yazzie-Martinez Case & Gallup-McKinley County Schools Investigation

September 28, 2023

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Attorney General Raúl Torrez explains two recent decisions involving education in our state. In partnership with New Mexico In Depth,…

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The Future of Fire in New Mexico & Expanding STEAM Education

September 21, 2023

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Our Land Senior Producer Laura Paskus hosts a three-part roundtable conversation with U.S. Forest Service Southwestern Regional Forester Michiko Martin, Santa…

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