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

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, Executive Director Trip Jennings asks Torrez about his intention to take over litigation in the Yazzie-Martinez case. Then, Jennings discusses a recent announcement from the attorney general that his office will investigate reported disproportionately harsh discipline at Gallup-McKinley County Schools. New Mexico In Depth’s Bryant Furlow broke the story last year, prompting Torrez to take a closer look.  

Executive Producer Jeff Proctor moderates a special panel that reacts to both of those topics and digs deeper into some of the lingering questions around each. Jeff asks if the attorney general has the broad authority he’s asserting to take over the Yazzie-Martinez case and if there could be a political incentive for him to get involved. Then, Jeff and the panel explore New Mexico In Depth’s reporting on the disciplinary issues at Gallup-McKinley and how Torrez’s investigation could play out.  

Host: Lou DiVizio 

Segments: 
Attorney General Raul Torrez Explains Desire to Take Over Yazzie-Martinez Case 
Correspondent: Trip Jennings 
Guest: Raúl Torrez, (D) Attorney General, New Mexico  

Analyzing AG’s Decision to Take Over Yazzie-Martinez Case 
Correspondent: Jeff Proctor 
Guests: Trip Jennings, executive director, New Mexico In Depth 
Regis Pecos, co-founder, Santa Fe Indian School Leadership Institute 
Danielle Gonzales, senior fellow, One Generation Fund, APS board member 

Attorney General Raul Torrez to Investigate Gallup-McKinley County Schools 
Correspondent: Trip Jennings 
Guest: Raúl Torrez, (D) Attorney General, New Mexico 

AG Investigation into Gallup-McKinley Schools 
Correspondent: Jeff Proctor 
Guests: Trip Jennings, executive director, New Mexico In Depth 
Regis Pecos, co-founder, Santa Fe Indian School Leadership Institute 
Danielle Gonzales, senior fellow, One Generation Fund, APS board member