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State Treasurer Advocates for Baby Bonds Project

By Myah Wilmarth | October 3, 2024

10.4.24 – State Treasurer Laura Montoya tells correspondent Russell Contreras why she supports a pilot “baby bonds” project, and how a similar statewide program could…

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Turmoil at ABQ Journal After Top Editor Jailed

By Myah Wilmarth | October 3, 2024

10.4.24 – Executive Producer Jeff Proctor sits down with a journalism professor and a criminal defense lawyer to consider what’s next for the Albuquerque Journal,…

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How College Student Hunger in 2024 Differs from Previous Generations

By Myah Wilmarth | September 26, 2024

9.27.24 – Senior Producer Lou DiVizio asks two authors of a report on food and housing insecurity in higher education how New Mexico college campuses…

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The Political Power of NM’s Horse Racing Industry

By Myah Wilmarth | September 26, 2024

9.27.24 – This month, Searchlight New Mexico journalist Joshua Bowling published a story detailing the political power of the state’s horse racing industry. In our…

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Diné Community Seeks Justice

By Myah Wilmarth | September 26, 2024

9.27.24 – Earlier this year, Senior Producer Laura Paskus spoke with three Thoreau High School students opposed to a federal plan to bring uranium mining…

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Half of NM College Students Struggle with Food and Housing Insecurity

By Myah Wilmarth | September 26, 2024

9.27.24 – Senior Producer Lou DiVizio speaks with two authors of a recent report that shows more than half of New Mexico college and university…

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Former Pueblo Governor Speaks Against LANL Power Line

By Myah Wilmarth | September 19, 2024

9.20.24 – Our Land’s Laura Paskus talks with Mark Mitchell, former governor of the Pueblo of Tesuque, about government-to-government consultation and how federal officials have…

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Outgoing Director Helped Reshape State’s Pretrial Detention System

By Myah Wilmarth | September 19, 2024

9.20.24 – Artie Pepin, outgoing director of the state’s Administrative Office of the Courts, looks back with Executive Producer Jeff Proctor at his 18 years…

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How Federal Power Line Project Can Harm Wildlife in the Caja del Rio

By Myah Wilmarth | September 19, 2024

9.20.24 – Speaking with Santa Fe County Commissioner Anna Hansen and historian Hilario Romero, Our Land’s Laura Paskus asks how a new transmission line across…

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How Americans Perceive the Middle Class in 2024

By Myah Wilmarth | September 6, 2024

9.6.24 – University of New Mexico professor Dr. Jason Scott Smith talks with Senior Producer Lou DiVizio about the American middle class and considers why…

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UNM Study Finds Dangerous Working Conditions in Oil and Gas Industry

By Myah Wilmarth | September 6, 2024

9.6.24 – A study from the University of New Mexico reports dangerous working conditions in the oil and gas industry. Correspondent Elizabeth Miller speaks with…

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The State of Labor in NM

By Myah Wilmarth | September 6, 2024

9.6.24 – Albuquerque-based labor lawyer Stephen Curtice talks to Senior Producer Lou DiVizio about his work and provides a snapshot of the state of labor…