New Mexico In Focus, a Production of KNME-TV
State Quietly Disbands MMIWR Task Force
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- State Quietly Disbands MMIWR Task Force
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- 2 years ago
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- 11.24.23 – 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 and Relatives Task Force. In October, reporter Bella Davis (Yurok) broke that story at New Mexico In Depth. This week, she sits down in our studio with Darlene Gomez, a member of the disbanded task force, and Vangie Randall-Shorty (Diné), a mother whose son was murdered. Three years after his death, she's still waiting for answers from investigators.
Correspondent:
Bella Davis (Yurok)
Guests:
Vangie Randall-Shorty (Diné), Mother of Zachariah Juwaun Shorty
Darlene Gomez, attorney, former member of the New Mexico MMIWR Task Force
For More Information:
https://nmindepth.com/2023/new-mexico-pulls-plug-on-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people-task-force/
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- Full Episode | Exploring Sheriff’s Office Oversight, Albuquerque Air Quality & Transit Equity
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- 2 years ago
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- 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 machine gun scheme. It names but doesn’t charge former Bernalillo County Sheriff Manny Gonzales and former Laguna Pueblo Police Chief Rudy Mora. Reisen explains the indictment, including what both Gonzales and Mora are accused of doing to further the scheme.
Then, Jeff speaks with Dianne Layden, a member of the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office Advisory Review Board, to understand why there aren’t any checks and balances in place to watch over sheriffs like Gonzales. Layden explains the role of the advisory board, why it was created and how the new sheriff has taken a more active role with the board.
Our Land’s Laura Paskus sat down with the New Mexico Environmental Law Center’s Eric Jantz to understand how two bills passed by the Albuquerque City Council will affect efforts b...
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- Albuquerque City Council Targets Air Quality Rulemaking | Our Land
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- 2 years ago
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- 11.17.23 – Our Land’s Laura Paskus sat down with the New Mexico Environmental Law Center’s Eric Jantz to understand how two bills passed by the Albuquerque City Council will affect efforts by a South Valley community to protect itself from pollution. The two also talked about how industry and many lawmakers claim environmental regulations harm economic development—but how the history of environmental protections in the U.S. doesn’t support that claim.
Correspondent:
Laura Paskus
Guest:
Eric Jantz, legal director, New Mexico Environmental Law Center
For More Information:
https://www.kunm.org/local-news/2023-11-08/abq-city-council-approves-controversial-and-sweeping-changes-to-air-quality-control-board
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- Exploring Oversight: NM Lawmen Mentioned in Machine Gun Scheme Indictment
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- 2 years ago
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- 11.17.23 – Executive Producer Jeff speaks with Dianne Layden, a member of the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office Advisory Review Board, to understand why there aren’t any checks and balances in place to watch over sheriffs like Manny Gonzales. Layden explains the role of the advisory board, why it was created and how the new sheriff has taken a more active role with the board.
Correspondent:
Jeff Proctor
Guest:
Dianne Layden, Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office Advisory & Review Board
For More Information:
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/former-bcso-sheriff-undersheriff-named-in-cross-country-machine-gun-scheme/article_9a1f7498-7448-11ee-b34f-9babda510ae3.html
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- NM Lawmen Mentioned in Machine Gun Scheme Indictment
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- 2 years ago
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- 11.17.23 – 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 machine gun scheme. It names but doesn’t charge former Bernalillo County Sheriff Manny Gonzales and former Laguna Pueblo Police Chief Rudy Mora. Reisen explains the indictment, including what both Gonzales and Mora are accused of doing to further the scheme.
Correspondent:
Jeff Proctor
Guest:
Matthew Reisen, staff writer, Albuquerque Journal
For More Information:
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/former-bcso-sheriff-undersheriff-named-in-cross-country-machine-gun-scheme/article_9a1f7498-7448-11ee-b34f-9babda510ae3.html
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/bcso-sheriff-unveils-restricted-gun-inventory-after-predecessor-named-in-alleged-machine-gun-scheme/article_3590ea3c-783c-11ee-98c6-63019866e3d2.html
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- Albuquerque Election Results
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- New Mexico in Focus gives an update on Tuesday’s election results in Albuquerque.
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- 30th Anniversary of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial
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- 2 years ago
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- 11.10.23 – We mark this weekend's Veteran's Day with a special segment on the dedication of the Vietnam Women's Memorial in Washington, D.C. New Mexico PBS Cultural Affairs Producer Faith Perez interviews two nurses who say the memorial brought them the recognition and acceptance they never received after the war.
Correspondent:
Faith Perez
Guests:
Jane Carson, Vietnam Veteran
Dotty Beatty, Vietnam Veteran
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- 2023 Elections, NM’s Healthcare Workforce Shortage & Local Journalism in the 1970s
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- 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 city’s 2023 election results, including the overwhelming passage of a 3% excise tax on high-end homes.
New Mexico is grappling with a shortage of medical professionals, especially nurses. Recent reporting from New Mexico In Depth’s Marjorie Childress highlights the problem, which at one point this summer left the state short 7,000 nurses. Senior Producer Lou DiVizio hosts a table discussion to ask how legislators and hospitals can help address the problem.
The 1970s were a time of change in New Mexico's newsrooms. The decade was so full of turmoil and innovation that the Albuquerque Museum is highlighting it in its latest temporary exhibit, "News for the People." Producer Antonio Sanchez and photojournalist Robert McDermott take you on a trip through the exhibit, speaking with a curator about some of the ...
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- “News for the People: Local Journalism in the 1970s”
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- 11.10.23 – The 1970s were a time of change in New Mexico's newsrooms. The decade was so full of turmoil and innovation that the Albuquerque Museum is highlighting it in its latest temporary exhibit, "News for the People." Producer Antonio Sanchez and photojournalist Robert McDermott take you on a trip through the exhibit, speaking with a curator about some of the trailblazers and asking a retired reporter how journalism has changed since she started at the Albuquerque Journal nearly 50 years ago.
Producer:
Antonio Sanchez
Photojournalist:
Robert McDermott
Guests:
Jonathan Wright, history curatorial assistant, Albuquerque Museum
Denise Tessier, retired journalist
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- NM’s Healthcare Workforce Shortage
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- 2 years ago
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- 11.10.23 – New Mexico is grappling with a shortage of medical professionals, especially nurses. Recent reporting from New Mexico In Depth’s Marjorie Childress highlights the problem, which at one point this summer left the state short 7,000 nurses. Senior Producer Lou DiVizio hosts a table discussion to ask how legislators and hospitals can help address the problem.
Correspondent:
Lou DiVizio
Guests:
Trip Jennings, executive director, New Mexico In Depth
Holly Muller, chief nursing officer, Presbyterian Healthcare Services
For More Information:
https://nmindepth.com/2023/lawmakers-tackled-new-mexicos-crisis-of-rural-health-care-workers-it-wasnt-enough/
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- Analyzing Santa Fe’s 2023 Election Results
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- 2 years ago
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- 11.10.23 – 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 city’s 2023 election results, including the overwhelming passage of a 3% excise tax on high-end homes.
Correspondent:
Jeff Proctor
Guest:
Julie Ann Grimm, editor & publisher, Santa Fe Reporter
For More Information:
https://www.sfreporter.com/news/2023/11/07/voters-yes-on-mansion-tax/
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- Former NM Sheriff, Police Chief Implicated in Federal Indictment
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- A federal indictment implicates former Bernalillo County Sheriff Manny Gonzales and former Laguna Pueblo Police Chief Rudy Mora in an alleged gun distribution scheme. To this point, neither has been charged.
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- New ‘Period Pods’ Aim to Limit Period Poverty in Santa Fe
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- 11.3.23 – Correspondent Antonia Gonzales visits the director of Free Flow New Mexico, and three other people who have been vital in getting a new ‘period pod’ up and running at the public library branch on Santa Fe’s Southside. It’s one of three 24-hour kiosks in the city providing access to free menstrual products.
Correspondent:
Antonia Gonzales
Guests:
Laurie Merrill, executive director and founder, Free Flow New Mexico
Margaret Neill, library division director, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Israel Haros, Chicano poet, artist, muralist
Selena Fernandez, artist
For More Information:
https://www.sfreporter.com/news/2023/07/11/free-flow/
https://freeflownm.com/
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- Blackdom, New Mexico: The Significance of the Afro-Frontier, 1900-1930
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- 11.3.23 – Founded at the turn of the 20th century, Blackdom was a freedom colony in southern New Mexico formed by Black settlers hoping to escape the Jim Crow south.
New Mexico in Focus correspondent Russell Contreras sits down with Dr. Timothy Nelson to talk about his new book, "Blackdom, New Mexico: The Significance of the Afro-Frontier," which explains how the colony's goals grew and shifted between 1900 and 1930.
Correspondent:
Russell Contreras
Guest:
Dr. Timothy E. Nelson, Author, “Blackdom, New Mexico: The Significance of the Afro-Frontier, 1900-1930"
For More Information:
https://blackdomthesis.com/shop/academic-book-timothyenelson
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- Our Land | New Mexico’s Water Solutions are Possible—but not Easy
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- 2 years ago
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- 11.3.23 – Over the past decade, former New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission director Norman Gaume has urged lawmakers to fund state water agencies and protect the water resources. Now, as president of New Mexico Water Advocates, he talks with Our Land’s Laura Paskus about the 2023 Water Security Planning Act, some of the serious problems around the state and the need for community-driven solutions.
Correspondent:
Laura Paskus
Guest:
Norman Gaume, NM Water Advocates
For More Information:
https://mrgwateradvocates.org/
https://uttoncenter.unm.edu/resources/state-water-task-force/index.html
https://portal.knme.org/video/nms-water-challenges-are-significant-afsq6t/
https://engagenmwater.org/
https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/monographs/bulletins/164/
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- Policing the Police | ABQ City Council President Pat Davis Defends Control of Citizen Oversight
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- 11.3.23 – This week on New Mexico in Focus, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor interviews outgoing Albuquerque City Council President Pat Davis about delays in council’s handling of citizen oversight for APD. That’s as Mayor Tim Keller is pushing to transfer authority over the system away from the council. The mayor cites staffing woes, a lack of training for police oversight board members and other problems to justify his proposal. Davis responds and explains why he thinks citizen oversight should be independent from the city’s executive branch.
Correspondent:
Jeff Proctor
Guest:
Pat Davis, president, Albuquerque City Council
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- Full Episode | Policing the Police, The Significance of the Afro-Frontier & Santa Fe Period Pods
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- 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 oversight for APD. That’s as Mayor Tim Keller is pushing to transfer authority over the system away from the council. The mayor cites staffing woes, a lack of training for police oversight board members and other problems to justify his proposal. Councilor Davis responds and explains why he thinks citizen oversight should be independent from the city’s executive branch.
Over the past decade, former New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission director Norman Gaume has urged lawmakers to fund state water agencies and protect the water resources. Now, as president of New Mexico Water Advocates, he talks with Our Land’s Laura Paskus about the 2023 Water Security Planning Act, some of the serious problems around the state and the need for community-driven solutions.
Founded at the turn of the ...
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- NMiF Extra | Exploring Solutions to Prevalence of NM Police Shootings
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- 10.27.23 - In a continuation of their two-part conversation about police shootings in New Mexico, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor and a special panel explore solutions to the prevalence of police shootings in New Mexico.
Correspondent:
Jeff Proctor
Guests:
Sharon Walton, Retired Bernalillo County Metro Court Judge
Leon Howard, Deputy Director, American Civil Liberties Union
Joshua Bowling, Journalist, Searchlight New Mexico
For More Information:
https://searchlightnm.org/hundreds-of-police-killings-two-prosecutions-no-jail-time/
https://searchlightnm.org/charges-filed-against-a-new-mexico-police-officer-for-a-fatal-shooting-for-the-first-time-in-nearly-10-years/
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- New Mexicans Call on Congressional Delegation to Support Ceasefire Resolution
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- 3 years ago
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- A growing number of New Mexicans are calling on our national leaders to support a resolution for an immediate ceasefire in the war in Gaza.
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- Our Land | Listening to the Gila
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- 10.27.23 – Rarely in the United States do we remember that rivers are living beings themselves—and they have something to teach us. With funding from The Water Desk at the University of Colorado Boulder, Our Land’s Laura Paskus visited the Gila River, including a stretch that would have been changed forever if New Mexico had built on a controversial diversion. In this special segment, we consider what lessons the Upper Gila River holds for the future—and the rest of the Colorado River Basin.
Correspondent:
Laura Paskus
Guests:
Martha Cooper, Freshwater Director, The Nature Conservancy
Joe Saenz, Chihe´ne (Warm Springs Apache)
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- Daily Lobo Journalists Uncover Clery Act Violations at UNM
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- 10.27.23 – Earlier this month, the Daily Lobo student newspaper broke a story documenting the University of New Mexico's violations of a federal transparency act. Jeff joins the two reporters in our studio and asks the duo to walk us through their investigation of problems with the campus security alert system.
Correspondent:
Jeff Proctor
Guests:
Lily Alexander, reporter, The Daily Lobo
Lauren Lifke, reporter, The Daily Lobo
For More Information:
https://www.dailylobo.com/article/2023/10/unm-is-noncompliant-with-crime-transparency-law
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- Prosecuting Police Shootings in NM
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- 10.27.23 – In the second part of a two-part discussion on police shootings, Jeff asks the group why legislators are advocating for the creation of a centralized independent office to investigate and review cases like these. Plus, the roundtable considers what’s at stake for the criminal trial of Las Cruces police officer Brad Lunsford, the second ever cop in the state’s modern history to be charged for an on-duty fatal shooting.
Correspondent:
Jeff Proctor
Guests:
Sharon Walton, Retired Bernalillo County Metro Court Judge
Leon Howard, Deputy Director, American Civil Liberties Union
Joshua Bowling, Journalist, Searchlight New Mexico
For More Information:
https://searchlightnm.org/hundreds-of-police-killings-two-prosecutions-no-jail-time/
https://searchlightnm.org/charges-filed-against-a-new-mexico-police-officer-for-a-fatal-shooting-for-the-first-time-in-nearly-10-years/
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- Investigating Police Shootings in NM
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- 10.27.23 – 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, 357 people were shot by police statewide over the last 10 years -- more than any other U.S. state per capita during that time period. Executive producer Jeff Proctor asks a special roundtable why cops shoot so many people in New Mexico and whether failures at other levels of government leave life-and-death decision in the hands of the police.
Correspondent:
Jeff Proctor
Guests:
Sharon Walton, Retired Bernalillo County Metro Court Judge
Leon Howard, Deputy Director, American Civil Liberties Union
Joshua Bowling, Journalist, Searchlight New Mexico
For More Information:
https://searchlightnm.org/hundreds-of-police-killings-two-prosecutions-no-jail-time/
https://searchlightnm.org/charges-filed-against-a-new-mexico-police-officer-for-a-fatal...
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- Full Episode | Police Shootings in NM, UNM Clery Act Violations & Listening to the Gila River
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- 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, police shot 357 people statewide over the last 10 years — more than in any other U.S. state per capita during that period. Executive Producer Jeff Proctor asks a special roundtable why cops shoot so many people in New Mexico and whether failures at other levels of government too often leave life-and-death decision in the hands of the police. In the second part of their discussion, Jeff asks the group why legislators are advocating for the creation of a centralized, independent office to investigate and review police shootings cases. Plus, the roundtable considers what’s at stake for the potential criminal trial of Las Cruces police officer Brad Lunsford, the second cop in the state’s modern history to be charged in an on-duty fatal shooting.
Earlier this month, the Daily Lobo student newspaper broke a ...
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- Developmental disabilities support division found spike in misconduct
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- A new report shows a surge in cases of abuse, neglect, and exploitation within the state's Developmental Disabilities Waiver Program.
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- PED Cabinet Secretary on the State’s Response to Yazzie-Martinez Ruling
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- 10.20.23 – 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 the state's response to the court ruling in the seminal Yazzie-Martinez case. Senior Producer Lou DiVizio speaks with Public Education Department Secretary Dr. Arsenio Romero about the state's position on Attorney General Raúl Torrez’s desire to take over litigation in the case and what progress his department has made to create a more equitable learning environment for all students in the state.
Correspondent:
Lou DiVizio
Guest:
Dr. Arsenio Romero, cabinet secretary, NM Public Education Department
For More Information:
https://nmindepth.com/2023/new-mexico-ag-says-hes-going-after-school-discipline-and-yazzie-martinez-to-protect-children/
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- School Counselors Assess the Student Experience in 2023
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- 10.20.23 – COVID, remote learning, returning to school and concerns about safety are all major challenges that have snowballed for students in recent years. Executive Producer Jeff Proctor speaks with two school counselors about the unique hurdles students are confronting and how they’ve impacted their mental health and coursework.
Correspondent:
Jeff Proctor
Guests:
Bryan Gabaldon, school counselor, Highland High School
Devon Shelton, school counselor, Alameda Elementary School
For More Information:
https://www.kunm.org/show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2023-08-04/lets-talk-about-the-youth-mental-health-crisis
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- Addressing Chronic Absenteeism in NM Schools
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- 10.20.23 – Chronic absenteeism has long persisted in New Mexico’s rollcall of school problems. The rate ticked down in the most recently completed school year, but it’s more than doubled since 2019. KUNM’s Megan Kamerick hosts a special roundtable to talk about what the state is doing to get more students to show up to school and whether it’s effective.
Correspondent:
Megan Kamerick
Guests:
Leslie Kelly, behavioral health coordinator, NM Public Education Department
Teri Wimborne, director of collective impact, United Way of Central New Mexico
Estevan Gallegos, juvenile probation officer supervisor, CYFD
For More Information:
https://projects.apnews.com/features/2023/missing-students-chronic-absenteeism/index.html
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- PED Secretary, Chronic Absenteeism & School Counselors Assess the Student Experience
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- 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 the state’s response to the court ruling in the seminal Yazzie-Martinez case. Senior Producer Lou DiVizio speaks with Public Education Secretary Dr. Arsenio Romero about the state’s position on Attorney General Raúl Torrez’s desire to take over litigation in the case and what progress his department has made to create a more equitable learning environment for all students in our state.
Chronic absenteeism has long been present in New Mexico’s rollcall of school problems. The rate ticked down in the most recently completed school year, but it’s more than doubled since 2019. KUNM’s Megan Kamerick hosts a special roundtable to talk about what the state is doing to get more students to show up to school and whether it’s effective.
COVID, remote learning, returning to school and concerns about...
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- Republicans appeal ruling upholding NM congressional redistricting map
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The Republican party of New Mexico is appealing a decision from a state district court judge who ruled that the Democrat-controlled legislature's congressional boundaries do not violate the state constitution.
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- Attorneys Say Albuquerque Violated Unhoused Clients’ Constitutional Rights
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- 10.13.23 – 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 several unhouse clients. The lawsuit accuses the city of violating the Fourth and Eighth Amendments and due process protections for unhoused people by shuffling them from place to place and destroying their property. A state District Court judge issued an injunction in the case last month, barring the city from removing people from public property or taking their belongings. The City of Albuquerque has filed a request for a stay on the injunction with the state Supreme Court — as of Thursday's recording, the court has not decided if it will take up the case.
Correspondent:
Lou DiVizio
Guests:
Adam Flores, civil rights lawyer
Martha Mulvany, civil rights lawyer
For More Information:
https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/homeless-man-sues-city-of-albuquerque-o...
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- Full Episode | City of ABQ Sued for Allegedly Violating the Constitutional Rights of the Unhoused
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- 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 several unhouse clients. The lawsuit accuses the city of violating the Fourth and Eighth Amendments and due process protections for unhoused people by shuffling them from place to place and destroying their property. A state District Court judge issued an injunction in the case last month, barring the city from removing people from public property or taking their belongings. The City of Albuquerque has filed a request for a stay on the injunction with the state Supreme Court — as of Thursday's recording, the court has not decided if it will take up the case.
At the turn of the 20th century, Rebecca Clarren’s ancestors fled antisemitism in Russia to start new lives in America, where they became homesteaders on lands the U.S. government stole from the Lakota people. In her new book, “The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an Am...
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- Special Immigrant Juvenile Status in NM
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- 10.13.23 – This spring, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed House Bill 15 into law. It expands the age range for young immigrants eligible to access green cards, work permits and other benefits — if they can prove in court they had been abandoned, abused or neglected. Executive Producer Jeff Proctor speaks with two immigrant advocates about their work to get this bill passed through the Roundhouse.
Correspondent:
Jeff Proctor
Guests:
Jessica Martinez, attorney, New Mexico Immigrant Law Center
Jazmín Irazoqui-Ruiz, policy director, Bold Futures NM
For More Information:
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/new-mexico-law-allows-migrant-children-under-21-to-obtain-residency-immigration-
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- Title
- Our Land | The Cost of Free Land
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- 10.13.23 – At the turn of the 20th century, Rebecca Clarren’s ancestors fled antisemitism in Russia to start new lives in America, where they became homesteaders on lands the U.S. government stole from the Lakota people. In her new book, “The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance,” Clarren offers an intimate look at how her family benefitted from that stolen land and explores acts of reconciliation and repatriation that are embedded in family and culture.
Correspondent:
Laura Paskus
Guest:
Rebecca Clarren, author, “The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance”
For More Information:
https://time.com/6320051/myth-american-inheritance-lakota-nation-essay/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=ideas_&linkId=239496550
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- Title
- Full Episode | Public Employee Shortage in NM & Indigenous Leaders React to Española Shooting
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- 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 government agencies continue to struggle with hiring and retaining employees in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the first of two conversations, Jones asks the panelists to identify the scope of the employment problem and detail what it's like to work at hollowed-out agencies throughout New Mexico. In their second discussion, Nash asks the roundtable how residents are impacted by the short-staffed public sector and how government agencies can best compete against the private market.
A 23-year-old man wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat is accused of shooting Native American activist Jacob Johns during a prayer event last week in Española, where local officials were planning to reinstall a statue of Spanish conquistador and war criminal Juan de Oñate. Ryan David Martinez is charged with first-degree attempted murder...
- Title
- Saving a Dying Spanish Dialect in Northern New Mexico
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- 10.6.23 – “The Legacy Project” is a new archival endeavor from the National Hispanic Cultural Center to preserve a dying Spanish dialect spoken in Northern New Mexico. Senior Producer Lou DiVizio speaks to center director Zack Quintero about the project.
Correspondent:
Lou DiVizio
Guest:
Zack Quintero
For More Information:
https://www.abqjournal.com/lifestyle/nhccs-legacy-project-aims-to-preserve-northern-new-mexico-spanish-dialect/article_a082376e-321f-11ee-9c95-677eaf5b5eef.html
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- Title
- Searching for Solutions to Staffing Problems in NM State Agencies
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- 10.6.23 – KUNM reporter and first-time New Mexico in Focus correspondent Nash Jones asks the special roundtable how residents are impacted by the short-staffed public sector and how government agencies can best compete against the private market.
Correspondent:
Nash Jones
Guests:
Dylan Lange, acting director, New Mexico State Personnel Office
Casey Padilla, president, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 18: New Mexico and Colorado
Patricia Tafoya-Harris, acting director of Human Resources for the City of Albuquerque
For More Information:
https://www.kunm.org/local-news/2023-08-14/city-of-albuquerque-joins-with-union-to-plead-for-workers
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- Title
- Indigenous Community Leaders React to Española Shooting at Planned Oñate Statue Site
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- 10.6.23 – A 23-year-old man wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat is accused of shooting Native American activist Jacob Johns during a prayer event last week in Española, where local officials were planning to reinstall a statue of Spanish conquistador and war criminal Juan de Oñate. Ryan David Martinez is charged with first-degree attempted murder, as well as a fourth-degree felony count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. New Mexico in Focus correspondent Antonia Gonzales speaks with two indigenous community leaders about the shooting and the violent history surrounding colonial monuments like the Oñate statue.
Correspondent:
Antonia Gonzales
Guests:
Janene Yazzie (Diné), Southwest Regional Director, NDN Collective
Nathana Bird (Ohkay Owingeh and Kewa Pueblo), community member
For More Information:
https://www.koat.com/article/onate-statue-rio-arriba-county-espanola-shooting/45362174#
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- Title
- Public Employee Shortage in New Mexico
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- 10.6.23 – 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 government agencies continue to struggle with hiring and retaining employees in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the first of two conversations, Jones asks the panelists to identify the scope of the employment problem and detail what it's like to work at hollowed-out agencies throughout New Mexico.
Correspondent:
Nash Jones
Guests:
Dylan Lange, acting director, New Mexico State Personnel Office
Casey Padilla, president, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 18: New Mexico and Colorado
Sarita Nair, secretary, New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions
For More Information:
https://www.spo.state.nm.us/wp-content/uploads/State-Personnel-FY23-Third-Quarter-Report-Final.pdf
https://research.missionsq.org...
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- Panel Discussion | Attorney General Investigation into Gallup-McKinley County Schools
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- 9.29.23 – Executive Producer Jeff Proctor and a special panel explore New Mexico In Depth’s reporting on the disciplinary issues at Gallup-McKinley County Schools and how Attorney General Raúl Torrez’s investigation could play out.
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
For More Information:
https://nmindepth.com/2023/attorney-general-to-investigate-school-discipline-at-gallup-mckinley-schools/
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- Attorney General Raúl Torrez to Investigate Gallup-McKinley County Schools
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- 9.29.23 – New Mexico In Depth Executive Director Trip Jennings discusses a recent announcement from Attorney General Raúl Torrez that his office will investigate allegations of 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.
Correspondent:
Trip Jennings
Guest:
Raúl Torrez, (D) Attorney General, New Mexico
For More Information:
https://nmindepth.com/2023/attorney-general-to-investigate-school-discipline-at-gallup-mckinley-schools/
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- Title
- Analyzing Attorney General’s Decision to Take Over Yazzie-Martinez Case
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- 9.29.23 – Executive Producer Jeff Proctor asks a special roundtable 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.
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
For More Information:
https://nmindepth.com/2023/nm-attorney-general-seeks-control-over-state-response-to-yazzie-martinez/
https://www.sfreporter.com/news/coverstories/2022/03/02/does-not-equal/
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- Attorney General Raúl Torrez Explains Desire to Take Over Yazzie-Martinez Case
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- 9.29.23 – In partnership with New Mexico In Depth, Executive Director Trip Jennings asks Attorney General Raúl Torrez about his intention to take over litigation in the Yazzie-Martinez case.
Correspondent:
Trip Jennings
Guest:
Raúl Torrez, (D) Attorney General, New Mexico
For More Information:
https://nmindepth.com/2023/nm-attorney-general-seeks-control-over-state-response-to-yazzie-martinez/
https://www.sfreporter.com/news/coverstories/2022/03/02/does-not-equal/
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- NM AG Explains Desire to Take Over Yazzie-Martinez Case & Gallup-McKinley Co. Schools Investigation
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- 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 reportin...
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- New COVID-19 Vaccine Available
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Cases aren't at pandemic levels but vaccine rates have declined, raising concerns for doctors. State health director, Miranda Durham says everyone six months and older should get vaccinated, regardless of prior COVID shots.
For More Information:
https://vaccinenm.org/
https://www.covid.gov/tests
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/bridge/index.html
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/vfc/index.html
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- Building Public Trust in the Forest Service | Our Land
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- 9.22.23 – In the third and final segment of their conversation, Our Land Senior Producer Laura Paskus asks the special roundtable why the public should trust the Forest Service to safely manage future prescribed fires.
Correspondent:
Laura Paskus
Guests:
Michiko Martin, U.S. Forest Service Southwestern Regional Forester
Shaun Sanchez, Santa Fe National Forest Supervisor
Dennis Carril, Santa Fe National Forest Fuels Program Manager
For More Information:
https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2023-08/Cerro%20Pelado%20ROI%20_Redacted.pdf
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- Our Land | 2022’s Historic Fire Season
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- 9.22.23 – 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 Fe National Forest Supervisor Shaun Sanchez, and Santa Fe National Forest Fuels Program Manager Dennis Carril. In this first segment, the roundtable talks about 2022's historic fire season, including the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon and Cerro Pelado fires.
Correspondent:
Laura Paskus
Guests:
Michiko Martin, U.S. Forest Service Southwestern Regional Forester
Shaun Sanchez, Santa Fe National Forest Supervisor
Dennis Carril, Santa Fe National Forest Fuels Program Manager
For More Information:
https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2023-08/Cerro%20Pelado%20ROI%20_Redacted.pdf
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- Title
- Expanding STEAM Education in NM
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- 9.22.23 – STEM education emphasizes science, technology, engineering and math, but there’s a growing push to throw an artistic element into the mix. The resulting field of study, STEAM, is about applying creative approaches to projects while incorporating real-world problem solving. This week, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor sits down with two educators to talk about new expansions in STEAM.
Correspondent:
Jeff Proctor
Guests:
Karen Kinsman, director, UNM STEAM-H Center
Dr. Shelly Gruenig, executive director, R4Creating
For More Information:
https://hsc.unm.edu/stem-h/
https://www.r4creating.org/
https://www.koat.com/article/steam-center-for-excellence-opens-rio-rancho/44832817
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- Full Episode | The Future of Fire in New Mexico & Expanding STEAM Education
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- 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 Fe National Forest Supervisor Shaun Sanchez, and Santa Fe National Forest Fuels Program Manager Dennis Carril. They talk about the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon and Cerro Pelado fires, prescribed burn protocols, and the future of fire and forest management in a warming world.
STEM education emphasizes science, technology, engineering and math, but there’s a growing push to throw an artistic element into the mix. The resulting field of study, STEAM, is about applying creative approaches to projects while incorporating real-world problem solving. This week, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor sits down with two educators to talk about new expansions in STEAM.
Host:
Lou DiVizio
Segments:
The Future of Fire in New Mexico Pt 1: 2022’s Historic F...
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- Governor’s Public Health Order Pt 2: Lingering Questions
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- 9.15.23 – In the second of our two-part discussion on Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s executive order attempting to ban guns in Bernalillo County for 30 days, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor and a special panel discuss whether more cops will help blunt gun violence in Albuquerque and how the rest of the order takes aim at more than just guns.
Correspondent:
Jeff Proctor
Guests:
Tom Grover, attorney, former Albuquerque Police sergeant
Marisa Demarco, national editor, States Newsroom
Frank Davis, attorney
For More Information:
https://sourcenm.com/2023/09/12/n-m-public-health-order-isnt-only-about-guns/
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/ap/national/federal-judge-blocks-governors-controversial-gun-ban/article_c3ae6b93-16dc-5be4-837b-786db60077f7.html
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