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This week on New Mexico in Focus, the Line Opinion Panel reviews the state’s new draft plan to address the Yazzie Martinez lawsuit. Among other things, that plan sets new goals for graduation rates, along with math and science proficiency. Panelists will...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, The Line opinion panel talks takeaways from the special election for New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District. With the eyes of the national political crowd on Albuquerque and the rest of the district, Democratic...

Submit search UNM Newsroom / News / Growing Forward speaks with Governor on New Mexico’s new recreational cannabis laws on NMiF Growing Forward speaks with Governor on New Mexico’s new recreational cannabis laws on NMiF April 22, 2021 This week on New Mexico in Focus, the co-hosts of the NMPBS podcast Growing Forward speak with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham about New Mexico’s new recreational cannabis laws, which legalize the practice starting at the end o...

NMiF features reaction to confirmation hearings for Interior Secretary-designate Deb Haaland February 25, 2021 This week, New Mexico in Focus features reaction to confirmation hearings for Interior Secretary-designate Deb Haaland. The New Mexico congresswoman spent parts of two days this week in front of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources defending her stance on fossil fuel production and parrying thrusts from conservative senators, some of whom called her environmen...

NMiF visits with Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez on pandemic efforts January 14, 2021 The Navajo Nation is one of the largest tribes in the United States, both geographically and by population. The Navajo have been hit hard by COVID-19, with more than 25,000 positive cases and more than 800 deaths. Jonathan Nez, president of the Navajo Nation, has been fighting the pandemic with curfews and lockdowns and has aggressively ramped up vaccination efforts. Correspondent Antonia Gonzale...

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Mistake Outweighs Implied Promise In Navy Bid Appeal Law360 (January 7, 2021, 2:23 PM EST) -- A military contracting board has denied an appeal from a New Mexico contractor, saying that the U.S. Navys mistaken decision to advance the companys SeaPort-NxG task order bid couldnt save it from elimination after the branch found a disqualifying error. In a Dec. 15 decision by Administrative Judge Richard Shackleford, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals rejected ...

NMiF discusses missing and murdered Indigenous women December 17, 2020 Of the nearly 6,000 missing and murdered Indigenous women reported each year in the U.S., many are never identified. This is due in part to an outdated database. Correspondent Gwyneth Doland talks to UNM professor Heather Edgar, who has been working with Native tribes and experts to find a respectful, high-tech solution. Wildlife experts believe there were many factors that caused a massive die-off of birds migrating th...