New Mexico in Focus Talks State Economy and Government Transparency

This week on New Mex­ico in Focus, pan­elists take a look at recent job losses statewide and dis­cuss what poli­cies can turn it around. Addi­tion­ally, NMIF pays a visit to the Santa Fe Inter­na­tional Folk Art Mar­ket to ana­lyze its impact on the global econ­omy, as it is expected to bring in $2 mil­lion in sales this year.

New Mex­ico PBS’ one hour pub­lic affairs show New Mex­ico in Focus airs Fri­days at 7 p.m. and Sun­days at 7 a.m. on Chan­nel 5.1. The show can also be seen on New Mex­ico PBS Chan­nel 9.1 on Sat­ur­days at 5 p.m.

Also this week, the Line keeps up with the recent debate over open gov­ern­ment and trans­parency laws and talks with con­ser­v­a­tive com­men­ta­tor Jonah Gold­berg about the stormy polit­i­cal climate.

Guests
• Jonah Gold­berg, edi­tor, National Review Online
• Char­lene Cerny, founder, Santa Fe Inter­na­tional Folk Art Mar­ket
• Julia Mutale, Hipego Ltd., Zambia

Guest Pan­elists
• Richard Romero, for­mer NM Sen­ate Pres­i­dent Pro Tempore

Line Pan­elists
• Jamie Estrada, for­mer U.S. Com­merce Depart­ment offi­cial
• Dan Foley, for­mer New Mex­ico House Repub­li­can Whip
• Sophie Mar­tin, editor-in-chief, New Mex­ico Law Review

Cor­re­spon­dent
• Matt Grubs, producer

Host/Commentator
• Gene Grant, Weekly Alibi columnist

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New Mex­ico in Focus is pro­duced by Matt Grubs and Kathy Wimmer.

Fund­ing has been pro­vided in part by the McCune Foundation.

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