New Mexico in Focus Continues Talk with Sen. Bingaman

New Mex­ico in Focus con­tin­ues the con­ver­sa­tion with U.S. Sen. Jeff Binga­man regard­ing his role as chair of the Sen­ate Energy and Nat­ural Resources Com­mit­tee, which has placed him front and cen­ter in the debate over the future of N.M.’s national lab­o­ra­to­ries. Binga­man also com­ments on the polit­i­cal cli­mate in Wash­ing­ton, D.C. that has prompted so many of his col­leagues to leave.

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.

The line looks at the future of film and tele­vi­sion pro­duc­tion in N.M., the con­tin­ued prob­lems with dop­ing in the state’s horserac­ing indus­try, and com­mu­nity lead­ers dis­cuss the use of force by Albu­querque police.

Guests:
• Jeff Binga­man, U.S. Sen­a­tor
• Martha Burk, National Coun­cil of Women’s Orga­ni­za­tions
• Jewel Hall, Dr. Mar­tin Luther King Center

Guest Pan­elists:
• Eric Witt, for­mer Deputy Chief of Staff
• Gov. Bill Richardson

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

Cor­re­spon­dent:
• Matt Grubs, NMIF producer

Host/Commentator:
• Gene Grant

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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.

Media Con­tact: Evy Todd, (505) 277‑1218; e-mail: etodd@newmexicopbs.org