This week on New Mexico in Focus (NMIF), correspondent Gwyneth Doland speaks with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham about the ongoing legislative session and asks how her favored bills are faring in the Roundhouse. NMIF then turns attention to a high-profile pretrial detention bill that died before reaching a full Senate or House vote. Lujan Grisham tells NMIF us that some version of the bill might find life again during this year's session. Additionally, NMIF breaks down support and opposition for the bill with District Attorney Sam Bregman and State Sen. Peter Wirth.
Executive Producer Jeff Proctor asks reporters Elise Kaplan of City Desk ABQ and the Albuquerque Journal's Matt Reisen for an update on the ongoing FBI investigation of the Albuquerque Police Department’s DWI unit. It's a fast-moving story with updates nearly every day, so NMIF asks the reporters to break down what is known, as well as what the future might bring from this explosive story.
Plus, Our Land’s Laura Paskus sits down with Proctor and previews her environmental coverage for 2024, as she reports on the ways climate change continues to throw new obstacles our state's way and how New Mexicans can adapt.
NMiF airs on NMPBS 5.1 (KNME HD) on Friday, Feb. 2 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 4 at 7 a.m., and streaming on the PBS video app.
NMiF Segments
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on 2024 Legislative Session and Pretrial Detention Bill
Correspondent
Gwyneth Doland
Guest
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D), New Mexico
DA Sam Bregman on Supporting Pretrial Detention Bill
Correspondent
Lou DiVizio
Guest
Sam Bregman (D), District Attorney, Bernalillo County
Sen. Peter Wirth Disagrees with Pretrial Detention Bill
Correspondent
Gwyneth Doland
Guest
Sen. Peter Wirth (D), Majority Floor Leader
What We Know and Don’t Know About the APD Corruption Investigation
Correspondent
Jeff Proctor
Guests
Elise Kaplan, assistant editor, City Desk ABQ
Matt Reisen, staff writer, The Albuquerque Journal
Our Land’s 2024 Vision for Covering Climate Change and Adaptability
Correspondents
Jeff Proctor
Laura Paskus
New Mexico in Focus is the New Mexico PBS prime-time news magazine show covering the events, issues, and people shaping life in New Mexico and the Southwest. NMiF takes a multi-layered look at social, political, economic health, education, and art issues and explores them in-depth with a critical eye to give them context beyond the "news of the moment.
NMPBS Executive Producer, Public Affairs, is Jeff Proctor. New Mexico in Focus's senior producer for public affairs is Lou DiVizio. “Our Land” Senior Producer is Laura Paskus. The producer of New Mexico in Focus is Antonio Sanchez, and co-producer is Kathy Wimmer.
Funding for New Mexico in Focus is provided by the McCune Charitable Foundation and Viewers Like You.
Funding for the Your New Mexico Government Project comes from the Thornburg Foundation and New Mexico Local News Fund.
Funding for Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present & Future is provided in part by the Neeper Natural History Programming Fund for KNME-TV.