This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Antonia Gonzales goes to Sandia Pueblo for an interview with Sec. Lynn Trujillo of the New Mexico Department of Indian Affairs. Trujillo talks about tribal priorities on the state level, including big changes to education.

Correspondent Laura Paskus sits down with New Mexico Environment Department Sec. James Kenney to talk about PFAS, or toxic, human-made chemicals that have been found at U.S. military bases nationwide and around the world. Here in New Mexico, these chemicals have contaminated groundwater around Cannon and Holloman Air Force bases. Sec. Kenney discusses the danger of such contamination and what’s being done about it.

Gene Grant and the Line opinion panel discuss the growing concern over a man who, while legally carrying a gun on his hip, has been harassing vendors and others on the Santa Fe Plaza, including asking them for proof of citizenship. The Line also looks at the return of men’s soccer and men’s and women’s ski teams to UNM – but only as club sports. Gene Grant and panelists also talk about the push in New Mexico to legalize recreational cannabis, and how such legalization might affect patients who rely on medical cannabis.

New Mexico PBS’ one-hour public affairs show New Mexico in Focus regularly airs Friday at 7 p.m. and repeats Sunday at 7 a.m. on Chanel 5.1, and Saturdays at 5 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. on Channel 9.1, except during pledge drives.

Field Guest

  • Sec. Lynn Trujillo, New Mexico Department of Indian Affairs

Studio Guest

  • Sec. James Kenney, New Mexico Environment Department

Correspondents

  • Antonia Gonzales
  • Laura Paskus

Line Panelists

  • Adrian Carver, executive director, Equality New Mexico
  • Dede Feldman, former state senator
  • Dan Foley, former state representative
  • H. Diane Snyder, former state senator

Host

  • Gene Grant

New Mexico in Focus is the New Mexico PBS prime-time news magazine show covering the events, issues and people that are 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.”

The producer of New Mexico in Focus is Matt Grubs, with Kathy Wimmer, associate producer. The NM PBS Public Affairs executive producer is Kevin McDonald.

Funding for New Mexico in Focus is provided by the McCune Charitable Foundation and viewers like you.

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