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This week on New Mexico in Focus, Gene Grant and The Line Opinion Panel react to the 7-2 U.S. Supreme Court decision preserving a system that gives preference to Native Americans in adoption and foster care proceedings related to Native children. Then,...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Gene Grant and The Line Opinion Panel discuss the recent developments in the U.S. Interior Department’s decision to withdraw oil and gas leases from Chaco Park and the surrounding 10-mile area. Plus, the panel reacts to...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Gene Grant and the Line Opinion Panel discuss gun violence in New Mexico and how local, state and federal officials are trying to address it.  First, Grant updates the panelists on federal charges announced for failed...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, senior producer Lou DiVizio sits down with Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller for part two of the NMPBS exclusive, in-depth interview. The mayor lays out his plans for several new projects including the Rail Trail and the...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Gene Grant and a trio of special panelists discuss the end of Title 42. First, our panelists consider how officials around New Mexico prepared for the closing of the Trump-era immigration policy and ask...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Gene Grant and The Line Opinion Panel take up three stories developing around the state.  Grant asks the panelists if a new advisory council at the state’s Children Youth and Families Department has any...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Gene Grant and The Line Opinion Panel discuss the ongoing fight to restrict access to reproductive healthcare in New Mexico. Grant asks why the town of Edgewood moved to pass an anti-abortion ordinance shortly after Gov....

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Gene Grant and The Line Opinion Panel unpack the recent arrest of an Albuquerque teenager police say brought two firearms onto school property.    Grant asks why the teen is still being held in jail and the growing...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Gene Grant and The Line Opinion Panel assess the first year of recreational cannabis sales in our state. The panelists respond to questions about equity in the cannabis market, tax revenue and industry...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Gene Grant and The Line Opinion Panel react to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s decisions on last week’s bill-signing deadline. The governor signed more than 200 bills the Legislature sent to her desk, but not without some...