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Podcast: New Mexico in Focus (A Production of NMPBS)
Episode: Lobbyist Influence in the Legislature, Fossil Fuel Oversight & Compensating Elected Officials
Description: New Mexico in Focus Senior Producer Lou DiVizio runs through some of the major stories from around the state, including a decision from the New Mexico Supreme Court that temporarily blocks a handful of local anti-abortion ordinances.
Gene Grant and the Line Opinion Panel explore the influence of lobbying in the state legislature. Gene asks if special interests have too much power in the Roundhouse and if two failed disclosure bills would have increased transparency.
Then, the Panel discusses the relationship between our state government and the oil and gas industry as t...