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Podcast: New Mexico in Focus (A Production of NMPBS)
Episode: Haaland Hearing Reaction, Housing Crunch and School Decisions | 2.26.21
Description: This week, New Mexico in Focus features reaction to confirmation hearings for Interior Secretary-designate Deb Haaland. The New Mexico congresswoman spent parts of two days this week in front of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources defending her stance on fossil fuel production and parrying thrusts from conservative senators, some of whom called her environmental stance âradical.â Correspondent Antonia Gonzales speaks to a group of prominent Native women about the hearings, then The Line opinion panel offers its thoughts.
The combination of a limited housing supply and a high demand for rental properties in Albuquerque is causing a surge i...