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Podcast: New Mexico in Focus (A Production of NMPBS)
Episode: New Mexico's Population Growth, PaaWee Rivera on his role in the Biden Administration and CYFD Transparency | 4.30.21
Description: This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Antonia Gonzales speaks with President Biden’s top tribal affairs adviser, PaaWee Rivera. The son of former Pojoaque Pueblo Governor George Rivera is working to advance Native interests as tribal communities emerge from the pandemic.
The Line opinion panel looks at population news from the Census Bureau and the Legislative Finance Committee. Recent reports show the state lags its neighbors in population growth, with key parts of the population leaving New Mexico during their prime years.
The Line also discusses a report from Searchlight New Mexico that revealed...