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Podcast: New Mexico in Focus (A Production of NMPBS)
Episode: Democracy Dollars Debate, UNM Faculty Votes to Unionize & Goodbye PARCC, Hello SAT
Description: This week on New Mexico in Focus, a closer look at Albuquerque’s plan for a public campaign finance voucher system, termed “Democracy Dollars.” Advocates say it’s a way to counteract the influence of money from a few wealthy donors who finance candidates for city elections. Detractors say it’s a misguided effort that would be applied too broadly and unfairly favor organizing committees who would snap up vouchers and give them to candidates.
Gene Grant and The Line opinion panel debate New Mexico Public Education Department’s choice of the SAT test to replace t...