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Podcast: New Mexico in Focus (A Production of NMPBS)
Episode: Last Climate Bill Standing & WNMU Regent Nominations
Description: Politics Correspondent Gwyneth Doland interviews state Sen. Mimi Stewart about her bill that would fund future climate change projects and asks what the state is doing to prepare for possible federal retaliation over DEI policies in state government and at Universities.Last fall, a state audit report found more than $360,000 in questionable travel and purchases by the president of Western New Mexico University. Since then, the president and all but one regent have resigned. Senior Producer Lou DiVizio speaks with state Sen. Gabriel Ramos, whose Silver City district includes Western, about...