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Podcast: New Mexico in Focus (A Production of NMPBS)
Episode: Plan to Use NM as Nuclear Waste Disposal Site, Roe V. Wade Implications on Gov. Race, and Here, Now & Always| 07.15.22
Description: Host Lou DiVizio runs down some of the biggest headlines impacting people in New Mexico this week. Then, Gene Grant hosts a discussion about how the recent reversal of Roe V. Wade could impact the race for Governor here in New Mexico. One of the key questions is whether or not the issue will drive turnout for democratic voters.Â
This week, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission recommended approval of Holtec International's license to store up to 10,000 drums of nuclear waste here in our state. In a conversation from April, Our Land Executive Producer Laura Paskus talks with State S...