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New Mexico in Focus (A Production of NMPBS)

NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS is New Mexico PBS' prime-time news magazine show covering the events, issues, and people that are shaping life in New Mexico and the Southwest. NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS takes a multi-layered look at social, political, economic, health, education and arts issues and explores them in-depth, with a critical eye to give them context beyond the "news of the moment."

Anti-Crime Initiatives, the Scientific Realities of Hydrogen & Education Equity | 2.7.21

52 mins; February 07, 2022

The Governor’s Push for Hydrogen & Tax Laws Explained | 1.31.22

35 mins; January 31, 2022

Voting Reform Proposals In Depth | 1.28.22

38 mins; January 28, 2022

Wildlife Corridors in New Mexico | 1.24.22

22 mins; January 24, 2022

State of the State Address: Analyzing Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s Proposed Investments & New Mexico’s 2022 Outlook | 1.21.22

64 hours 41 mins; January 21, 2022

COVID and Hospitals, Public vs. Private Utilities Debate | 1.17.22

53 mins; January 17, 2022

2022 Legislative Session Preview and Our Land: Faith in a Time of Climate Change | 1.14.22

78 hours 42 mins; January 14, 2022

New Mexico’s Changing Drought & The Story Behind the ABQ Tram Rescue | 1.10.22

60 hours 23 mins; January 10, 2022

Responding to Omicron Spread, Combatting Crime & Lawmaker Transparency | 1.7.22

52 mins; January 07, 2022

Growing Forward Excerpt and Environmental Essays | 1.3.21

19 mins; January 03, 2022

Top Ten Stories of 2021 Part 2 | 12.31.21

56 mins; December 31, 2021

Inflation 101 and Film Set Safety | 12.27.21

46 mins; December 27, 2021

Top Ten Stories of 2021 Part 1 | 12.24.21

50 mins; December 24, 2021

Fentanyl Epidemic and Drug Treatment Resources | 12.20.21

62 hours 0 mins; December 20, 2021

Redistricting Decisions, Hospitals at the Brink, and Cake and Culture with Baker Liz Howdy | 12.17.21

55 mins; December 17, 2021

Living in Harmony with Urban Wildlife, Plant Care During a Dry Winter & Food Insecurity in New Mexico | 12.13.21

64 hours 54 mins; December 13, 2021

Special Legislative Session Begins, PNM/Avangrid Merger Nixed & Author Sam Quinones | 12.10.21

90 hours 51 mins; December 10, 2021

PNM Merger Breakdown (Part 1) Permian Basin Activity and Changing Derogatory Place Names | 12.6.21

62 hours 47 mins; December 06, 2021

New Wrinkles in Store for Redistricting Special Legislative Session & a New Collision of Religion & Politics | 12.3.21

62 hours 13 mins; December 03, 2021

"Reservation Dogs" Composer Mato Wayuhi, Celebrating the Bosque and Shopping Local this Holiday Season | 11.29.21

48 mins; November 29, 2021

Dispelling Thanksgiving Myths and PFAS Developments | 11.26.21

45 mins; November 26, 2021

Redistricting Accountability & The Line Talks Comings and Goings at the Roundhouse | 11.22.21

38 mins; November 22, 2021

Social Studies Curricula Changes, a New Approach to Water Management and COVID Court Ruling | 11.19.21

63 hours 16 mins; November 19, 2021

COVID and New Mexico's Kids, Divestment, East Mountain Wells Still Drying & Students Rally for Fossil Fuel Divestment | 11.8.21

49 mins; November 08, 2021

Elections Roundup, Roundhouse Gun Ban and Honoring Zuni Artist We:Wa | 11.5.21

57 mins; November 05, 2021

Avangrid’s Track Record in Maine, Possible Return of Double Dipping & John Waconda's New Role | 11.1.21

39 mins; November 01, 2021

Film Set Safety and Municipal Elections Preview | 10.29.21

83 hours 43 mins; October 29, 2021

William deBuys, Municipal Elections, and Cannabis's Carbon Footprint | 10.25.21

52 mins; October 25, 2021

Redistricting Reaction, Downtown ABQ Stadium Vote & COVID Relief Funds Squabble | 10.22.21

59 mins; October 22, 2021

Pretrial Detention Study & New Media Outlet Hopes to be a Big Re-'Source' for News Consumers | 10.18.21

66 hours 23 mins; October 18, 2021

Campaign Finance Reporting, Health Care Shortage, Film Strike Looms and Our Land Heads to the Great Outdoors with T4B | 10.15.21

54 mins; October 15, 2021

New Mexico Film Workers on Verge of Historic Strike. How Did We Get Here? | 10.10.21

48 mins; October 10, 2021

The Albuquerque Mayoral Forum, presented by the New Mexico Black Voters Collaborative | 10.8.21

92 hours 41 mins; October 08, 2021

No Testing Results for NM Students, Dede Feldman Pens a Memoir on a Life in Politics, and New Climate Change Research in NM | 10.4.21

62 hours 37 mins; October 04, 2021

Albuquerque's Mayoral Race, Ballooning Safety, Possible IATSE Strike and "Genius Grantee" Monica Muñoz Martinez | 10.1.21

70 hours 9 mins; October 01, 2021

New Mexico's Ag Outlook & Balloon Fiesta Readies For Flight | 9.27.21

67 hours 46 mins; September 27, 2021

Quannah Chasinghorse's Fashion Statement, TX Abortion Ban Impacts & Redistricting Progress | 9.24.21

55 mins; September 24, 2021

Equity in the Cannabis Business & Khalil Ekulona Exit Interview | 9.20.21

55 mins; September 20, 2021

Fighting More Than Fire, Police Staffing Issues and Building a Teacher Pipeline | 9.17.21

67 hours 48 mins; September 17, 2021

State of the New Mexico Workforce, Mental Health Hotline and Afghan Refugees Update

69 hours 47 mins; September 13, 2021

Virgin Galactic Grounded, Connecting with New Mexico’s Dark Skies, Tularosa Downwinders Try Again | 9.10.21

47 mins; September 10, 2021

The Money Rolls In To State Coffers, But How to Spend it All? Plus, Afghan Perspectives and Unemployment Benefits Run Dry | 9.3.21

91 hours 8 mins; September 03, 2021

New NM Rep. Kay Bounkeua & Balancing Renewable Energy with Local Impacts | 8.30.21

39 mins; August 30, 2021

Vaccine Mandate Lawsuit, Afghan Resettlement & NM Leads in Pedestrian Deaths | 8.27.21

61 hours 38 mins; August 27, 2021

Local Meteorologists Tackle Climate Change & Gun Violence and Children | 8.23.21

23 mins; August 23, 2021

Mask Mandate Redux, Crime Trends, and Census City Slickers | 8.20.21

40 mins; August 20, 2021

Cannabis Rules and Regs Come Together Plus Concerns about Virgin Galactic's Transparency | 8.16.2`

76 hours 3 mins; August 16, 2021

The Line Opinion Panel Tackles Delta Spread and More, Plus Laura Paskus Talks Climate Change & The New IPCC Study | 8.13.21

77 hours 5 mins; August 13, 2021

PFAS Revelations and Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez Congressional Update | 8.9.21

60 hours 30 mins; August 09, 2021

The Line Opinion Panel Talks Political Scandals, and the Delta Blues Welcome Back NM Students | 8.6.21

59 mins; August 06, 2021

Reckoning with the Past: Native Boarding Schools, Redistricting Begins & UNM Medical Residents Stay in State | 8.2.21

68 hours 7 mins; August 02, 2021

The Line Opinion Panel on Sheryl Williams Stapleton Scandal, Return of Mask Mandates and NM United Stadium | 7.30.21

50 mins; July 30, 2021

Front of the House, Back of the House & Covering PFAS Contamination | 7.26.21

56 mins; July 26, 2021

Selling Fuel to Intoxicated Drivers, Ethics Issue in Proposed Merger & Public Financing Challenges | 7.23.21

49 mins; July 23, 2021

Vaccine Plans and Pitfalls, Navajo Education in the Pandemic | 7.19.21

47 mins; July 19, 2021

The Line Opinion Panel on Virgin Galactic, the 2022 Gubernatorial Elections and Our Overwhelmed Courts | 7.16.21

55 mins; July 16, 2021

Black Lives Matter and the Power of Peaceful Protests, Echoes of Colonialism & Supporting African American Businesses | 7.12.21

43 mins; July 14, 2021

Photographing the Border & Protecting Forests Against Wildfires | 7.9.21

47 mins; July 13, 2021

Historical Astronomer William Donahue & New Mexico's Homeschool Surge | 7.6.21

55 mins; July 06, 2021

Cannabis Comes to New Mexico & Paying College Athletes | 7.2.21

77 hours 4 mins; July 02, 2021

Living on 'Chile Street' and Child Wellbeing in New Mexico | 6.28.21

43 mins; July 01, 2021

New Mexico Will Soon Be Open For Business, Plus Here Comes Cannabis | 6.25.21

49 mins; June 25, 2021

The Struggle for PFAS Pollution Accountability & Catching up with Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury | 6.21.21

39 mins; June 21, 2021

The Line Dishes on the Heat, Cannabis Conflicts and Controversial Statues (Plus Juneteenth Extras!) | 6.18.21

72 hours 23 mins; June 18, 2021

Forests Under Siege, Farmer's Markets Emerge from COVID-19 & the Housing Spectrum | 6.14.21

33 mins; June 14, 2021

The Line Talks Supreme Court Backs Gov. Lujan Grisham, UFOs and Concerns About Redistricting Committee | 6.11.21

44 mins; June 11, 2021

A Career in Pictures & Albuquerque's 'Home For Life' Program | 6.7.21

45 mins; June 07, 2021

The Line talks CD1 Special Election, Vax Sweepstakes and Albuquerque's homicide rates | 6.4.21

62 hours 43 mins; June 04, 2021

Mental Health Help in Tribal Communities & Rio Grande Monitoring Cuts | 5.30.21

26 mins; May 30, 2021

The Line Talks Virgin Galactic's Historic Launch, Unemployment Overpayments and More! | 5.28.21

38 mins; May 28, 2021

Senator Ben Ray Lujan & Protecting Our Vulnerable Waterways | 5.24.21

34 mins; May 24, 2021

The Line Talks Voting, Masks and More! | 5.21.21

55 mins; May 21, 2021

Congressional Candidate Chris Manning and Our Land: Return of the Blue-Green Algae | 5.16.21

33 mins; May 16, 2021

NM Republicans Head to Texas, Eviction Crisis Looms & Unemployment Benefits Requirement Returns | 5.14.21

48 mins; May 14, 2021

CD1 Candidate Conversations: Democrat Melanie Stansbury

24 mins; May 10, 2021

CD1 Candidate Conversations: Republican Mark Moores

24 mins; May 09, 2021

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis Gets National Attention

17 mins; May 07, 2021

New Mexico's Outdoor Recreation Office & "Icky" the Musical

73 hours 14 mins; May 04, 2021

COVID Response Changes and Civil Rights Attorneys Talk What Comes Next After Chauvin Trial | 5.3.21

56 mins; May 03, 2021

New Mexico's Population Growth, PaaWee Rivera on his role in the Biden Administration and CYFD Transparency | 4.30.21

33 mins; April 30, 2021

Governors on Cannabis Legalization, Earth Day & 2022 Gov’s Race | 4.22.21

61 hours 20 mins; April 23, 2021

COVID returns to school, a congressional special election and wrapping environmental legislation | 4.16.21

78 hours 38 mins; April 16, 2021

Governor signs bills, NM vaccination plan, the changing Rio Grande | 4.9.21

87 hours 49 mins; April 09, 2021

Rise of Asian American Violence, UNMH Stroke Center & Media Diversity | 4.2.21

113 hours 6 mins; April 02, 2021

Legislative Analysis & APD Leadership | 3.26.21

76 hours 57 mins; March 26, 2021

Deb Haaland Makes History, Special Election Set and Legislature’s Race to the Finish | 3.19.21

70 hours 54 mins; March 19, 2021

Our Land: PFAS on the Farm, Biden’s COVID Supply Manager, and Back to School Again | 3.12.21

69 hours 16 mins; March 12, 2021

Dr. Fauci Talks COVID in Indian Country, Legislative Roundup and Sen. Martin Heinrich | 3.5.21

64 hours 29 mins; March 05, 2021

Haaland Hearing Reaction, Housing Crunch and School Decisions | 2.26.21

87 hours 19 mins; February 26, 2021

Reforming Redistricting in NM, Alcohol Legislation & Our Land: What’s in a Name? | 1.12.21

68 hours 7 mins; February 12, 2021

A Moment for The Poets | Amanda Gorman Performs at Super Bowl LV

36 mins; February 07, 2021

COVID Impacts Learning and Lawmaking, the Ethics of Vaccination, and What the Biden Climate Plan Means for New Mexico

78 hours 39 mins; February 05, 2021

Lobbying During Pandemic, State of State Analysis, and Vaccine Progress | 1.29.21

110 hours 39 mins; January 29, 2021

PFAS Discovered, Musicians Struggle and Lawmakers Meet During Pandemic | 1.22.21

95 hours 5 mins; January 22, 2021

Legislative Preview, Navajo Nation Fights COVID, Vaccination Rollout | 1.15.21

82 hours 0 mins; January 15, 2021

Evictions, Our Land, & New Mexico on the National Stage | 1.8.21

59 mins; January 08, 2021

Top 5 Stories of 2020 & Laura Ingalls Wilder Biographer Caroline Fraser | 1.1..21

66 hours 10 mins; January 01, 2021

Top Stories of 2020 Part 1 & New Mexico’s Military Legacy | 12.25.20

66 hours 31 mins; December 25, 2020

Vaccines, Broadband Access, Mysterious Bird Deaths | 12.18.20

73 hours 50 mins; December 18, 2020

COVID Stress and Mental Health, Rep. Deb Haaland, and Albuquerque's Bosque | 12.11.20

67 hours 51 mins; December 11, 2020

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