This week on New Mexico in Focus, Albuquerque Journal reporter Justin Horwath stops by the studio to talk about his bombshell story on the proposed private equity buyout of New Mexico Gas Co. Executive Producer Jeff Proctor asks Horwath what he discovered behind some poorly executed redactions and what the newly revealed information says about confidence in the possible sale.
Earlier this month, Albuquerque city councilors voted to increase the city’s minimum wage by a dollar each year over the next three. In doing so, Albuquerque joins Las Cruces and Santa Fe in giving their lowest wage employees a raise. Labor economist and retired UNM economics professor Richard Santos sits down with Host Nash Jones to discuss how these cities have set their minimum wage and what that means for local workers.
In a historic vote this month, the U.S. Senate approved a war powers resolution directing President Trump to “remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.” It was a vote made several months after the war had passed the 60-day Constitutional deadline to receive Congressional authorization. This week, we revisit a conversation we had in April with UNM law professor Joshua Kastenberg. Proctor and Kastenberg dive deep on presidential powers and how the war began…