Plan to Use NM as Nuclear Waste Disposal Site, Roe V. Wade Implications on Gov. Race, and Here, Now & Always| 07.15.22

New Mexico in Focus (A Production of NMPBS)

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.

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 Senator Jeff Steinborn about the proposal and the potential issues it could cause.

Finally, correspondent Antonia Gonzales gives us a peak inside the newly-redesigned exhibit, Here, Now & Always, open now at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe.

Host: Lou DiVizio

Line Host: Gene Grant

The Line opinion panel:

Merritt Allen, Vox Optima Public Relations

Sophie Martin, attorney

Michael Bird, public health consultant

Guests:

Jeff Steinborn, New Mexico Senator (District 36)

Tony Chavarria, curator of Here, Now and Always, Santa Clara Pueblo

Diane Bird, curator of Here, Now & Always, Santo Domingo Pueblo

For More Information:

Abortion Providers Make Plans to Open Clinics Near NM Border – NM Political Report

NM Gov. Enacts Protections for Abortion Seekers, Providers – SF Reporter

Ronchetti Cuts into Lujan Grisham’s Fundraising Advantage – Albuquerque Journal

TVA Report

‘Too much at stake to gamble’: Barnstable Town Council condemns Holtec plan – Barnstable Patriot

Trial evidence details little supervision over big tax breaks – NJ Spotlight News

Here, Now & Always - Museum of New Mexico Foundation

Here, Now & Always – Museum of Indian Arts and Culture

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