Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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.
More than a century ago, Sister Blandina Segale moved to Santa Fe and began her work establishing public and Catholic schools, as well as hospitals, across the state. For more than a decade, local Catholic leaders have pushed for the famous nun to be considered for sainthood. This week, we revisit a previously unaired conversation with contributor Russell Contreras and Archbishop John C. Wester, as the two talk Sister Blandina and the journey she's on for beatification and canonization.
Host:
Nash Jones
Segments:
Questions Raised in NM Gas Co. Sale
Correspondent:
Jeff Proctor
Guest:
Justin Horwath, Staff Writer, Albuquerque Journal
How Minimum Wage is Set in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Las Cruces
Correspondent:
Nash Jones
Guest:
Richard Santos, Professor Emeritus, UNM Department of Economics
Presidential Powers and the War in Iran
Correspondent:
Jeff Proctor
Guest:
Joshua Kastenberg, Professor, UNM School of Law
Sister Blandina and Her Journey to Sainthood
Correspondent:
Russell Contreras
Guest:
John C. Wester, Archbishop, Archdiocese of Santa Fe
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0:00 Intro
03:15 Questions Raised in NM Gas Co. Sale
24:04 How Minimum Wage is Set in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Las Cruces
41:29 Presidential Powers and the War in Iran
52:19 Sister Blandina and Her Journey to Sainthood
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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.
More than a century ago, Sister Blandina Segale moved to Santa Fe and began her work establishing public and Catholic schools, as well as hospitals, across the state. For more than a decade, local Catholic leaders have pushed for the famous nun to be considered for sainthood. This week, we revisit a previously unaired conversation with contributor Russell Contreras and Archbishop John C. Wester, as the two talk Sister Blandina and the journey she's on for beatification and canonization.
Host:
Nash Jones
Segments:
Questions Raised in NM Gas Co. Sale
Correspondent:
Jeff Proctor
Guest:
Justin Horwath, Staff Writer, Albuquerque Journal
How Minimum Wage is Set in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Las Cruces
Correspondent:
Nash Jones
Guest:
Richard Santos, Professor Emeritus, UNM Department of Economics
Presidential Powers and the War in Iran
Correspondent:
Jeff Proctor
Guest:
Joshua Kastenberg, Professor, UNM School of Law
Sister Blandina and Her Journey to Sainthood
Correspondent:
Russell Contreras
Guest:
John C. Wester, Archbishop, Archdiocese of Santa Fe
--
0:00 Intro
03:15 Questions Raised in NM Gas Co. Sale
24:04 How Minimum Wage is Set in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Las Cruces
41:29 Presidential Powers and the War in Iran
52:19 Sister Blandina and Her Journey to Sainthood
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