It took seven days and nearly $400,000, but lawmakers finally came up with a plan to balance the state budget. But, did they do enough to stave off even more massive cutbacks when the regular session starts in January? This week, hear from the lawmakers themselves. Host Gene Grant sits down with both representatives and senators to get their reaction to the special session and it's lasting implications. “New Mexico In Focus” is KNME-TV’s weekly hour-long public affairs show airing on Friday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. on KNME-TV channel 5.1 and repeating on Sunday, Nov. 1 at 6:30 a.m.
Guests include State Senators Dede Feldman and Sue Wilson Beffort, and State Representatives Larry Larranga and Al Park.
Also, artists discuss the giant LAND/ART project taking place this fall here in the Land of Enchantment. See some examples and hear what they have to say about this unusual genre.
Guests for the LAND/ART discussion include Bill Gilbert, Lannan Chair of the UNM Land Arts of the American West program; Ryan Henel, LAND/ART artist; Lea Rekow, executive director, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe; and Suzanne Sbarge, LAND/ART project coordinator.
Hosted by Gene Grant, columnist for the Weekly Alibi, “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.”
“New Mexico in Focus” is produced by Kevin McDonald and Kathy Wimmer and closed captioning has been made possible by a gift from Mrs. Elspeth G. Bobbs.
Media Contact: Evy Todd, (505) 277-1812; e-mail: etodd@knme.org