/tags/jeff-steinborn Jeff Steinborn en-US Copyright Sat, 26 Aug 2023 22:29:18 GMT /local-news/2023-08-26/nmpbs-special-focuses-on-holtecs-proposed-commercial-nuclear-waste-facility This year, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved a 40-year license for a private company, Holtec International, to build a facility between Hobbs and Carlsbad that would store nuclear waste from decommissioned power plants across the country. It’s a very controversial project. So New Mexico PBS Producer Laura Paskus produced a one-hour Our Land special for New Mexico in Focus airing August 25 that explores what's at stake with this project. She spoke with ¾ÅÉ«Íø ahead of the show. Sat, 26 Aug 2023 22:29:18 GMT /local-news/2023-08-26/nmpbs-special-focuses-on-holtecs-proposed-commercial-nuclear-waste-facility Megan Kamerick /show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2023-04-18/lets-talk-transparency-and-the-legislature The 2023 legislative session is in the rearview mirror, but soon interim committee hearings will start up around the state in preparation for the 2024 session which begins next January. In this week’s show, we will talk about transparency, including several bills aimed at increasing transparency in government that recently succeeded or failed. We will also talk about the budget process and how it works, and how transparent it is – or is not. As the state continues to see record revenues, knowing how our money is spent is everybody’s business. Wed, 19 Apr 2023 00:43:26 GMT /show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2023-04-18/lets-talk-transparency-and-the-legislature Megan Kamerick /local-news/2023-03-24/bill-will-provide-funds-to-grow-a-creative-industries-in-new-mexico A bill that would fund and support the state's growing creative industries passed the legislature in the recent session, but with a much smaller price tag than sponsors wanted. Fri, 24 Mar 2023 17:58:11 GMT /local-news/2023-03-24/bill-will-provide-funds-to-grow-a-creative-industries-in-new-mexico Jeanette DeDios /local-news/2023-03-14/senate-committee-debate-highlights-transparency-issues-in-legislative-budget-process Jerry Redfern with Capital & Main has been following energy and environmental issues this session and wrote about the ongoing problem with transparency in the budget process. He talks with ¾ÅÉ«Íø about a bill that failed early in the session at the request of the All Pueblo Council of Governors and the debate over its lingering appropriation. Tue, 14 Mar 2023 12:22:07 GMT /local-news/2023-03-14/senate-committee-debate-highlights-transparency-issues-in-legislative-budget-process Megan Kamerick /local-news/2022-10-28/constitutional-amendment-3-asking-to-keep-judges-a-full-year-before-re-election One of the constitutional amendments on the ballot this year concerns appointed judges. It’s asking voters if they think these judges should be spared election in their first year of appointment. Fri, 28 Oct 2022 13:58:34 GMT /local-news/2022-10-28/constitutional-amendment-3-asking-to-keep-judges-a-full-year-before-re-election Emma Gibson /news/2020-02-07/senators-threaten-press-freedom-by-kicking-reporter-out-of-committee-meeting New Mexico Senators asked a local news reporter to leave a committee meeting Thursday at the Roundhouse, citing a Senate rule that bars recording these… Sat, 08 Feb 2020 02:48:34 GMT /news/2020-02-07/senators-threaten-press-freedom-by-kicking-reporter-out-of-committee-meeting Hannah Colton, Nash Jones /local-news/2019-07-10/legislature-trying-to-stream-all-committees When the Legislature is not in session in New Mexico, lawmakers still meet and hold hearings about things like education funding, solitary confinement,… Wed, 10 Jul 2019 23:27:04 GMT /local-news/2019-07-10/legislature-trying-to-stream-all-committees Marisa Demarco /local-news/2017-02-10/proposals-would-require-more-info-from-lobbyists Lobbyists would have to provide more information about their activities if several measures pass the state legislature in Santa Fe this year. Senator Jeff… Fri, 10 Feb 2017 17:11:50 GMT /local-news/2017-02-10/proposals-would-require-more-info-from-lobbyists Jeremy Zeilik /local-news/2016-02-15/state-house-votes-for-more-lobbying-disclosure The state House voted Saturday to peel back the curtain a little on lobbying in Santa Fe, but it was a small step toward revealing how money flows through… Mon, 15 Feb 2016 14:42:35 GMT /local-news/2016-02-15/state-house-votes-for-more-lobbying-disclosure /local-news/2015-03-25/how-a-reform-bill-loses-its-teeth-in-60-days For 60 days, New Mexico’s lawmakers debated in legislative committees and in hallways of the Roundhouse whether or not to reveal to the public how… Wed, 25 Mar 2015 18:51:03 GMT /local-news/2015-03-25/how-a-reform-bill-loses-its-teeth-in-60-days Michael Sol Warren