/tags/marjorie-childress Marjorie Childress en-US Copyright Tue, 26 Apr 2022 20:14:46 GMT /local-news/2022-04-26/navajos-want-uranium-contaminated-land-cleaned-in-historic-meetings-with-nuclear-officials In a historic move, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission made the trek from Washington D.C. all the way to western New Mexico on April 22 to meet with Navajo tribal members and leaders who desperately want uranium contamination off their lands. ¾ÅÉ«Íø talked with New Mexico In Depth’s Marjorie Childress to find out what the community was saying. Tue, 26 Apr 2022 20:14:46 GMT /local-news/2022-04-26/navajos-want-uranium-contaminated-land-cleaned-in-historic-meetings-with-nuclear-officials Bryce Dix /local-news/2022-04-08/long-overdue-uranium-mine-cleanups-leave-question-of-jobs Thousands of uranium mines lie abandoned across New Mexico and the Southwest. Now, lawsuit settlement money from large corporations and the U.S. Government is being pumped in to cleaning them up. Could that mean jobs as well as a healthier environment for New Mexicans? Fri, 08 Apr 2022 21:13:21 GMT /local-news/2022-04-08/long-overdue-uranium-mine-cleanups-leave-question-of-jobs Bryce Dix /show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2022-04-06/lets-talk-about-the-special-legislative-session-and-ethics-in-the-roundhouse On the next Let’s Talk New Mexico we’ll dig into the junior appropriations bill, how to fix it for the sake of transparency, and the ethical considerations when it comes to spending the peoples’ money. We’ll also talk over culture in the legislature and the multiple allegations of untoward behavior by lawmakers like thwarting opponents' in elections (within the rules) and sexual harassment allegations. Wed, 06 Apr 2022 19:55:05 GMT /show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2022-04-06/lets-talk-about-the-special-legislative-session-and-ethics-in-the-roundhouse Kaveh Mowahed /local-news/2020-11-06/new-mexico-state-senate-shifts-left-opening-door-to-progressive-policies This week, New Mexico voters blew past turnout records of years past, and pushed the state Senate further to the left. That means that in the next… Fri, 06 Nov 2020 16:58:55 GMT /local-news/2020-11-06/new-mexico-state-senate-shifts-left-opening-door-to-progressive-policies Megan Kamerick, Marisa Demarco