And so, of course the deep-pocketed investors behind the attempt to build a centrist third party under the No Labels banner started with a presidential election. And not just any presidential election, but one in which the Republican nominee is a former president who is facing 88 felony indictments in four separate cases and is vowing vengeance if he wins.
Everybody wants to start at the top.
And so, of course the deep-pocketed investors behind the attempt to build a centrist third party under the No Labels banner started with a presidential election. And not just any presidential election, but one in which the Republican nominee is a former president who is facing 88 felony indictments in four separate cases and is vowing vengeance if he wins. Former state senator and Public Regulation Commission member Steve Fischmann discusses his time in both the Legislature and PRC.
Columnist Merritt Allen discusses changes in Republican leadership that will come following the November election. She is also a leader in the effort to form an independent redistricting commission.
Bill Wight of the Bureau of Land Management discusses the 90-day public comment period for the Organ Mountains Desert Peaks National Monument resource management plan which runs from April 5 to July 5.
DELVING IN: Randolph Nesse on Evolutionary Explanations for Mental Illness and Human Suffering4/7/2024
Stuart Kelter interviews psychiatrist, professor, and researcher, Randolph Nesse — cofounder of the field of evolutionary medicine. Twenty-five years ago his book, Why We Get Sick, which he co-authored with George C. Williams, went on to sell more than 100,000 copies and to be translated into eight languages. He served for many years on the faculty of the University of Michigan, where he is a professor emeritus, and was also the founding director of the Center for Evolution and Medicine at Arizona State University, where he continues to be a research professor. His most recent book, Good Reasons for Bad Feelings, is the subject of today’s interview.
The capital outlay bill passed by the Legislature this year provides just under $290 million for 136 projects throughout the state, including $20 million for steam tunnel and electrical infrastructure upgrades at New Mexico State University.
NMSU will also get $10 million for facility construction in the Creative Media Institute and $1.575 million for road improvements on the Gadsden campus. Other local funding includes $3.083 million for construction of a new senior center on the East Mesa, $310,000 for the Munson Senior Center and $344,000 for the Anthony Senior Center. Filmmaker Lois Lipman discusses her movie First We Bombed New Mexico, which portrays the lasting impact to residents of the Tularosa Basin when the first atomic bomb was detonated at Trinity Site.
Walt and Nancy discuss with Mary Patierno her film, Requiem for a River, on the Rio Grande, which shows this week in the Las Cruces Film Festival.
Jason Laney of the National Weather Service will discuss his upcoming presentation for the NMSU Climate Cambios series on the role the weather services is playing to warn about the effects of climate change.
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