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The New Mexico open meetings law requires the Las Cruces City Council and other government boards to provide notice before the meeting and access to see and hear what is happening during the meeting.
That’s it. There is no requirement to allow for public input. They have to let us watch, but they don't have to let us participate. DELVING IN: Dan Margolies on Journalism in the Era of COVID-19 and Racial Justice Protests.6/21/2020
Stuart Kelter interviews Dan Margolies -- health and legal affairs editor, as well as senior reporter, at KCUR, the public radio station in Kansas City -- about the current challenges, long-standing obstacles, and recent disruptions faced by journalism in the era of COVID-19 and wide-spread protests against racial injustice.
As a part of their series of conversations about racism and policing in the wake of the George Floyd incident, Peter Goodman and Walt Rubel talked to the following people on the June 17, edition of Speak Up, Las Cruces:
On the June 17, 2020 edition of Speak Up, Las Cruces, Peter Goodman and Walt Rubel talked with Interim City Manager David Maestas about how the City of Las Cruces is functioning during the pandemic.
Hosts Peter Goodman and Walt Rubel reported the latest information on the COVID-19 pandemic as a part of Speak Up, Las Cruces.
In October, a representative for Public Safety Strategies Group, a private firm based out of Maryland that had been hired by the city to conduct regular police audits, presented an update for the City Council. It did not go well.
The presenter started by explaining that he was a last-minute fill-in for the person who was supposed to make the presentation, but was unable to be there. He could not answer questions as simple as, have complaints against officers increased or decreased in the past year.  Researcher Kate Null Asbill shared insights with Lynn Moorer from her book on proactive aging and intentional educational living, Start Dancin’ and Don’t Stop: Thrive, Don’t Just Survive, which focuses on developing techniques to help us age well and live better longer. The result of interviewing more than a hundred elders—many of whom live in nursing homes or assisted living facilities, her book synthesizes myriad life lessons and sage advice for keeping going while enjoying wherever you are in your life stages, especially dancing, positive thinking, and positive speaking.
 Are you feeling 'caution fatigue' or are you more 'covid conservative' and happily wearing a mask and keeping your distance? Lisa Lucca discusses Living in The Time of COVID 19 with her guest, author Margo Rose, about the impact of the pandemic and the ongoing need to stay safe while our world opens up more each day.
Peter Goodman and Walt Rubel wrap up the Cruces Updates Special Broadcasts series with this final program. They will continue to cover the Covid-19 pandemic on their weekly program Speak Up Las Cruces every Wednesday at 8 am.
Today's special interview from the Navajo Reservation with a medical worker is included in this special hour long edition of the program. Donations for those in need on the reservation are being coordinated here in Las Cruces by Andrea-Ferrales-Narvaez at (575) 649-0107; anarvaez1003@gmail.com. Following up on their discussion last week about the George Floyd incident and state of policing in the U.S., Peter and Walt talked with:
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