New Mexico in Focus
2025 Rewind: Mayoral Elections; APD Oversight Ends
S19 • E27 Jan 2, 2026
This week, we revisit big headlines from 2025. We break down the mayoral elections in Santa Fe and Albuquerque. Federal oversight of the Albuquerque Police Department ends. A volunteer group meets with asylum seekers locked inside a private prison. Federal funding is cut for public broadcasting. A new sign placed at the site of the world's first nuclear explosion recognizes the bomb's human toll.
