
Nash Jones
All Things Considered Host, ReporterNash Jones (they/them) is a general assignment reporter and the local host of NPR's All Things Considered weekdays on KUNM, 5-7 p.m. MT. They started with KUNM in 2017 as a volunteer host of NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday and KUNM's Spoken Word Hour, curating a monthly storytelling show. They joined the KUNM newsroom in 2018 as the local host of NPR's Morning Edition before transitioning to anchoring the evening news in 2021.
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A panel of New Mexico lawmakers Thursday tabled a bill that would have prevented trans women and girls from competing on women and girls' sports teams.
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A push to take the job of drawing voting districts away from state lawmakers and give it to an independent commission has failed to pass in every legislative session since New Mexico redrew its maps in 2021. A joint resolution introduced Monday again seeks the change for state offices, but would leave the power to redraw the U.S. House map in the hands of legislators.
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New Mexico in 2023 granted voting rights to people who had completed prison terms for felonies but were still on probation or parole. At a rally outside the Roundhouse Monday, advocates called for those rights to be extended to people still serving time.
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While many states have considered or passed laws making it easier to remove books from libraries, others have bucked that trend. In New Mexico, some local efforts to remove books have prompted state lawmakers to try to protect librarians from that kind of pressure.
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New Mexico U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez on Thursday criticized the potential trade war with Mexico as harmful to the economy and unhelpful for border security.
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The New Mexico Department of Health issued a health advisory Monday to those who have captured or consumed wildlife from Holloman Lake in southern New Mexico. The warning follows a report on record levels of PFAS chemicals found in wildlife and plants in the area.
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In his State of the Judiciary address before the Legislature Thursday, New Mexico Supreme Court Chief Justice David K. Thomson touted recent reforms to pretrial detention and called for continued collaboration among the three branches of government.
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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham outlined her perspective on the state of New Mexico affairs and her priorities for the 2025 legislative session on its opening day in her State of the State address Tuesday.
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New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez joined 17 other Democratic state attorneys general Tuesday in suing to block President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship.
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The National Kidney Registry recently facilitated its 10,000th organ transplant from a living donor — someone who willingly gave up a kidney to a friend, family member or even a complete stranger. That includes Scott Plunket, an Albuquerque resident who received a new kidney and lease on life from a longtime friend.