This week, New Mexico in Focus features an in-depth discussion on the idea of open primaries. NMiF Correspondent Gwyneth Doland sits down with former New Mexico senators Mark Boitano and Dede Feldman, Think New Mexico’s Fred Nathan, and Lonna Atkeson, a political science professor at UNM. Proponents say open primaries would bring greater participation, but critics contend it could bring mischief at the polls and undermine the party structure. NMiF Host Gene Grant talks with Dennis Plummer, CEO of Albuquerque Heading Home, a program for the city's most vulnerable homeless population. NMiF Producer Megan Kamerick speaks with "The Minimalists," Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus, about their message that less is more.And The Line looks at plans unveiled this week for a new private medical school at New Mexico State University.
