This week on New Mexico in Focus, we look back at some of our stories and interviews from the last year. U.S. Attorney Alexander Uballez speaks with correspondent Russell Contreras in his first interview on NMPBS. Russell asks about Uballez’s background,.
Along with the cost of food and other items, inflation has impacted the cost of menstrual products. Average prices for both tampons and pads rose nearly 10 percent last year, according to Bloomberg News. The material used to make such products, such as cotton and plastic, were in short supply over the pandemic. Laurie Merrill, […]
This week on New Mexico in Focus, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor interviews Albuquerque City Council President Pat Davis about delays in council’s handling of citizen oversight for APD. That’s as Mayor Tim Keller is pushing to transfer authority over.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Free Flow New Mexico was created in 2020 during the pandemic, when students had limited access to feminine hygiene products. The organization works to end period-poverty in New Mexico and tries to make menstrual products easily accessible to New Mexicans. Free Flow NM distributes 300 period product kits each month. All kits […] | Local News from KRQE News 13 in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Initially Free Flow New Mexico was distributing the items to just schools and shelters, but now they're partnering with libraries in Santa Fe to feature the products in boxes called Period Pods.