Join assistant editor Geoffrey Plant as he talks with Troy Clark, president of the New Mexico Hospital Association. Troy explains how medical malpractice insurance caps have continued to rise since 2001, making it challenging for doctors to get coverage. Caps for individual providers are currently set for at $750,000 per claim. Hospitals caps will rise from $5.5 million in 2025 to $6 million in 2026. But this is just the beginning of what prevents NM from being a destination for medical practitioners. Listen in to learn more. 

Join assistant editor Geoffrey Plant as he talks with Troy Clark, president of the New Mexico Hospital Association. Troy explains how medical malpractice insurance caps have continued to rise since 2001, making it challenging for doctors to get coverage. Caps for individual providers are currently set for at $750,000 per claim. Hospitals caps will rise from $5.5 million in 2025 to $6 million in 2026. But this is just the beginning of what prevents NM from being a destination for medical practitioners. Listen in to learn more.

Join us for a new podcast from award winning weekly newspaper, The Taos News. Every week on Saturday we'll release a new episode featuring a voice from our Taos community. We'll cover the arts, current events, and sports on different episodes hosted by our talented reporting staff.

Join us for a new podcast from award winning weekly newspaper, The Taos News. Every week on Saturday we'll release a new episode featuring a voice from our Taos community. We'll cover the arts, current events, and sports on different episodes hosted by our talented reporting staff.

Voices of Taos

Want to know what's happening in Taos? Tune into the new podcast from award winning weekly newspaper, The Taos News! Voices of Taos will inspire you with the voices of our Taos community

Want to know what's happening in Taos? Tune into the new podcast from award winning weekly newspaper, The Taos News! Voices of Taos will inspire you with the voices of our Taos community

Troy Clark, President of the New Mexico Hospital Association, on why medical professionals are not coming to NM

This week Voices of Taos producer Laura Martin Baseman interviews Dr. Colin Nicholls, professor at UNM-Taos. Laura and Colin discuss General Obligation Bond 3, which passed on November 5th and allocates 1.5 million dollars to the UNM-Taos Space STEM Center. This will help pay for the Cielo Centro Observatory that Colin has been actively working on. The observatory will house a thirty-six-inch diameter telescope, making it the largest publicly accessible telescope in the region. Colin tells us how he fell in love with the night sky as a child, remembering asking his parents’ permission to get up at 3am to watch the 1966 Leonid meteor shower. Finally, Laura and Colin talk about how important it is to preserve Taos' night skies for cultural as well as scientific reasons. 

Dr. Colin Nicholls is an Taos News Unsung Hero for 2024

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This week Voices of Taos producer Laura Martin Baseman interviews Dr. Colin Nicholls, professor at UNM-Taos. Laura and Colin discuss General Obligation Bond 3, which passed on November 5th and allocates 1.5 million dollars to the UNM-Taos Space STEM Center. This will help pay for the Cielo Centro Observatory that Colin has been actively working on. The observatory will house a thirty-six-inch diameter telescope, making it the largest publicly accessible telescope in the region. Colin tells us how he fell in love with the night sky as a child, remembering asking his parents’ permission to get up at 3am to watch the 1966 Leonid meteor shower. Finally, Laura and Colin talk about how important it is to preserve Taos' night skies for cultural as well as scientific reasons. 
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Dr. Colin Nicholls on how he fell in love with the night sky and his hopes for the new UNM-Taos Cielo Centro Observatory 

This week on Voices of Taos, Taos News intern Angelina Burns Diaz interviews Rocket Holmes and Ari Kolman from Taos High on whether or not they plan to vote in the 2024 general election. The three eighteen year-olds discuss how little they know about local political races and their frustration with the presidential candidates not sharing enough about their polices on TikTok and other social media. They also discuss how schools could help educate students about elections and also help them register to vote when they turn eighteen. 

Voting resources:

Info on same day voter registration

League of Women Voters voting guides

Taos News endorsements

Santa Fe New Mexican election info and endorsements

This week on Voices of Taos, Taos News intern Angelina Burns Diaz interviews Rocket Holmes and Ari Kolman from Taos High on whether or not they plan to vote in the 2024 general election. The three eighteen year-olds discuss how little they know about local political races and their frustration with the presidential candidates not sharing enough about their polices on TikTok and other social media. They also discuss how schools could help educate students about elections and also help them register to vote when they turn eighteen. 
Voting resources:
<a href="https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/voting-faqs/same-day-voter-registration-faq/">Info on same day voter registration</a>
<a href="https://www.vote411.org/ballot">League of Women Voters voting guides</a>
<a href="https://www.taosnews.com/opinion/editorials/in-a-harris-victory-clarity-and-moderation-would-be-key/article_1380b0ae-7c12-5043-9254-e2b485d25421.html">Taos News endorsements</a>
<a href="https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/elections/">Santa Fe New Mexican election info and endorsements</a>

Are Taos Teens Voting? A conversation with teen reporter Angelina Burns Diaz, Rocket Holmes, and Ari Kolman.

This week on Voices of Taos, producer Laura Martin Baseman sits down with Taos News Editor John Miller to talk about the paper's editorial section and why the paper continues to print political endorsements. John and Laura discuss how important it is that newspapers stay as unbiased as possible in their reporting but also how newspapers can use their opinions for good in an editorial section. They discuss the differences between the Taos News editorial board and the editorial board at its sister paper, the Santa Fe New Mexican. John also shares some interesting facts about the history of newspaper political endorsements. 

This week on Voices of Taos, producer Laura Martin Baseman sits down with Taos News Editor John Miller to talk about the paper's editorial section and why the paper continues to print political endorsements. John and Laura discuss how important it is that newspapers stay as unbiased as possible in their reporting but also how newspapers can use their opinions for good in an editorial section. They discuss the differences between the Taos News editorial board and the editorial board at its sister paper, the Santa Fe New Mexican. John also shares some interesting facts about the history of newspaper political endorsements.

Troy Clark, President of the New Mexico Hospital Association, on why medical professionals are not coming to NM

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