NM Lawmakers Pass Funding Bills in Special Session

This week on New Mexico in Focus, we report from the special legislative session at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe, where lawmakers quickly passed a series of funding and other bills meant to shore up health care, public media and COVID vaccine access in the wake of massive cuts and confusion from the Trump administration.  

We also sit down with Santa Fe mayoral candidate Tarin Nix to hear her pitch for the job.   

Host: Nash Jones

Segments:
State House Speaker Sums Up Special Session 
Correspondent: Nash Jones 
Guest: State House Speaker Javier Martinez, D-Albuquerque 

Senate Majority Leader on Urgency of Special Session 
Correspondent: Nash Jones 
Guest: State Sen. Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe 

State Senate Minority Floor Leader on Special Session Objections, Political Violence 
Correspondent: Nash Jones 
Guest: State Sen. William Sharer, R-Farmington 

Santa Fe Mayoral Candidate Makes Her Case for the Job 
Correspondent: Cailley Chella 
Guest: Tarin Nix, Santa Fe Mayoral Candidate 

GOP Opposition to COVID Vaccine Bill 
Correspondents: Gwyneth Doland & Nash Jones 
Guests: State Sen. Jay Block, R-Rio Rancho 
State Sen. Linda Lopez, D-Albuquerque 

Health Care Authority Secretary Breaks Down Funding for Rural NM 
Correspondent: Nash Jones 
Guest: Kari Armijo, Cabinet Secretary, NM Health Care Authority 

Bill to Study Interstate Medical Compacts Passes 
Correspondent: Nash Jones 
Guest: Marschall Smith, Executive Director, Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission 

NM Legislature Backfills Some Federal Funding Cuts for Public Media 
Correspondent: Gwyneth Doland 
Guests: State Rep. Martha Garcia, D-Pine Hill 
State Rep. Derrick Lente, D-Sandia Pueblo 
State Sen. Pat Woods, R-Broadview 
State Rep. Randall Pettigrew, R-Lovington