Posts by Lou DiVizio

A whirlwind of a 30-day legislative session has come to a close in Santa Fe. The priority of these shorter, even-year sessions is of course the budget, but every year it seems the governor and lawmakers cram more and more onto the docket. That’s not a criticism of their work, as many of those non-budgetary items are in sincere need of immediate attention.     As we watched the to-do list for lawmakers unfurl like…

We’re off and running on another year here at New Mexico in Focus. For our first show of 2026 we’re going to spend some time looking ahead to the upcoming regular legislative session where, because it is an even-numbered year, lawmakers will spend the majority of their time focused on budget issues. Democratic Speaker of the House Javier Martínez visits our studio this week for a…