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The Year for Paid Family Leave, Lawmaker Pay?

March 7, 2025
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This week on New Mexico in Focus, Politics Correspondent Gwyneth Doland interviews state House Speaker Javier Martínez about all things Roundhouse-related: the state budget, a proposed paid family leave bill and a series of bills aimed at overhauling the state’s long-troubled child welfare system.   House Minority Leader Gail Armstrong tells Gwyneth what she thinks the…

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Two Points of View as Legislature Rolls on

February 27, 2025
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This week on New Mexico in Focus, Politics Correspondent Gwyneth Doland asks two former lawmakers how this year’s legislative session is shaping up. Former state senators Mark Moores and Eric Griego discuss the state’s budget and a package of crime bills that have hit the governor’s desk. Then, the pair consider how lobbyist dollars are…

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