Final Week at the Roundhouse 2026

This week on New Mexico in Focus, we head to Santa Fe as the regular 30-day legislative session comes to a close.  

For the seventh year in a row, the state budget has grown. Senior Producer Lou DiVizio sits down with a panel of experts to discuss the $11.1 billion spending plan. Then, Lou asks the table to consider which high-profile bills passed, what didn’t pass and what that means for the legacy of the termed-out Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. 

Politics correspondent Gwyneth Doland stops by the Roundhouse to talk to Democratic and Republican House leaders about the state of partisan politics in New Mexico. 

In Focus reporter Cailley Chella documents a day in the life of a young mother of two from Ohkay Owingeh, highlighting what the state’s newly funded universal child care program could mean for her and parents like her. 

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Host: Nash Jones 

Segments:

State Budget Includes Funds for Child Care, Health Care 

Correspondent: Lou DiVizio 
Guests: 
Dede Feldman, Democratic Former State Senator 
Dr. Eric Griego, Ph.D., Former NM State Senator, UNM Adjunct Professor 
Michael Bird, Former President, American Public Health Association   

How Universal Child Care Could Help Mother of Two 

Correspondent: Cailley Chella 
Guest: 
Veronica Ramirez, Parent 

NM House Leaders on Partisan Politics in 2026 Session 

Correspondent: Gwyneth Doland 

Guests: 
NM Rep. Javier Martínez, D-Albuquerque; House Speaker 
NM Rep. Gail Armstrong, R-Magdalena; House Minority Floor Leader 

Lawmakers Pass Medical Malpractice Reform, Epstein Truth Commission 

Correspondent: Lou DiVizio 

Guests: 
Dede Feldman, Democratic Former State Senator 
Dr. Eric Griego, Ph.D., Former NM State Senator, UNM Adjunct Professor 
Michael Bird, Former President, American Public Health Association