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What’s on the Legislative Wish List as Gov’s Time Winds Down?

By Myah Wilmarth | October 10, 2025

10.10.2025 – Michelle Lujan Grisham, New Mexico’s second-term, Democratic governor, looks ahead to the 30-day, regular session that begins in January. It will be the…

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One-on-One with Santa Fe Mayoral Candidate Joanne Vigil Coppler

By Myah Wilmarth | October 10, 2025

10.10.2025 – In 2021, Joanne Vigil Coppler finished a distant second in the race for Santa Fe mayor behind Alan Webber. This year, the longtime…

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Ron Trujillo Makes His Case To Be Santa Fe Mayor

By Myah Wilmarth | October 10, 2025

10.10.2025 – Most local government watchers will be familiar with Ron Trujillo, who served several years on the City Council and ran unsuccessfully for mayor…

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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Special Legislative Session

By Myah Wilmarth | October 10, 2025

10.10.2025 – Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who reflects on what state government accomplished — and what it didn’t — during the recently concluded special…

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NM Legislature Backfills Some Federal Funding Cuts for Public Media

By Myah Wilmarth | October 3, 2025

10.3.2025 – After Congress in July, 2025, clawed back more than $1 billion in federal funding for PBS, NPR and public media stations across the…

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Funding to Study Interstate Medical Compacts Passes

By Myah Wilmarth | October 3, 2025

10.3.2025 – Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Republican lawmakers agree that the state joining an interstate medical licensure compact could make a…

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Health Care Authority Sec. Breaks Down Funding for Rural NM

By Myah Wilmarth | October 3, 2025

10.3.2025 – New Mexico Health Care Authority Sec. Kari Armijo breaks down the various proposals from the October 2025 special legislative session that will affect…

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Republican Opposition to COVID Vax Bill

By Myah Wilmarth | October 3, 2025

10.3.2025 – Amid confusing changes to federal COVID vaccine recommendations, one of five bills New Mexico lawmakers passed in the October 2025 special session allows…

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Santa Fe Mayoral Candidate Makes Her Case for the Job

By Myah Wilmarth | October 3, 2025

10.3.2025 – NMiF Reporter Cailley Chella takes us to Santa Fe, where she spoke with one of the city’s eight candidates vying for the mayor’s…

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Senate Minority Leader on Special Session, Political Violence

By Myah Wilmarth | October 3, 2025

10.3.2025 – New Mexico Republican lawmakers disagreed with Democrats’ premise for October’s special session, that backstopping funding cuts from President Trump’s big bill was a…

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Senate Majority Leader on Urgency of Special Session

By Myah Wilmarth | October 3, 2025

10.3.2025 – New Mexico Senate Majority Floor Leader, Peter Wirth (D-Santa Fe) speaks with NMiF Host Nash Jones about Democratic lawmakers’ priorities for the special…

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State House Speaker Sums Up Session

By Myah Wilmarth | October 3, 2025

10.3.2025 – Moments after gaveling out a special session, Speaker of the House Javier Martínez (D-Albuquerque) reflected on the work his caucus got done over…