{"id":48408,"date":"2026-01-16T13:11:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T20:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=48408"},"modified":"2026-01-20T11:46:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T18:46:44","slug":"speaker-martinez-on-fate-of-2025-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/speaker-martinez-on-fate-of-2025-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Mart\u00ednez on Fate of 2025 Legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Speaker Mart\u00ednez on Fate of 2025 Legislation\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ov6-fiCii0Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1.16.26 <\/strong>\u2013 Last week, Democratic House Speaker Javier Mart\u00ednez spoke with Host Nash Jones about what his caucus expects to get done in the upcoming session. 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