This week on New Mexico in Focus, we report from the special legislative session at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe, where lawmakers quickly passed a series of funding and other bills meant to shore up health care, public media and COVID vaccine access in the wake of massive cuts and confusion from the Trump administration.
Host: Nash Jones
Segments:
State House Speaker Sums Up Special Session
Correspondent: Nash Jones
Guest: State House Speaker Javier Martinez, D-Albuquerque
Senate Majority Leader on Urgency of Special Session
Correspondent: Nash Jones
Guest: State Sen. Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe
State Senate Minority Floor Leader on Special Session Objections, Political Violence
Correspondent: Nash Jones
Guest: State Sen. William Sharer, R-Farmington
GOP Opposition to COVID Vaccine Bill
Correspondents:
Gwyneth Doland
Nash Jones
Guests:
State Sen. Jay Block, R-Rio Rancho
State Sen. Linda Lopez, D-Albuquerque
Health Care Authority Secretary Breaks Down Funding for Rural NM
Correspondent: Nash Jones
Guest: Kari Armijo, Cabinet Secretary, NM Health Care Authority
Funding to Study Interstate Medical Compacts Passes
Correspondent: Nash Jones
Guest: Marschall Smith, Executive Director, Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission
NM Legislature Backfills Some Federal Funding Cuts for Public Media
Correspondent: Gwyneth Doland
Guests:
State Rep. Martha Garcia, D-Pine Hill
State Rep. Derrick Lente, D-Sandia Pueblo
State Sen. Pat Woods, R-Broadview
State Rep. Randall Pettigrew, R-Lovington
