Final Week at the Roundhouse 2025

The clock on this year’s 60-day legislative session runs out Saturday at noon in Santa Fe. This week on the show, we take the temperature of key lawmakers from both parties to see what they’re happy about passing and what measures they’re disappointed about falling short.    

That’s just a piece of the great work from Politics Correspondent Gwyneth Doland and our crew, who gathered six interviews during the busiest time to step foot in the Roundhouse. They also caught up with state Representative Nicole Chavez who let us know she’s disappointed in the failure of a measure that would have made it easier to lock up juvenile offenders.    

Gwyneth and our cameras also got some information about the recent arrest and disappearance of 48 people taken by federal immigration agents in New Mexico. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said more than half of those people have been deported, but they haven’t said exactly how many people are still in custody in the U.S. and they haven’t answered questions related to their names. Gwyneth speaks with an immigration attorney and a man who’s been held by ICE before to talk about their push for a bill to change the state’s relationship with federal immigration authorities.     

On this week’s show, you’ll also hear from the Chair of the House Taxation and Revenue Committee, Derrick Lente, as he explains some of the potential tax credits New Mexicans might see if his tax package passes.    

And you’ll hear why housing and homeless advocates are especially encouraged by the conversations around some of the measures meant to expand access to affordable housing.    

I’m beyond grateful for Gwyneth’s work this week and throughout session this year. If you missed it two weeks ago, I gave our newsletter readers an idea of what it’s like to work alongside Gwyneth, who was once again very much in her element during the legislature’s the final week of lawmaking.    

One note as you watch this week’s episode — our show tapes on Thursday mornings. It’s far from ideal timing for a show trying to wrap up a legislative session that ends two days later, so I wanted to point you in the direction of  Source New Mexico’s 2025 Bill Tracker so you can check the status of individual bills moving through either chamber in the final days.  

For now, I hope you enjoy this week’s show.

-Lou Divizio, Senior Producer