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Roundhouse 2025 Recap: Crime, Oil & Gas, Election Laws
3.28.25 – Politics Correspondent Gwyneth Doland sits down with a group of journalists to discuss the ins and outs of this year’s 60-day legislative session.…
Alcohol Tax Increase Bill Dies Again in Roundhouse
3.28.25 – For years, journalist Ted Alcorn has written about alcohol-related deaths in New Mexico and the many efforts made in Santa Fe to reduce…
Roundhouse 2025 Recap: Paid Family Medical Leave, Environment, Education
3.28.25 – Hundreds of bills made their way through the Roundhouse during this year’s 60-day legislative session — Politics Correspondent Gwyneth Doland asks why only…
Bills Target NM’s Homeless and Housing Crises
3.21.25 – In the final days of the session, lawmakers are considering several measures aimed at addressing homelessness by expanding access to housing in our…
NM Rep. Lente Says Tax Package Will Help Lower and Middle Class
3.21.25 – House Bill 14, an extensive tax package, passed the House last week. The Senate Finance Committee approved it earlier this week – but…
Solitary Confinement in NM
3.21.25 – Earlier this month, a federal judge ordered Socorro County to pay $2 million to Jessie Chavez, a man who accused jail guards and…
Immigration Lawyer, Advocate Call for End to State Contracts with ICE
3.21.25 – Last week, the U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced agents arrested 48 people in New Mexico it says were in the…
NM Rep. Chavez on Failed Bill to Address Violent Juvenile Crime
3.21.25 – High on the priority list for state Republicans this year was a juvenile detention measure that would have made it easier to lock…
State Party Leaders Reflect on 2025 Legislative Session
3.21.25 – This week on New Mexico in Focus, we take one last trip to Santa Fe as the 60-day legislative session wraps up. Politics…
Western New Mexico University’s Regent Seats Remain Vacant
3.14.25 – Last fall, a state audit report found more than $360,000 in questionable travel and purchases by the president of Western New Mexico University.…
Changes Made to Paid Family Medical Leave Bill
3.14.25 – A bill that would mandate paid family and medical leave narrowly passed the House last week and now heads to the Senate Finance…
Attorney Says NM List of Credibly Accused Priests is Incomplete
3.14.25 – Searchlight New Mexico reporter Joshua Bowling sits down with Levi Monagle, an attorney who has represented survivors of Catholic sexual abuse. That includes…