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Episode Synopsis
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
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