This week, Politics Correspondent Gwyneth Doland asks state Democratic lawmakers about their efforts to protect undocumented immigrants from a Trump administration that's ramping up raids across the country.

Then, Lou DiVizio speaks with Archbishop John Wester in response to President Trump's decision to roll back back immigration protections for schools, health care facilities and places of worship. Lou asks Wester about the guidance he has given to priests across the state, should federal agents visit their churches.

Host: Lou DiVizio

Segments:

NM Democratic Lawmakers Push for More Immigration Protections

Correspondent: Gwyneth Doland

Guests:

NM Sen. Cindy Nava, D-Bernalillo

NM Sen. Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, D-Albuquerque

NM Archbishop on Trump’s Immigration Policies

Correspondent: Lou DiVizio

Guest: Archbishop John Wester 

Executive Producer Jeff Proctor asks longtime civil rights lawyer Peter Cubra and Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman where the two find common ground when considering the future of criminal justice in our state. First, Jeff asks what they would like to see accomplished at the Roundhouse during this year's legislative session. Then, Bregman and Cubra consider whether bills intended to increase penalties and lengthen incarceration will actually deter crime. 

Host: Lou DiVizio

Correspondent: Jeff Proctor

Guests:

Sam Bregman, District Attorney, Bernalillo County

Peter Cubra, Coalition for a Safer Albuquerque, Attorney

This week on New Mexico in Focus, politics correspondent Gwyneth Doland sits down with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to discuss her top agenda items during this year's legislative session. In the first half of their discussion, the governor is asked how she plans to shield state programs that might be put on the financial chopping block by President Donald Trump. Gwyneth also asks the governor how she plans to make progress on several public safety bills that have found her at odds with leaders in her own Democratic Party.  

Host: Lou DiVizio

Correspondent: Gwyneth Doland

Guest: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, (D) New Mexico

Source New Mexico's Danielle Prokop sits with Our Land's Laura Paskus to look back at Laura’s time as a reporter and senior producer at New Mexico PBS.

Host: Lou DiVizio

Correspondent: Danielle Prokop, Source New Mexico

Guest: Laura Paskus

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Final issue of Our Land Weekly! – Our Land

'Our Land' host Laura Paskus to leave NMPBS – KUNM  

Lou DiVizio starts out the podcast with headlines from around New Mexico, including news of a plea deal in the federal investigation of alleged corruption in APD's DWI unit.

Politics correspondent Gwyneth Doland speaks with former state senator Dede Feldman and former state representative Justine Fox-Young about Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s State of the State address. Gwyneth asks whether this year's push from the governor for tougher laws on crime will succeed. Then, the pair of former lawmakers consider what Lujan Grisham's choice to leave President Donald Trump out of her address might mean about her last two years in office.

Gwyneth speaks with Democratic state Rep. Reena Szczepanski, and Republican senators Jay Block and Pat Woods after the governor's speech to ask about some of her top-line issues.

Host: Lou DiVizio

Segments:

Former Lawmakers React to State of the State Address

Correspondent: Gwyneth Doland

Guests:

Dede Feldman, Democratic Former State Senator 

Justine Fox-Young, Attorney and Republican Former State Representative

NM State Senators, Reps Respond to 2025 State of the State

Correspondent: Gwyneth Doland

Guests:

State Sen. Jay Block, R-Rio Rancho

State Sen. Pat Woods, R-Broadview

State Rep. Reena Szczepanski, D-Santa Fe, Majority Floor Leader

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NM Supreme Court: Schools can be sued for discrimination - Source New Mexico

New Mexico Gov. unveils sweeping public safety proposals – Source New Mexico

Governor touts progress but urges lawmakers to do more on crime as 60-day session begins – Albuquerque Journal 

Senior Producer Lou DiVizio interviews educator and Democratic state Rep. Andrés Romero about potential changes to federal education policy. Romero, who chairs the Legislative Education Study Committee, says he’s preparing for the possibility of cuts to Title I funding.

Correspondent: Lou DiVizio

Guest: G. Andrés Romero, (D) NM State Representative, District 10, Bernalillo County 

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Legislative Education Study Committee 

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham addresses the Legislature with her State of the State speech from the Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025.

This is the Democratic governor's seventh annual address and her third since reelection.

Joshua Bowling, an investigative reporter at Searchlight New Mexico sits down with state Attorney General Raúl Torrez to talk about the lawsuit over a $1.9 million buyout for Western New Mexico University’s outgoing president, Joseph Shepard. Bowling broke the story of lavish spending and other possible misconduct at the school in 2023. This week, he asks Torrez how the alleged misuse of public money went unnoticed for so long. 

Correspondent: Joshua Bowling

Guest: Raúl Torrez, New Mexico Attorney General

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New Mexico Attorney General files suit against Joseph Shepard and WNMU Board of Regents – Searchlight NM

Joshua Bowling - Searchlight NM 

Lou DiVizio starts the podcast this week with headlines from around the state, including news New Mexico snowpacks are smaller than usual so far this year.

Then, Politics Correspondent Gwyneth Doland interviews three journalists to preview the  2025 legislative session, which begins next week in Santa Fe. Trip Jennings, executive director of New Mexico In Depth, Julia Goldberg, editor-in-chief at Source New Mexico and Dan Boyd, Capitol Bureau chief for the Albuquerque Journal weigh in on some of the key issues lawmakers are prioritizing this year. Gwyneth starts by asking how the state might spend a record $11 billion in state revenue. Then, she shifts to other areas of interests for New Mexicans including public safety and behavioral health reforms.

Host: Lou DiVizio

Correspondent: Gwyneth Doland

Guests:

Trip Jennings, Executive Director, New Mexico In Depth

Dan Boyd, Capitol Bureau Chief, Albuquerque Journal

Julia Goldberg, Editor-in-Chief, Source New Mexico

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Highlights of $10.8 billion legislative budget plan - Albuquerque Journal

Higher starting teacher pay, road repairs among highlights of $10.8 billion legislative budget plan – Albuquerque Journal

New Mexico lawmakers' $10.8 billion spending plan 'not that far apart' from governor's – Santa Fe New Mexican 

Lou DiVizio introduces the first podcast episode of 2025 with headlines from around the state. That includes a ruling from the State Supreme Court prohibiting counties and cities from restricting access to abortion.

Then, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor interviews U.S. Attorney Alexander Uballez during what will likely be his last days on the job as Donald Trump prepares for a second term in the White House. In their wide-ranging discussion, Jeff asks Uballez about the investigation into alleged corruption within the Albuquerque Police Department’s DWI Unit, the root causes of crime, the concept of justice and his larger vision for the office as Uballez prepares to step aside.

Host: Lou DiVizio

Correspondent: Jeff Proctor

Guest: Alexander Uballez, U.S. Attorney, District of New Mexico