This week on New Mexico in Focus, Politics Correspondent Gwyneth Doland interviews state House Speaker Javier Martínez about all things Roundhouse-related: the state budget, a proposed paid family leave bill and a series of bills aimed at overhauling the state's long-troubled child welfare system. 

House Minority Leader Gail Armstrong tells Gwyneth what she thinks the state can do better to help smaller businesses. 

For years, Common Cause New Mexico has been a vocal advocate for state lawmakers receiving a salary. Senior Producer Lou DiVizio asks Mason Graham, the organization's state policy director, why he believes a salaried Legislature would open the Roundhouse to a broader swath of New Mexicans. 

Two Senate Finance Committee members, including its chairman, talk to Gwyneth about the state's budget, as well as how lawmakers are setting the state up for potential cuts in federal funding.

NMiF airs on NMPBS 5.1 (KNME HD) on Friday, March 7, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, March 9 at 7 a.m. and streaming on the PBS video app. ​

NMiF Segments
House Speaker Javier Martínez on Paid Family Leave Bill

Correspondent
Gwyneth Doland

Guests
Rep. Javier Martínez, D-Albuquerque; House Speaker

House Minority Leader Gail Armstrong on Republican Frustration
Correspondent
Gwyneth Doland

Guest
Rep. Gail Armstrong, R-Magdalena; House Minority Leader

Common Cause Pushes for Good-Government Reforms
Correspondent
Lou DiVizio

Guest
Mason Graham, policy director, Common Cause New Mexico

NM Senators Prepare for Cuts in Federal Funds
Correspondent
Gwyneth Doland

Guests
Sen. George Muñoz, D-Gallup; chair, Legislative Finance, Senate Finance Committees
Sen. Steve Lanier, R-Aztec; Senate Finance Committee

Host
Jeff Proctor

New Mexico in Focus is the New Mexico PBS prime-time news magazine show covering the events, issues, and people shaping life in New Mexico and the Southwest. NMiF takes a multi-layered look at social, political, economic health, education, and art issues and explores them in-depth with a critical eye to give them context beyond the "news of the moment."

NMPBS Executive Producer, Public Affairs, is Jeff Proctor. New Mexico in Focus's senior producer for public affairs is Lou DiVizio. “Our Land” Senior Producer is Laura Paskus. The producer of New Mexico in Focus is Antonio Sanchez, and co-producer is Kathy Wimmer.

Funding for New Mexico in Focus is provided by the McCune Charitable Foundation and Viewers Like You.

Funding for the Your New Mexico Government Project comes from the Thornburg Foundation and New Mexico Local News Fund.

The Neeper Natural History Programming Fund for KNME-TV provides funding for Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present & Future.