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More than 37,000 New Mexicans at risk of losing SNAP assistance SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday condemned the Trump Administration’s move to limit participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps. The...

Bill will incorporate retiree concerns into task force recommendations SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday endorsed an essential and equitable public employee pension reform proposal that accommodates the concerns of current and future state of New...

Initiative aimed at filling hundreds of vacant state jobs SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham today announced a four-day Rapid-Hire Event to be held this month in Albuquerque aimed at fast-tracking hiring for hundreds of vacant state jobs all over New Mexico. Every...

SANTA FE – Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham issued the following statement on Tuesday after the New Mexico State Investment Council, chaired by the governor, voted to deliver more than $200 million in new investments into New Mexico businesses. “By targeting strategic...

SANTA FE – New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Secretary Jackie Lindsey informed Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham this morning that she was resigning, effective immediately. In her statement to the governor, Secretary Lindsey said, “After...

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján, U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland, U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small, New Mexico Speaker of the House Brian Egolf and Attorney General Hector Balderas met in Santa Fe on Monday to advance ongoing discussions between...

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday visited with New Mexico National Guard soldiers at the Fort Bliss Army post in El Paso, Texas, ahead of their deployment to Djibouti to conduct security operations with the Navy, Air Force and other multinational...

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and the Carson National Forest on Monday announced Asher Dean, a fourth grader from Arroyos del Norte Elementary in Arroyo Seco, as the winner of the 2019 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Essay Contest. Hundreds of essays were...

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday ordered the creation of a team of New Mexico law enforcement officers to locate and arrest hundreds of fugitives charged with violent crimes. The Fugitive Apprehension Unit, established through an executive order, will...