PRESS RELEASES

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday issued the following statement following media reports about allegations into a member of the state House of Representatives: “I am deeply, deeply troubled by the reports this morning about a law enforcement...

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday ordered state flags to half-staff in mourning for Janet Tracy, a volunteer firefighter in Sierra County who was killed Tuesday in an apparent accident on duty. According to New Mexico State Police, Tracy, 59, was...

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has appointed Briana H. Zamora of the New Mexico Court of Appeals to the state Supreme Court, closing the vacancy left by the Honorable Justice Barbara J. Vigil, who retired. “Judge Zamora is an experienced jurist of the highest...

SANTA FE – U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham met with health care heroes from across New Mexico and celebrated the state’s success in suppressing COVID-19 on Tuesday as Dr. Murthy, at the governor’s invitation, made his first official...

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Sunday issued the following statement as New Mexico celebrates Independence Day: “I don’t think any of us take our independence for granted after the last 16 months. The pandemic forced us all out of our normal habits, away...

SANTA FE – Surrounded by Santa Fe County Fire personnel, leaders from the State Fire Marshal’s Office and the Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday morning hosted a “signing ceremony” for Senate Bill 256 and...

SANTA FE – New Mexico state officials on Friday announced a support program that will provide supplemental payments for New Mexicans receiving unemployment benefits who return to work in coming weeks, with some workers receiving up to $1,000, as a means of...

SANTA FE – The future of space tourism is scheduled to take flight in Southern New Mexico on Sunday, July 11, when the New Mexico Tourism Department teams up with Virgin Galactic for Virgin Galactic’s first fully crewed spaceflight, Virgin Galactic announced Thursday...

Dr. Collins, having helped lead New Mexico’s COVID-19 vaccination effort, will move back to academic life SANTA FE – Dr. Tracie Collins, who has served as New Mexico health secretary for eight months, will return to academic life at the end of July. Collins last fall...

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday announced the state of New Mexico will dramatically expand its Child Care Assistance Program, doubling eligibility for families from 200 percent of the federal poverty level to as much as 400 percent, a move targeted...