PRESS RELEASES

House Bill 10 ends student co-pays for reduced-fee lunches SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued the following statement after legislation ending the student co-pay for reduced price breakfast and lunch passed the House of Representatives unanimously on...

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has appointed Shammara Haley Henderson to fill a vacancy on the New Mexico Court of Appeals. Henderson is a former assistant U.S. attorney who has been in private practice in Albuquerque since 2017. She is a 2007 graduate of the...

SANTA FE – House Bill 83, creating the Early Childhood Trust Fund, providing for a transformative long-term investment strategy in the health, education and well-being of New Mexico’s youngest children, passed the Senate floor Friday on a sweeping bipartisan vote of...

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday issued the following statement after the New Mexico Senate unanimously confirmed Ryan Stewart as secretary of the New Mexico Public Education Department: “When it comes to transforming education in New Mexico, Secretary...

SANTA FE – A bill to cap how much New Mexicans with diabetes spend on life-saving insulin received bipartisan and overwhelming support from the state House of Representatives on Friday and now goes to the state Senate. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued the following...

Measure strengthens investigatory powers of law enforcement SANTA FE – A public safety bill to better combat and punish acts of terrorism, cyberterrorism and making a terroristic threat passed the New Mexico House of Representatives on Friday with a bipartisan vote of...

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday night issued the following statement after Senate Bill 5, providing law enforcement officers with another proven-effective tool to proactively address the scourge of gun violence in communities all across New Mexico,...

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday issued the following statement after Senate Bill 115, a measure that would have created a well-regulated legal recreational cannabis industry in New Mexico, was tabled in the Senate Judiciary Committee: “Legalized...

SANTA FE – The New Mexico state House on Wednesday approved House Bill 225, another priority of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, with a unanimous vote in favor of the legislation. House Bill 225 would establish the Kiki Saavedra Senior Dignity Fund, delivering an...

SANTA FE – Direly needed pension reform legislation passed the New Mexico State Senate on Wednesday on a bipartisan 25-15 vote. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued the following statement: “We have made promises to New Mexico’s current and future retirees, and these...