‘We need to finish the job. And we need your help.’ SANTA FE – Senior and local New Mexico elected officials sent an open letter to state business leaders and commercial associations on Friday encouraging vaccination policies for employees and patrons that can help...
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Governor issues executive clemency to 19 individuals
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday issued another series of pardons, invoking her power of executive clemency for 19 individuals convicted of crimes in New Mexico, the majority of whom had been found guilty of a non-violent offense. This latest instance...
Gov. Lujan Grisham issues statement on Biden clean cars announcement
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday issued the following statement in response to news of the Biden Administration’s strategy to tighten pollution rules and move the United States toward zero-emission vehicles as a means of combating the...
Governor to implement vaccination policy for state government employees
Lujan Grisham urges other government agencies, private sector to follow suit SANTA FE – In light of the continued spread of COVID-19 and enhanced viral risk driven by vaccine hesitancy and resistance, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday signed an executive order...
Two new secretaries appointed
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday announced two new members of the state Cabinet: Jason Bowie, deputy chief of the Rio Rancho Police Department, as secretary of the Department of Public Safety; and Kurt A. Steinhaus, educator, education administrator...
Gov. statement on reports of law enforcement action at home, business of state Rep. Stapleton
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...
Gov. lowers flags in mourning for N.M. firefighter killed in apparent accident
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...
Governor fills Supreme Court vacancy
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...
U.S. Surgeon General, Gov. Lujan Grisham meet with health care providers
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...
Gov. statement on Fourth of July
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...