Governor condemns U.S. Supreme Court ruling on EPA authority
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued a statement on Thursday following the Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. EPA:
Governor, state agencies announce appointments to PRC nominating committee
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday announced her appointment of Ron J. Lovato to the newly-created bipartisan committee tasked with nominating candidates for the Public Regulation Commission.
Retired educators now eligible to return to work without losing pension benefits
SANTA FE, NM – New Mexico’s 48,000 retired K-12 and higher education educators now have the opportunity to return to the classroom without losing their retirement benefits thanks to a new law enacted by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham this year.
Gov. Lujan Grisham takes action to safeguard abortion access, protect New Mexico health care providers
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday signed an executive order protecting access to reproductive health care services in New Mexico, protecting medical providers from attempts at legal retribution and establishing that New Mexico will not...
Peter Mantos named secretary of Information Technology
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday announced the appointment of Peter Mantos as secretary of the New Mexico Department of Information and Technology. He begins work in his new role this week.
Gov. Lujan Grisham statement on the overturning of Roe v. Wade
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued the following statement on Friday upon the release of the U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning Roe v. Wade and eliminating the federal constitutional righ...
Governor signs emergency declaration for Rio Arriba County due to water system leak in Village of Chama
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency in Rio Arriba County due to a major leak in the Village of Chama’s water system, making additional funding and state resources available for t...
State providing hundreds of thousands of gallons of water to Chama amid ongoing water system leak; asks village to request official county emergency declaration to enable additional state support
SANTA FE – The state of New Mexico continues to coordinate water delivery to the Village of Chama as the community faces an ongoing water system issue. The state has also asked the municipal government to formally request an official state of emergen...
Governor condemns missteps identified by Forest Service review of prescribed burn that caused Hermits Peak Fire
SANTA FE – Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham issued a statement on Tuesday following the release of the U.S. Forest Service review of the April 6, 2022 prescribed burn that resulted in the Hermits Peak Fire, the largest fire in the state’s history.
Gov. Lujan Grisham commemorates Juneteenth
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Sunday issued the following statement in observance of Juneteenth, commemorating the date in 1865 when Union Gen. Gordon Granger read the federal orders in Galveston, Texas, informing enslaved people in Texas...