Gov. Lujan Grisham to head to D.C. for White House meeting

Layouts BreadCrumbs BreadCrumbs SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham will fly Thursday to Washington, D.C., at the invitation of President Joe Biden to take part in a bipartisan meeting of governors and mayors at the White House scheduled for Friday. The meeting is focused on the president’s COVID-19 relief package, the American Rescue Plan. The governor plans to advocate for the proposed $350 billion in essential state and local aid and for continued increases in vaccine supply to support New Mexico’s leading efforts in efficiently distributing shots . The governor is scheduled to return to New Mexico late Friday. This is the governor’s first trip outside of New Mexico since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.