SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday signed Senate Bill 6 alongside sponsors Sen. Pete Campos, Sen. Liz Stefanics, Rep. Ambrose Castellano and Rep. Joseph L. Sanchez as well as local and state officials. Senate Bill 6 will provide the Department of Finance...
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Governor Lujan Grisham announces new secretary of General Services Department
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced today the appointment of Robert E. Doucette, Jr., as the secretary of New Mexico’s General Services Department (GSD). The GSD supports other state agencies with air and ground transportation, facilities management and...
Gov. Lujan Grisham signs executive order to transform the Children, Youth and Families Department
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued an executive order today that will transform the way New Mexico serves and protects the state’s most vulnerable children and families. The order requires immediate changes in how the department operates and sets out a...
Governor hails bipartisan passage of Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire Recovery Funds legislation
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham today hailed the passage of Senate Bill 6 sponsored by Sen. Pete Campos. The Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire Recovery Funds bill establishes a $100 million loan fund administered by the Department of Finance and Administration that...
Governor lauds Senate passage of bipartisan legislation to establish the Land of Enchantment Legacy Fund
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday lauded the Senate passage of Senate Bill 9, a measure to establish the Land of Enchantment Legacy Fund. This landmark legislation would create the state’s first-ever dedicated source of recurring funding for...
Governor announces legislation to unify purchasing and regulation to leverage affordable health care through Health Care Authority
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday announced the introduction of legislation that renames the Human Services Department as the Health Care Authority Department with the purpose of establishing a single, unified department responsible for health care...
Governor orders flags to half-staff in mourning for J. Paul Taylor
Flags to be at half-staff February 13-15 SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday ordered all flags in the state of New Mexico to half-staff from February 13 to 15 in honor of former state Rep. J. Paul Taylor, who passed away on Sunday. Taylor was born in...
Gov. Lujan Grisham issues statement on passing of J. Paul Taylor
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Sunday issued a statement following the passing of long-time New Mexico legislator and cultural advocate J. Paul Taylor: “You would be hard-pressed to find an individual as passionate about the people, culture and communities of New...
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham introduces historic tax reform
Bill would lower Gross Receipts Tax rate, end ‘pyramiding’ from professional services SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham unveiled bipartisan legislation Thursday that would lower the state’s Gross Receipts Tax rate an additional quarter-percent to 4.625 percent...
Gov. Lujan Grisham to be appointed to Council of Governors by President Biden
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of President Joe Biden announced on Thursday his intent to appoint Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to his Council of Governors, a bipartisan group of 10 governors focused on improving national and state responses to security threats. Gov....