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A haze of wildfire smoke hangs over the Upper Rio Grande valley and the mesa-top city of Los Alamos, N.M., on Thursday, May 12, 2022. Public schools and many businesses were closed as a wildfire crept closer to the city and companion national security laboratory. Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory are using supercomputers and ingenuity to improve wildfire forecasting and forest management amid drought and climate change in the American West. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

New Mexico governor seeks more U.S. aid for wildfire response

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New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks at a news conference in Santa Fe, N.M., on July 29, 2021. Grisham says being fully vaccinated means three shots and she's pushing all who are eligible to get their boosters. She made the comments during a pandemic briefing Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, citing the increasing number of COVID-19 infections among residents who received their vaccinations more than six months ago. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File)

New Mexico governor: Full vaccination means boosters, too

By Susan Montoya Bryan - Associated Press

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said she will use federal funds to replenish the state's depleted unemployment insurance trust at a news conference on June 11, 2021, at the state Capitol building in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico's Workforce Solutions Department that oversees unemployment claims is embarking on reforms aimed at improving efficiency and service, while cracking down on perpetrators of fraudulent claims with help from federal authorities. Agency staffing is being increased by 110 positions. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Governor defends settling sexual harassment claim: ‘I was focused on the pandemic’

By Morgan Lee - Associated Press

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announces her decision to sign a law that legalizes recreational marijuana outside the state Capitol building in Santa Fe, N.M., on Monday, April 12, 2021. State Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth, left, watched as the Democratic governor described the law as a victory for social justice and a potential boon for economic development. Her decision makes New Mexico the seventh state since last November to legalize adult possession and sales of cannabis for recreational use. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Legislature bristles at governor’s vetoes of pandemic aid

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New Mexico to encourage unemployed to return to work

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New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham hails the accomplishments of the Legislature and calls for a special legislative in session in the coming weeks to approval recreational cannabis legalization in Santa Fe, N.M., at the close of a 60-day legislative session on Saturday, March 20, 2021. The Democrat-led Legislature charted an economic exit from the COVID-19 pandemic and checked off progressive priorities on policing reforms, abortion rights, medical aid in dying and child poverty. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

New Mexico governor vetoes include police oversight reforms

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New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham hails the Legislature's accomplishments and calls for a special legislative in session in the coming weeks to approval recreational cannabis legalization in Santa Fe, N.M., at the close of a 60-day legislative session on Saturday, March 20, 2021. The Democrat-led Legislature has charted an economic exit from the COVID-19 pandemic and checked off progressive priorities on policing reforms, abortion rights, medical aid in dying and child poverty. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

New Mexico governor signs $7.4B state budget, vetoes relief

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press

Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks following the end of New Mexico's annual legislative session on Saturday, March 20, 2021, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

New Mexico governor signs bill to require paid sick leave

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Two boys sit on their bikes as they watch Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham prepare to sign a bill increasing school funding to communities with large tracts of federal land on Monday, April 5, 2021, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. At the event Lujan Grisham celebrated the reopening of in-person learning this week, including Albuquerque schools on Monday. They boys attend Santa Fe Public Schools, which resume Tuesday following the Easter break. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

New Mexico signs family tax credit and 99 other bills

By CEDAR ATTANASIO and SUSAN MONTOYA - Associated Press

New child support law brings New Mexico into compliance

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FILE - In this March 6, 2019, file photo, Korbin Osborn, left, works as a cannabis adviser at a medical marijuana dispensary in Santa Fe, N.M. Legislation to legalize cannabis in New Mexico advanced Thursday, March 18, 2021, toward a decisive Senate floor vote under a framework that emphasizes government oversight of pricing and supplies and social services for communities where the criminalization of pot led to aggressive policing. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File)

Marijuana takes center stage in New Mexico special session

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press

New Mexico schools expand in-person learning

By CEDAR ATTANASIO - Associated Press

In this Thursday, July 23, 2020 file photo, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham gives her weekly update on COVID-19 and the state's effort to contain it during a virtual news conference from the state Capitol in Santa Fe, N.M. Grisham was an early adopter of aggressive pandemic restrictions that included a mask mandate, self-quarantine orders for travelers and a ban on public gatherings -- now capped at five people. And the state previously joined federal pilot project on testing and contact tracing. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

Michelle Lujan Grisham, New Mexico governor, seeks exemption from Biden oil-and-gas crackdown

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the New Mexico Office of the Governor, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signs a $330 million economic relief package aimed at helping small businesses and out-of-work New Mexicans while at the State Capitol, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020 in Santa Fe, N.M. (New Mexico Office of the Governor via AP)

Officials: New Mexico to receive about $9B from relief bill

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 11, 2019, file photo, store manager Ruby Amsden, left, attends to medical marijuana customer and retired nurse Jan Stewart, who uses cannabis to relieve pain associated with her recovery from bone cancer and help with sleeping, at the Minerva medical cannabis dispensary in Santa Fe, N.M. An advisory board is recommending that New Mexico clear the way for licensed medical marijuana producers to grow more plants. The board during a meeting Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, voted in favor of a petition that sought to significantly increase the current plant count limit. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File)

Supporters clash on New Mexico recreational pot legalization

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press

Legislature approves bill to waive liquor license fees

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New Mexico business group worried about oil, gas moratorium

By HANNAH GROVER - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the New Mexico Office of the Governor, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signs a $330 million economic relief package aimed at helping small businesses and out-of-work New Mexicans while at the State Capitol, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020 in Santa Fe, N.M. (New Mexico Office of the Governor via AP)

New Mexico governor touts progress on virus, draws criticism

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

New Mexico’s Indigenous education advocate faces tough job

By CEDAR ATTANASIO - Associated Press

New Mexico governor used fund to buy groceries, dry cleaning

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