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New Mexico House GOP: Grisham restricts business during COVID-19 with no plan to lower cases

By John Sammon | Oct 25, 2020

New Mexico Republicans criticized Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) on two fronts, accusing her of enacting some of the most restrictive regulations in the country regarding COVID-19 with no plan to end a spike in the number of confirmed cases of the virus.

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New Mexico Republicans blast Grisham for asking for more COVID-19 relief

By John Sammon | Sep 16, 2020

Republicans in New Mexico blasted Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) for what they portrayed as going back to the money trough too many times, closing the state, plunging it into debt and then asking the federal government for more COVID-19 bailout money.

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New Mexico House Republicans in New Mexico ask Grisham to keep county fairs open

By John Sammon | Jul 2, 2020

Republicans in the State House are asking Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to find a way to keep county fairs in the state operational if even in modified form.

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COVID-19 restrictions lasted too long hurting business and economy, survey finds

By John Sammon | Jun 15, 2020

The president of the New Mexico Business Coalition (NMBC), reporting on its survey titled "Analyzing New Mexico's Coronavirus Response," said the state’s handling of the COVID-19 outbreak initially saved lives with setting restrictions, but lasted too long and damaged New Mexico’s economy.

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Need for hospital beds, respirators in New Mexico less than expected, officials say

By John Sammon | May 10, 2020

It appears that social distancing and staying at home is paying off for New Mexico residents as officials said this week the projected shortfall in hospital beds and respirators caused by the COVID-19 outbreak has been less than expected.

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Medical marijuana farms threaten rural water supplies, officials caution

By John Sammon | Jan 31, 2020

The increased cultivation of medical marijuana in New Mexico is putting a strain on rural well-water systems using treated drinking water not wastewater, and all officials can do right now is complain about it.