Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday announced New Mexicans may now order free, at-home, self-administered COVID-19 saliva tests, with accurate laboratory-confirmed results returned within 24-48 hours of receipt of the sample.
The State of New Mexico is taking steps to avoid disruption to a Christmas COVID-19 surge by starting the first two weeks of the upcoming semester with a halt to in-person learning.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued the following statement upon reports that President-elect Joe Biden will nominate U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland, of New Mexico’s First Congressional District, to lead the U.S. Department of the Interior.
The state’s emergency public health order on Wednesday was amended to accommodate slightly increased capacity inside essential retail spaces, such as grocery stores and certain other large “big box” retailers that generate a percentage of their revenue from consumable food and drink products, as cold weather grips most of New Mexico.
New Mexico state health officials announced on Tuesday that the Department of Health’s electronic laboratory reporting system was disrupted by an outage in the state government internet network, resulting in a delay of the daily COVID-19 case update.
The Maxwell Museum at Anthropology recently welcomed a new curator of Archaeology, Kari Schleher, who holds a joint position as an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology. Schleher earned her Ph.D. in Anthropology from UNM in 2010.
The Legislative Finance Committee received a revenue outlook report for New Mexico's state budget, according to a press release from the New Mexico House GOP.
Despite the ongoing pandemic and bleak predictions in June, things are looking up for New Mexico's financial picture, the state's Department of Finance and Administration's acting secretary reportedly told lawmakers recently.