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Lujan Grisham signs bill to allow state to get tougher than feds on environmental policy Adrian Hedden, Carlsbad Current-Argus A bill New Mexico Democrats pushed as allowing for greater state control of environmental regulations was signed into law by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham following the 2021 Legislative Session. Senate Bill 8 allowed the State to set environmental standards “more stringent” than federal law, a change from how the law is currently written to allow state regulations by “no more stringent” than policies enacted at the federal level. It passed the Ne...

The new law will allow the state to enact “more stringent” environmental standards than the federal policies. The state hopes the new law will put a prioritization on public health and the environment.

Upon signing SB 8, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said federal policy under Trump was “devastating” to the environment.

His skin warmed; nausea reared its ugly head. It followed him home and crept into his bed as the police officer of 20 years turned to the bottle to ward off the nightmares. The confronting scene of the night of September 9, 2017 stayed with him, consuming him, until one night Sergeant James believed he had to die. Third victim of crash revealed: Bree Keller, 22, has been revealed as the third victim of the crash in $200,000 Nissan GT-R R35. Thankfully he turned back from the brink, sought help and was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, a mental injury triggered by his ...

March 17, 2021 The New Mexico Civil Rights bill passed the state Senate 26 to 15 but with only three-and-a-half days until the end of the legislative session, the bill must return to the House floor for concurrence because the Senate amended the bill. Update: On Wednesday afternoon, the House concurred with the Senate changes on a 41-26 vote and sent it to the governor’s desk. This story continues as originally written below. HB 4 would end qualified immunity as a defense in state civil courts and allows individuals whose civil rights have been violated to bring a case for remedy in state c...