LAS CRUCES - Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham broke with tradition and dispensed with the annual state of the state address Tuesday, Jan. 19, on the opening day of the New Mexico Legislature’s 60-day session amid concerns for both COVID-19 and potential civil disruptions.
But her to-do list for lawmakers is no secret. These are the governor’s top priorities for this year’s session, and the legislation that has been introduced to achieve them: Expand the Small Business Recovery Act passed in the June special session by providing an additional $100 million in federal funding for small business grants.
No bill filed yet. The bill passed last June provided $400 million from the Severance Tax Fund to provide loans for small businesses, but many business owners were reluctant to take on additional debt. The new bill will provide $100 million for grants. Sen. Cliff Pirtle, R-Roswell, has pre-filed a separate bill to provide tax credits and a new fund to assist small businesses.
Santa Fe, N.M. – Today, New Mexico House Democrats announced their legislative priorities for the upcoming legislative session with economic recovery, school re-openings, healthcare, civil rights, and rural infrastructure as top priorities.
As COVID-19 continues to spread across the state with widespread vaccination on the horizon, Tuesday’s largely virtual Opening Day of the first session of the 55th Legislature promises to be a historic event in state history. House Democrats seeing the challenges and opportunities facing families and hardworking New Mexicans have begun pre-filing legislation and outlining priorities that delivers on economic relief, rural infrastructure, civil rights, climate change, healthcare.
Credit Office of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday announced her agenda for the first session of the 55th New Mexico Legislature, a series of proposals that will advance meaningful investments and new policy in public education, early childhood well-being, environmental protection, racial justice and more.
In addition to the Executive Budget Recommendation for Fiscal Year 2022, which maintains vital state investments in key programs that benefit New Mexicans, the governor’s legislative priorities position New Mexico for a swift and robust recovery from the pandemic and will provide for sustainable progress and continued forward momentum in public education, economic development and public health and safety beyond the COVID-19 crisis.
want preventive care? don t i want free screening for heart disease so that it can show whether or not the genetic diso disorder that damaged my heart would damage my sister s next to me? those are the kinds of things you look for as a professional woman. how s it going to impact my business? a whole lot of my members are have their own small businesses run out of their own homes, and you know the small business recovery act is something that specifically speaks to that interest. all right. star, it s a great pleasure, as always, to have you on. again, you re a national spokesperson for the national association of professional women. a lot of talk about women. we ll see what the turnout is in november. thank you, star. it s always a pleasure seeing you. next up on news nation, at the end of the day, after all of these speeches are said and done, here s a question for you. will these conventions make a difference to undecided voters? it s our gut check.