Created: July 29, 2021 04:56 PM
SANTA FE, N.M. - Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has announced her plan to send 50 New Mexico State Police officers to Albuquerque to curb crime in the metro.
“Crime moves, and when you don t have enough officers to go where it s headed, and to be chasing it when you see it, we aren t doing enough, said Gov. Lujan Grisham.
There was a similar operation in 2019 with about 175 felony arrests in just two months.
“We have 50 officers placed in areas that can really have an impact. We re also evaluating the things that work perfect, the things that have to be improved to make sure that arrears and bad actors are being prosecuted and held in exactly the way we intend to be,” Lujan Grisham said.
New Mexico education secretary replaced, new top cop named
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CEDAR ATTANASIO and MORGAN LEE, Associated Press
July 29, 2021
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1of5FILE - This April 5, 2021, file photo provided by the Office of the Governor shows New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, center, with Aspen Elementary School Principal Michele Altherr, right, and left, Dr. Kurt Steinhaus, Los Alamos Public Schools Superintendent during a visit to Aspen Elementary School in Los Alamos, N.M. New Mexico Education Secretary Ryan Stewart is the latest cabinet secretary to call it quits during the pandemic. The education post will be filled by former Los Alamos Superintendent Kurt Steinhaus, 67, seen left, starting August 20, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Thursday, July 29. (Nora Meyers Sackett/Office of the Governor via AP, File)Nora Meyers Sackett/APShow MoreShow Less
Governor says lawmaker must go if charged in kickback probe
By MORGAN LEE and CEDAR ATTANASIOJuly 29, 2021 GMT
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) A leading New Mexico legislator should be prepared to resign if she is indicted in an investigation into possible racketeering, money laundering, kickbacks and violations of a law governing the conduct of state lawmakers, said New Mexico’s Democratic governor.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham was “horrified” by details of the investigation into Rep. Sheryl Williams Stapleton’s connections to a company that had contracts with the school district where the Albuquerque-based Democrat works, she said Thursday.
The governor has not yet read through a search warrant affidavit outlining allegations, but “if there’s an indictment, she should immediately resign and her colleagues should call for that very same thing,” Lujan Grisham told a news conference at her offices in the state Capitol building.
Governor to implement vaccination policy for state government employees
Lujan Grisham urges other government agencies, private sector to follow suit
SANTA FE – In light of the continued spread of COVID-19 and enhanced viral risk driven by vaccine hesitancy and resistance, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday signed an executive order requiring all state employees to either be fully vaccinated or otherwise submit to regular COVID-19 testing.
Under the order, state employees who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 shall be required to demonstrate a negative COVID-19 test at least once every two weeks.
State employees who are not fully vaccinated, under the order, must wear a facemask when indoors during the course and scope of their employment with minor exceptions for eating and drinking. (Pursuant to updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it is recommended vaccinated individuals resume wearing facemasks indoors as well.)
New York City’s daily average cases passed 1,000 for the first time in almost three months, though hospitalisations remain relatively low. Diners soon will be required to be vaccinated to eat indoors at some of the city’s most famous restaurants, including Gramercy Tavern and Union Square Café.
President Joe Biden called on Congress to extend a moratorium on home evictions that is set to expire on July 31 as the Delta variant continues to spread throughout the US. His administration is also calling on states and local governments to provide $100 to people who get vaccinated.
Israel will start giving third doses of Pfizer’s vaccine to people over age 60, becoming the first country to widely roll out booster shots intended to halt a resurgent spread of the virus.