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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, shown in this September file photo preparing to deliver a COVID-19 update, signed into law Friday a $7.4 billion spending bill for the coming fiscal year. But the governor vetoed legislative earmarks for more than $1 billion in federal relief funds. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)
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SANTA FE – On her final day to act on bills passed during this year’s 60-day legislative session, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed off on a $7.4 billion budget plan that will boost state spending and provide 1.5% pay increases to state employees and teachers.
However, the Democratic governor used her line-item veto authority Friday to strike down legislative earmarks for more than $1 billion from a federal stimulus plan for various state programs – including a largely depleted state unemployment fund, a popular college scholarship program
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