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Governor Announces Special Session to Focus on Federal Budget Cuts Impact
The special session aims to protect Medicaid and food assistance for over 40% of New Mexicans affected by federal budget cuts, with additional support for rural health care and public broadcasting.
- On Thursday, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced she will call lawmakers into a special session starting Oct. 1 to address federal budget cuts enacted under President Donald Trump.
- After July federal moves that cut spending, President Donald Trump signed a July 24 bill canceling about $1.1 billion in public broadcasting funding, and New Mexico Democrats say H.R.1 will reduce state revenues and shift costs to states.
- More than 40% of New Mexico residents rely on Medicaid, and state lawmakers plan funding to the Rural Health Care Delivery Fund plus steps to ease marketplace premiums.
- Republican lawmakers said they will offer legislation and seek collaboration, with Senate Republican Leader Bill Sharer affirming readiness to provide real solutions and House Speaker Javier Martínez urging resistance to federal cuts.
- Lawmakers may carry these topics into the 2026 legislative session, while the governor's office plans to address behavioral health issues in both sessions and Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth warned of `generational harm on families and communities across the state` from federal cuts.
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New Mexico governor calls on state lawmakers to shore up safety net programs from Trump's cuts
New Mexico’s governor is calling state lawmakers to a special legislative session in response to cuts to federal safety net programs enacted by President Donald Trump. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham highlighted the cuts to federal Medicaid and food assistance programs…
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New Mexico governor calls on state lawmakers to shore up safety net programs from Trump’s cuts
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New Mexico governor announces special legislative session beginning in October
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Thursday that she will call lawmakers for a special legislative session, beginning October 1, 2025. The special session was called to find solutions as federal budget cuts loom, according to a release from the Governor's Office. “New Mexicans should not be forced to shoulder these heavy burdens without help from their elected officials,” Lujan Grisham said in a news …
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