Executive Branch
The governor has proposed calling a special session to deal with budget issues as a result of stimulus money. The governor has been in discussions with legislative leaders regarding next year’s budget and the stimulus money.
State Certification Letters
Press releases
June 22, 2009
“U. S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that more than $213 million is now available for New Mexico under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009.”
June 18, 2009
“Governor Bill Richardson and the New Mexico Office of Recovery and Reinvestment today announced the approval of an additional $16.1 million worth of local road and transit construction projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The 14 projects are located in Bernalillo, Dona Ana, Luna, Curry, Roosevelt, Eddy, Lea, Otero, Sandoval and Valencia counties.”
June 18, 2009
“During a news conference at the Roadrunner Food Bank in Albuquerque today, Governor Bill Richardson announced nearly $700,000 worth of food through the USDA Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) is being delivered to food banks across the state. The additional food is funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and will be shared with communities through the New Mexico Association of Food Banks.”
June 15, 2009
“According to a press release, Governor Bill Richardson and Secretary of Education Veronica C. García today announced that the New Mexico Public Education Department has awarded or will award more than $250 million in federal stimulus funds for schools throughout New Mexico.”
June 10, 2009
“Governor Bill Richardson, joined by state and local officials, broke ground today on the Interstate 40 Paseo del Volcan stimulus project, a $27 million dollar project that is the fourth transportation project funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to get underway in New Mexico.”
May 20, 2009
“Governor Bill Richardson and the New Mexico Office of Recovery and Reinvestment announce that funding from the U.S. Department of Energy through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be awarded to demonstration energy projects through a Request for Application (RFA) process.”
May 20, 2009
“Governor Bill Richardson today announced that 22 drinking water and wastewater infrastructure projects across the state will receive $27.5 million in federal stimulus funding.”
May 18, 2009
“Governor Bill Richardson today applauded the decision by the US Department of Energy to increase maximum award available under the Smart Grid Investment Program competitive grants under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The Department of Energy also increased the allowable amount for grants for Smart Grid Demonstration Projects.”
May 13, 2009
“Governor Bill Richardson today announced that $5 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has been allocated to the State Energy Program to provide traffic and pedestrian light retrofits at intersections throughout the state. Older, incandescent bulbs will be replaced with LED- or light-emitting diode- bulbs, which use significantly less electricity.”
May 12, 2009
“Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the Department of the Interior’s projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for New Mexico. Across its Bureaus, the Department will invest more than $101 million in New Mexico as part of the recovery plan signed by the President to jumpstart our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive in the 21st Century.”
May 5, 2009
“Governor Bill Richardson today announced that New Mexico Arts, the state arts agency and a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, is now accepting applications for Arts Jobs Grants to preserve arts jobs in New Mexico under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).”
May 3, 2009
“Governor Bill Richardson’s Competitive Grant Advisory Team will begin a series of regional briefings on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to assist local communities with accessing federal funding. The first briefings will take place in Ruidoso and Acoma, and will feature a summary of the allocation of federal recovery funding under the recovery act and information on how communities and organizations can access competitive grant funding.”
April 28, 2009
“Governor Bill Richardson’s office today released a letter the Governor sent to US Department Energy Secretary Steven Chu protesting critical changes to the proposed requirements for competitive grants for so-called Smart Grid technology. The new guidelines would severely reduce the amount of funding available to states through the grants, which were created as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The rules would also restrict the size and scope of proposed projects, and require states that have already been hit hard by the current recession to come up with matching funds as high as 50%.”
April 23, 2009
“Governor Bill Richardson has signed an Executive Order creating the Competitive Grant Advisory Team to assist local communities throughout New Mexico compete for federal grant funding that is available through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.
The Governor signed an executive order creating the New Mexico Office of Recovery and Reinvestment, establishing a competitive grant advisory team, and requiring cooperation among state agencies.”
April 22, 2009
“Health Secretary Alfredo Vigil, MD announced today that New Mexico will receive about $546,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Food and Nutrition Education Program. The funding is a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.”
“Gov. Bill Richardson announced today that New Mexico will receive $8.6 million to combat homelessness throughout the state. The money, which is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, will be used to prevent individuals and families from becoming homeless and to house and stabilize those who are currently experiencing homelessness.”