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NEWS RELEASES

August 2, 2011

Governor Susana Martinez Announces Funding for Children's Clothing Allowance

June 6, 2011

Governor Susana Martinez Extends State Supplemental Food Stamp Program

December 23, 2010

Governor Richardson Highlights New Report That Shows 24,000 New Mexico Jobs from Recovery Act

December 22, 2010

NM Department of Information Technology Announces New Mexico Broadband Map

December 15, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Allocates $3.1 Million of Stimulus Money to State Budget

December 14, 2010

Stimulus-Funded ENERGY STAR Rebate Program Now Closed

December 10, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Announces $1 Million Recovery Act Award For New Mexico Classrooms

December 2, 2010

Governor Richardson Announces $200,000 to Address Backlog at Public Defender Department

November 29, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Announces ENERGY STAR Refrigerators and Washing Machine Rebates Available Once Again

November 11, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Announces Help For Veterans Struggling With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

November 9, 2010

Governor Richardson Announces $200,000 Recovery Act Award For Domestic Violence Programs

November 5, 2010

Governor Richardson Announces $100,000 Recovery Act Award for New Mexico School for the Deaf

September 30, 2010

Governor Richardson Highlights $2.87 Million for Broadband Mapping Project

September 29. 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Shifts $2.4 Million in Stimulus Money to Help Children’s Programs

September 21, 2010

State Receives Stimulus Funding for Chronic Disease Self-Management Programs

September 16, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Highlights New Report that Shows Nearly $670 Million in Energy Projects for New Mexico

September 16, 2010

Governor Richardson Announces Plan to Expand Cerrillos Hills State Park and Establish a Wild Horse Sanctuary

September 13, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Highlights $18 Million For New Mexico Broadband

September 8, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Meets with Vice President, Delivers Speech in Washington D.C.

September 1, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Keeps Promise, Avoids Furloughs and Lay-Offs for State Agencies and Judiciary

August 27, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Announces $250,000 Recovery Act Award For Juvenile Justice

August 26, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Announces $250,000 in Recovery Act Funds For Animal Welfare

August 24, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Announces Recovery Act Award to Help Connect Farmers Markets with New Mexicans Receiving Nutrition Assistance

August 19, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Announces Additional Road Projects to be Funded through Recovery Act Savings

August 19, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Announces $1 Million For Rio Rancho Fire Station

August 18, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Announces More Than $1 Million for Northern New Mexico Acequias, Land Grant Council

August 18, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Announces $39 Million Broadband Grant for Public Safety Communications

August 17, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Announces $300,000 For Bernalillo County Water Project

August 16, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Applauds $74 Million Broadband Investment for New Mexico

August 16, 2010

Governor Richardson Commits $2.5 million for Teachers and Educational Assistants

August 12, 2010

Governor Richardson Announces Emergency Food Assistance for New Mexicans

August 10, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Announces $685,000 for Albuquerque Firefighters

August 9, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Announces $350,000 in Recovery Act Funds to Provide New Services for Veterans

August 5, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Announces $200,000 in Recovery Act Funds For New Mexico State University

August 4, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Highlights Recovery Act Broadband Award for Southern New Mexico

July 30, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Announces $250,000 in Recovery Act Funds To Support Shelter and Services For Families

July 13, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Applauds $10 Million in Recovery Act Funds for Santa Teresa Port of Entry

June 30, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Announces $1 Million to Support Early Childhood Programs

June 28, 2010

Gov. Richardson Announces $1 Million for State Police Cars and Fuel

June 28, 2010

Gov. Richardson Announces $1.3 Million in Consumer Savings from Appliance Rebate

June 24, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Cuts Ribbon on I-40 Paseo Del Volcan Stimulus Project

June 18, 2010

DOE Congratulates New Mexico on Weatherizing More Than 880 Homes Under the Recovery Act

June 18, 2010

Governor Richardson, Congressman Teague Announce Infrastructure Funding for Cibola County

June 10, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Breaks Ground on $29 Million Affordable Housing Development in Santa Fe

June 9, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Announces $4.5 Million to Fund 15 Solar Projects at New Mexico Schools

June 7, 2010

New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority Awarded $1 Million for Weatherization Training Center

May 26, 2010

Former Governor Anaya Highlights New Report That Shows Stimulus Boosted Economy, Jobs

May 13, 2010

Secretary Jon Goldstein Announces Appliance Rebate Program Remains Open

May 7, 2010

Education Secretary García Announces Names of Nine Public Schools to Receive a Portion of $11.3 Million Dollars for School Improvement Grants

May 5, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Announces $15 Million in Stimulus Funding Will Help Wildfire Efforts

May 4, 2010

NM Human Services Department Announces a Medicaid Incentive Program for Electronic Health Records

May 4, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Announces More Than 3,000 Full-Time Jobs Funded With Recovery Act Dollars in First Quarter

April 30, 2010

Former Governor Toney Anaya Thanks Deputy Secretary Dona Cook For Her Service to New Mexico

April 22, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Announces New Mexico’s Appliance Rebate Program is a Huge Success

April 22, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Announces New Mexico’s LED Traffic Light Retrofit Completed

April 21, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Announces Significant Progress on Energy Efficiency Projects In State Buildings

April 19, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Announces New Mexico’s Appliance Rebate Program Begins on Earth Day

April 16, 2010

Governor Richardson Highlights New Report That Shows 16,000 New Mexico Jobs from Recovery Act

April 7, 2010

New Mexico Receives $28 Million is School Improvement Grants to Turn Around Lowest Achieving Schools

March 25, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Applauds Navajo Nation $32 Million Broadband Award

March 16, 2010

State, Local and Tribal Officials Open Kewa Rail Runner Station

March 8, 2010

New Mexico One of First States to Receive New Round of Education Stabilization Funds

February 24, 2010

New Mexico Telecom Company to Receive $11 Million Grant for Broadband Investment in Eastern New Mexico

February 19, 2010

Broadband Stimulus Awards Will Create up to 50 Jobs in Rural NM

February 17, 2010

Governor Richardson Highlights $31 Million Recovery Act Award to Reconstruct U.S. 491

February 12, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Highlights $13 Million Recovery Act Award to Develop Health Information Technology

January 29, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Announces More Than 10,000 New Mexicans Employed By Recovery Act in 2009

January 20, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Applauds $6 Million Clean Energy Workforce Training Award

January 12, 2010

New Mexico to Receive $1.9 Million for Broadband Funds

January 12, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Announces Six Affordable Housing Projects To Create New Homes Across New Mexico

January 8, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Applauds More Than $38 Million in Recovery Act Tax Credits For Clean Energy Manufacturing

January 8, 2010

Governor Bill Richardson Announces Wind Tower Manufacturing Plant to Create 150 Jobs in Santa Teresa

December 17, 2009

New Mexico State Library To Receive Nearly $1.5 Million in Stimulus Funds

December 4, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Highlights More Than $100 Million to be Invested in Alternative Fuels Project

November 24, 2009

Governor Richardson Highlights $77 Million in Recovery Act Funds for New Mexico Schools

November 18, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Congratulates Department of Workforce Solutions on Stimulus Award

October 30, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Highlights Stimulus Jobs

October 30, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Announces $7 Million Headed to New Mexico for Geothermal Energy Advancement

October 26, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Announces $8.1 Million in Stimulus Funds for Counties, Cities and Towns

October 16, 2009

Governor Richardson Applauds $5.8 Million Stimulus Award For Child Development Services

October 9, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Reports Stimulus Progress

October 6, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Announces $24 Million in Stimulus Funds for Schools, Colleges, Tribes and State Government Projects

September 30, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Approves Six Additional Road Projects to be Funded by Stimulus Savings

September 23, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Announces $10 Million to Fund Solar Energy at Schools

September 17, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Applauds Stimulus Award to Fund University of New Mexico Scholarships

September 17, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Announces Stimulus Funds to Supplement Older Worker Programs in New Mexico

September 15, 2009

Treasury and Governor Richardson Announce $1 Billion in Recovery Act Bond Authority for Tribal Communities

September 11, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Applauds Stimulus Progress in New Mexico

August 31, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Announces $382,000 in Federal Stimulus Funds for Energy Emergency Plan

August 31, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Announces Efforts to Secure Stimulus Funds for New Mexico Green Grid Initiative

August 28, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Announces $250,350 in Federal Recovery Funds for Arts Jobs Grants

August 27, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Applauds $1 Million in Stimulus Going to New Mexico Tech

August 26, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Applauds Federal Stimulus Award for Transit Improvements in Hobbs and Espanola

August 21, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Announces Efforts to Secure Stimulus Funds to Upgrade State’s Broadband Network

July 31, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Applauds Federal Stimulus Award for Transit Improvements in Las Cruces and Santa Fe

July 31, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Breaks Ground on Second Economic Stimulus Project on U.S. 491

July 28, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Applauds Stimulus Awards to Local Law Enforcement Agencies

July 23, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson announces $22 Million in Federal Stimulus Funds for New Mexico Communities

July 21, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Announces $10.7 Million in Federal Stimulus Funds to Weatherize New Mexico Homes

July 17, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Announces Five Affordable Housing Projects to Move Forward With Stimulus Funding

July 16, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Applauds Federal Stimulus Award for Wind Energy Research

July 15, 2009

State and Local Officials Break Ground on Las Cruces Int’l Airport ARRA Runway Reconstruction

July 8, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Announces New Mexico Arts Organizations Receive $300,000 in Stimulus Grants from NEA

June 30, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Announces New Mexico to Receive $13 Million in Unemployment Insurance Modernization Funds

June 18, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson, NMORR Announce $16 Million in Additional Local Road & Transit Construction Projects

June 18, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Announces Nearly $700,000 in Emergency Food Assistance Being Delivered in New Mexico

June 15, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson, Secretary Veronica Garcia Announce More Than $250 Million in Stimulus Funds for New Mexico Schools

June 10, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Breaks Ground on I-40 Paseo Del Volcan Stimulus Project

May 20, 2009

Governor Richardson Announces New Mexico to Award Roughly $37 Million in Funding for Clean Energy Projects Statewide

May 20, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Announces $27.5 million in Recovery Funds for Statewide Drinking Water and Wastewater Projects

May 18, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Applauds DOE Decision to Increase Award Caps for “Smart Grid” Competitive Grants

May 13, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Announces Recovery Act will Fund Statewide Energy-Saving Project

May 5, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Announces Eligible Nonprofit Arts Organizations can now apply online for Arts Jobs Funds in New Mexico

May 3, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson’s Competitive Grant Advisory Team to Open Regional Briefings in Acoma and Ruidoso

April 28, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Protests Changes to DOE Guidelines for “Smart Grid” Competitive Grants

April 23, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Creates Advisory Team to Help New Mexico Communities Access Recovery Act Grant Funds

April 23, 2009

Executive Order 2009-013

April 22, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Announces New Mexico to Receive $8.6 Million in Homelessness Prevention Funding

April 14, 2009

NM Community Development Council to Award Millions to Local Communities

April 10, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Announces $297,000 in Federal Recovery Funds for Arts Jobs in New Mexico

April 10, 2009

Governor Richardson Announces More Than $5 Million in Federal Recovery Funding for Veterans’ Projects in New Mexico

April 10, 2009

Governor Richardson Announces $5.6 Million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Funds to Assist New Mexicans through Community Action Agencies

April 1, 2009

New Flexibility and Accountability Measures Highlight Education Stimulus Funding

March 31, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson, MFA Urge New Mexicans to Take Advantage of Historic Assistance for First-Time Homebuyers

March 26, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Announces New Mexico to Receive Over $20 Million for Energy Efficiency

March 13, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Announces New Mexico to Receive $16 Million for Airport Improvements

March 11, 2009

Governor Bill Richardson Announces New Mexico Office of Recovery and Reinvestment to be Headed by Former Governor Toney Anaya

March 4, 2009

State Transportation Secretary-Designate Girón Announces New Hotline to Take Reports of Fraud, Waste, Abuse or Misconduct

February 26, 2009

Chiefs Meet with U.S. Secretary of Education Duncan and Vice President Biden at the White House

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Tracking of Recovery Act dollars by county, school district, and tribe & pueblo has been enhanced. Visit Awards By County, School District, or Tribe & Pueblo for more information.

MEDIA KIT

MEDIA INQUIRIES

For Media Inquiries, please contact:

Tim Korte
Public Information Officer
New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration
180 Bataan Memorial Building
Santa Fe, NM 87501
505.827.3881

REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC RECORDS

Inspection of Public Records Act requests must be made in writing to the records custodian:

Tim Korte
Public Information Officer
New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration
180 Bataan Memorial Building
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Phone: 505.827.3881
E-mail: Tim.Korte@state.nm.us

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