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New Mexico Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks at Arcosa Wind Towers, Aug. 9, 2023, in Belen, N.M. On Wednesday, April 17, 2024, New Mexico’s Democratic governor announced plans for a mid-summer special legislative session that focuses on public safety after a long list initiatives related to crime languished during the standard annual session. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

New Mexico governor rescinds emergency health order that suspended gun rights in playgrounds

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A helicopter collects water from Mescalero lake near the Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort in Ruidoso, N.M., as authorities fight wildfires Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Thousands of residents fled their homes as a wildfire swept into the mountain village of Ruidoso in southern New Mexico. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

Cooler temps and rain could help corral blazes that forced thousands to flee New Mexico village

By Morgan Lee and Andrés Leighton - Associated Press

The sun sets on the New Mexico Statehouse in Santa Fe, N.M., Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024, as legislators rush to pass bills before the end of a 30-day legislative session. Lawmakers are creating new endowments and trusts to support future spending amid a windfall in state income from oil production. (AP Photos/Morgan Lee)

Legislature and New Mexico governor meet halfway on gun control and housing, but paid leave falters

By Morgan Lee - Associated Press

Democratic state Rep. Derrick Lente of Sandia Pueblo speaks in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, about tax relief and budget proposals in advance of a 30-day legislative session. The Democratic-led legislature convenes Jan. 16 amid a multibillion-dollar budget surplus to address concerns about education, gun violence, affordable housing and childhood wellbeing in an election years for House and Senate lawmakers. Lente is chairman of the House taxation committee (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

New Mexico Legislature confronts gun violence, braces for future with less oil wealth

By Morgan Lee - Associated Press

New Mexico Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael Vigil, center, along with Justice Julie Vargas, left, and Chief Justice Shannon Bacon question attorney Holly Agajanian, the governor's chief general counsel, during oral arguments over the challenge to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's executive order prohibiting the carrying firearms in Albuquerque parks and playgrounds, as the justices hear both sides during a Supreme Court hearing, in Santa Fe, N.M., Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

New Mexico justices hear challenge to public health ban on guns in public parks and playgrounds

By Morgan Lee - Associated Press

N.M. governor pushes for permanently fixed magazines on assault-style weapons

By Morgan Lee - Associated Press

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announces an order restricting people from carrying guns in Bernalillo County for 30 days during a news conference in the Governor's Office, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, in Santa Fe, N.M. Restrictions on carrying guns in public that are tied to an emergency public health order are going under the legal microscope Tuesday, Oct. 3, in New Mexico, where the Democratic governor is testing the boundaries of her authority and constitutional law in response to violent crime in the state’s largest metro area. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)

Federal court reviews New Mexico governor’s gun-carry restrictions as states explore options

By Morgan Lee - Associated Press

Kimberly Wahpepah, left, and April Polichette, attend a Second Amendment Protest Tuesday morning in response to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's recent public health order suspending the conceal and open carry of guns in and around Albuquerque for 30-days, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, in Albuquerque, N.M. (AP Photo/Roberto E. Rosales)

New attack on gun rights in New Mexico

By John Velleco

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announces an order restricting people from carrying guns in Bernalillo County for 30 days during a news conference in the Governor's Office on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023 in Santa Fe, N.M. Grisham said she expects legal challenges but was compelled to act because of recent shootings, including the death of an 11-year-old boy outside a minor league baseball stadium this week.(Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

New Mexico governor amends order suspending right to carry guns after judge’s ruling

By Morgan Lee - Associated Press

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham attends a news conference highlighting newly signed legislation to bolster the state's health care workforce and make medical care more accessible in Santa Fe, N.M., Friday, April 7, 2023. Gov. Lujan Grisham used her veto authority to scale back a tax relief package based on concerns it could undermine future spending on social programs while signing the annual spending plan in state history. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Federal judge blocks New Mexico governor’s gun ban

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announces an order restricting people from carrying guns in Bernalillo County for 30 days during a news conference in the Governor's Office on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023 in Santa Fe, N.M. Grisham said she expects legal challenges but was compelled to act because of recent shootings, including the death of an 11-year-old boy outside a minor league baseball stadium this week.(Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

Gov. Lujan Grisham’s New Mexico: Where Second Amendment is not absolute

By Kerry J. Slone

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham delivers her State of the State address at the opening day of an annual legislative session in Santa Fe, N.M., on Jan. 17, 2023. New Mexico's governor and top health officials warned Monday, March 20, 2023, that any caregivers who mistreat and abuse developmentally disabled or other vulnerable individuals will be held accountable. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)

N.M. tyrant-in-chief a canary in coal mine for anti-gun Democrats

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks at the Arcosa Wind Towers, Aug. 9, 2023, in Belen, N.M. Grisham on Friday, Sept. 8, issued an emergency public health order that suspends the open and permitted concealed carry of firearms in Albuquerque for 30 days in the midst of a spate of gun violence. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

New Mexico governor’s suspension of gun rights draws fire from police, Dems, gun control advocates

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announces an order restricting people from carrying guns in Bernalillo County for 30 days during a news conference in the Governor's Office on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023 in Santa Fe, N.M. Grisham said she expects legal challenges but was compelled to act because of recent shootings, including the death of an 11-year-old boy outside a minor league baseball stadium this week.(Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

New Mexico governor’s suspension order of right to carry triggers constitutionality questions

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks at the Arcosa Wind Towers, Aug. 9, 2023, in Belen, N.M. Grisham on Friday, Sept. 8, issued an emergency public health order that suspends the open and permitted concealed carry of firearms in Albuquerque for 30 days in the midst of a spate of gun violence. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

N.M. governor issues order suspending right to carry guns in public across Albuquerque

By Morgan Lee - Associated Press