NEW MEXICO HAS A NEW GOVERNOR. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM WAS SWORN IN AS THE STATE’S 32ND GOVERNOR AT A PRIVATE CEREMONY JUST AS THE NEW YEAR BEGAN TUESDAY. LATER, HUNDREDS SHOWED UP AT THE CONVENTION CENTER IN SANTA FE FOR A PUBLIC CEREMONY WHERE HOWIE MORALES WAS ALSO SWORN IN… AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. DURING HER 30-MINUTE INAUGURAL ADDRESS, THE NEW GOVERNOR SAID HER PRIORITIES INCLUDE INCREASING THE MINIMUM WAGE, MORE PAY FOR TEACHERS, EXPANDING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, AND DOUBLING TELEVISION AND FILM PRODUCTION.
