This Tuesday, March 17, 2020 photo shows the empty dining room of the Double Eagle Steakhouse during what would usually be the lunch rush in Mesilla, N.M. Restaurants and bars sat empty this week after New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham ordered them to serve takeout only amid the novel coronavirus outbreak. (Nathan J. Fish/Las Cruces Sun-News via AP)
March 19, 2020
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March 19, 2020 9:51 p.m.
New Mexico governor anticipates special legislative session
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced the need for a special legislative session to revise a recently signed state budget, address public health needs and provide economic relief in response to the coronavirus pandemic, as local infections continued to climb on Thursday.