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 24, 2020
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March 24, 2020 10:16 p.m.
New Mexico suspends home evictions, offers business loans
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The state Supreme Court halted all housing evictions for failure to pay rent on Tuesday as health authorities began enforcing an order for people to stay home with few exceptions in response to the coronavirus pandemic.