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  • State Senate passes $200 million relief package

    Hannah Grover - Farmington Times, Syndicated content|Updated Feb 20, 2021

    SANTA FE — Legislation aimed at creating grant funding for small businesses that have struggled with the COVID-19 pandemic has passed both the House and the Senate. The New Mexico Senate passed House Bill 11 on a 41-1 vote on Thursday. Sen. Pat Woods, R-Broadview, cast the sole dissenting vote. He didn’t like taking the bill’s $200 million from the general fund, and he felt giving businesses recovery dollars will have limited impacts with business restrictions still in place. “It’s like you’re standing on their throat,” Wo...