SANTA FE — As she approaches her final year in office, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is flexing her authority to issue executive orders at an unprecedented clip.

The governor has issued 362 orders so far this year that, combined, authorize more than $253 million in emergency spending, according to the Governor’s Office. This number exceeds the number of orders issued during Lujan Grisham’s entire first term in office, which spanned from 2019 through 2022.

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