SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is sharing strategies for reducing vehicle air-pollution and promoting outdoor recreation at a gathering a state governors in Salt Lake City.
In a trip paid for by taxpayers, the first-year Democratic governor was in Utah for a meeting of the National Governors Association.
A spokeswoman says Lujan Grisham will join a forum about vehicle emissions and opposition led by California to a proposed rollback of standards enacted in 2012.
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