SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's governor is calling on state lawmakers to shore up safety net programs in response to federal spending cuts enacted by President Donald Trump, in an announcement Thursday that highlighted reduced federal support for Medicaid and food assistance programs.

More than 40% of New Mexico residents are enrolled in Medicaid health care for people living in poverty or on the cusp — among the highest rates in the nation. At the same time, state government income has surged over the past decade in connection with record-setting oil production in the Permian Basin that overlaps southeastern New Mexico and western Texas.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a second-term Democrat, announced the October special session in efforts to protect essential services from the Republ

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