LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — The Las Cruces City Council has moved to ditch a proposed mandate backed up by misdemeanor penalties and instead will consider a resolution encouraging people to wear face coverings in retail and commercial businesses to help combat the spread of the coronavirus. The council Friday tabled the proposal in favor of holding a special meeting Monday to consider the resolution. City officials said in a statement that the council “prefers voluntary compliance over enforcement and does not want the effort to be punitive." State officials on Saturday reported 129 additional COVID-19 cases with five additional deaths.