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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving New Mexico Newsletter for 2026-02-02 ( 12 items )  
Faculty complete GROWL program to enhance research proposal submissions (10)
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Jan. 31 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * Faculty complete GROWL program to enhance research proposal submissions * UNM Faculty from across campus celebrate completion of the GROWL program with FRDO staff and Faculty Support Officers. The first cohort of UNM faculty from departments across campus are poised to resubmit research funding proposals after completing the Grant Revision for Outstanding Wins to Level-up (GROWL) pilot program more PR

Heinrich Opposes DHS Funding Lacking Needed Reforms, While Securing Senate Passage of Over $67 Million for New Mexico, Bringing Total to $387 Million in FY26 Funding (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Opposes DHS Funding Lacking Needed Reforms, While Securing Senate Passage of Over $67 Million for New Mexico, Bringing Total to $387 Million in FY26 Funding * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, voted against an extension of funding for the Department of Homeland Security that does not yet include needed reforms to  more PR

Heinrich, Lujan Demand Answers Over Trump Administration's Plan to End Student Loan Repayment Program (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Demand Answers Over Trump Administration's Plan to End Student Loan Repayment Program * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined 15 Senate Democrats to send a letter demanding answers from U.S. Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon on the Trump Administration's proposal to eliminate student loan repayment options for millions more PR

Heinrich, Lujan, Leger Fernandez Call on Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office Director to Resign, FEMA to Conduct Independent Review (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan, Leger Fernandez Call on Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office Director to Resign, FEMA to Conduct Independent Review * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.) issued the following joint statement: "Jay Mitchell has lost the trust of Northern New Mexico. He must resign. "A more PR

Heinrich, Lujan, Leger Fernandez Call on Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office Director to Resign, FEMA to Conduct Independent Review (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan, Leger Fernandez Call on Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office Director to Resign, FEMA to Conduct Independent Review * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.) issued the following joint statement: "Jay Mitchell has lost the trust of Northern New Mexico. He must resign. "As  more PR

Lujan Announces DOJ Launch of RECA Online Claims Portal (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Announces DOJ Launch of RECA Online Claims Portal * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice has launched a new online portal for Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) claims, implementing the recently extended and expanded program. Prior to the launch of this online portal, Senator Lujan and the New Mexico Delegation sent  more PR

Lujan Applauds Federal Approval of New Mexico's $382 Million Broadband Plan (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Applauds Federal Approval of New Mexico's $382 Million Broadband Plan * Lujan Secured Billions of Dollars for New Mexico in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, issued the following statement on the federal government's approval of New Mexico's $382 million broa more PR

Lujan Statement on DHS Funding "NO" Vote, Announces Over $50 Million for New Mexico Projects (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on DHS Funding "NO" Vote, Announces Over $50 Million for New Mexico Projects * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after voting against a funding package that did not include needed reforms to rein in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): "Under the Trump administration, our nat more PR

Lujan to President Trump: Fire Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan to President Trump: Fire Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller * Washington, D.C. - This week, following the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued statements condemning the violence, opposing the Homeland Security funding bill without real accountability, and demanding the resignation or firing of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem an more PR

Rocky Mountain Farmers Union Voices Concerns Over Risk Management Policy Changes (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- The Rocky Mountain Farmers Union (RMFU), which represents approximately 14,000 farm and ranch families across Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency voicing serious concerns regarding the newly issued Expanding Access to Risk Protection (EARP) final rule. This rule, recently published in the Federal Register, includes the removal of buy-up prevented planting coverage, a change t more ST

UNM School of Engineering hosts second annual Change and Empowerment Summit (10)
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Feb. 1 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * UNM School of Engineering hosts second annual Change and Empowerment Summit * The University of New Mexico School of Engineering hosts its second annual Change and Empowerment Summit on Friday, Feb. 20, bringing together students, faculty, staff and postdoctoral fellows for a day of workshops and discussion centered on the theme Be the Change, Build the Change. The summit takes place from 8:30  more PR

UNM Utility Services earns fourth Water Efficiency Award (10)
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Jan. 31 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * UNM Utility Services earns fourth Water Efficiency Award * The University of New Mexico continues to lead in sustainable water management, with UNM Utility Services earning its fourth Impact on Water Efficiency & the Environment (IWEE) Award for improving water efficiency in campus cooling tower operations. This latest achievement represents an estimated savings of more than 6 million gallons  more PR