ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, July 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * A COMPASS for driving faster commercialization of lab technology * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -America's national labs produce some of the most advanced science in the world, but turning discoveries into commercialized technologies can be a challenge. That's where COMPASS, a new program spearheaded by Sandia National Laboratories and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, comes in. "Sandia creates technologies. We  more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, July 14 -- WildEarth Guardians posted the following news release on July 13, 2026: * * * Bureau of Land Management's Controversial Grazing Proposal Sparks More than 100,000 Public Comments The proposal represents the first comprehensive rewrite of the Bureau's grazing regulations since 1995 - WASHINGTON - As the public comment period closes today, the Bureau of Land Management has received more than 105,000 public comments on its proposed overhaul of federal grazing regulations governing approximately 155 million acr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Statement on Trump Executive Stripping Protections of Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments, Continuing War on the West and Attacks on America's Public Lands U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement in response to President Trump stripping protections from the Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Join Peters, Schumer, Murray, Merkley, Senate Democrats in Demanding OMB Rescind Rule Giving President Sweeping Power to Politicize Federal Grants * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Cha more PR

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan, Bennet, Colleagues Reintroduce Bill to Help Small Farms Access Federal Support * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and nine Senate colleagues reintroduced legislation that will help small farms access federal more PR

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Pushes Trump Administration to Release Affordable Housing Construction Funds * Washington, D.C. - As President Trump continues to slow-walk a bipartisan housing affordability bill that already passed through Congress, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) is teaming up with U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and several colleagues in urging the president to unlock community development tools and promptly release $750 million in federal housing c more PR

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on the Passing of Senator Lindsey Graham * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the passing of Senator Lindsey Graham: "Terrible news this morning. Senator Graham spent his life serving our country, first in the Air Force and later in Congress. He was committed to public service. "My prayers are with Senator Graham's family, friends, staff, and the people of South Carolina. more PR

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Blumenthal, Wyden Demand FTC Action on Hidden Delivery Fees That Drive Up Prices for Consumers * "At a time when the cost of living is at the forefront of everyone's minds, these delivery app fees are nothing more than a greedy assault on consumers' pocketbooks." Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to take swift action to s more PR

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Demands Answers After Reports of DEA Declining to Seize Massive Fentanyl Shipments, Calls for Immediate Reforms to Stop Deadly Fentanyl from Reaching New Mexico Communities * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) sent a letter demanding answers from U.S. Drug Enforcement Admini more PR

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * NEW DATA: Trump's Tax and Tariff Actions to Cost New Mexico Workers Hundreds of Dollars in 2026 * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member and former Chairman of the U.S. Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released a statement reacting to a new report from JEC Democrats that finds that New Mexico workers will lose hundreds of dollars in 2026 from the combined impact of President Trump's tariffs and Republicans' Big, Bad Bill. more PR

WASHINGTON, July 13 (TNSletter) -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following letter to the U.S. Postal Service Postmaster General Dave Steiner: * * * Here is the text of the letter: July 7, 2026 The Honorable Dave Steiner Postmaster General United States Postal Service 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW Washington, DC 20260 Dear Postmaster General Steiner: I write once again to encourage the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to re-establish a new Mule Creek post office as soon as possible, to strongly oppose closing this location permanent more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, July 14 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release on July 13, 2026: * * * President Trump Slashes Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments for a Second Time The move also defies Intertribal collaborative management at Bears Ears and an Intertribal shared stewardship framework at Grand Staircase-Escalante - WASHINGTON--Today, President Trump signed proclamations gutting Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah. Each of the monuments was reduced in size by abo more PR

SILVER CITY, New Mexico, July 13 -- Western New Mexico University posted the following news release: * * * WNMU Designated as Southwest Hub for Statewide Stem Innovation Network * Western New Mexico University recently received official designation as the Southwest Hub for the STEM Innovation Network of New Mexico, launching a localized effort to expand science, technology, engineering, and math education across the region. Tanya Rivers, MS, professor of mathematics at WNMU, will lead the initiative as the hub's director. The network, spe more PR