WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * After Republicans Gave ICE, CBP $70 Billion in New Funding Bill, Agencies Continue to Sit on $95 Billion from Previous Funding Bill * As of the End of May, ICE and CBP Still Have $95 Billion in Unobligated Funding Washington, D.C. - After President Trump signed into law a Republican funding bill that gave Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) nearly $70 billion in new funding, data from the Office o more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * Aires Tide, a new concept for fast-tracked flight tests, to debut on National Mall * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -This summer, Washington, DC, will get to see firsthand how advanced technologies are accelerating national security engineering. A new concept flight test vehicle called Aires Tide will be on display at the National Mall starting June 25. The 11-foot-tall, 3D-printed, AI-designed prototype will be stati more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 24 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * Carol Cochran's path of leadership defined by reinvention and growth * Carol Cochran's career has been guided by the simple principal that life is about continuously improving and learning new things. This mindset guided her through more than 40 years as an accountant and, more recently, inspired her to embark on a new chapter as an attorney. When Cochran started at the Anderson School of Management, now The James & Gail Ellis School of Busin more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, June 24 -- WildEarth Guardians posted the following news release on June 23, 2026: * * * Conservation Groups Move to Stop Destructive Logging on the Santa Fe National Forest The Encino Vista project authorized over 7,200 acres of commercial logging - SANTA FE, N.M. - WildEarth Guardians, the Santa Fe Forest Coalition, and the Forest Advocate today filed a notice of intent to sue the Forest Service over Endangered Species Act violations related to increases in logging approved under the Encino Vista Landscape Restorati more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Announces Senate Passage of War Powers Resolution on Iran * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced the Senate passage of a War Powers Resolution he cosponsored, which would direct President Trump to end military operations in Iran if not explicitly authorized by Congress. The text of the War Powers Resolution is here. Last week, Heinrich, as Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natrual Resources Comm more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on June 23, 2026: * * * Heinrich Criticizes Trump for Delaying Nominating Officials to Key Roles at DOI and DOE, Selecting Underqualified Candidates to Lead Agencies During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to consider pending Trump nominations, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the Committee's Ranking Member, delivered opening remarks, criticizing th more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Criticizes Trump for Delaying Nominating Officials to Key Roles at DOI and DOE, Selecting Underqualified Candidates to Lead Agencies * WASHINGTON - During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to consider pending Trump nominations, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the Committee's Ranking Member, delivered opening remarks, criticizing the Trump administration for delaying nominating officials to top roles  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Questions Trump Nominees on Screwworm Mitigation Efforts, Funding International Conservation Programs, and Administrative Budget Cuts and Expenses * WASHINGTON - During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to consider pending Trump nominees, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the Committee's Ranking Member, questioned Kevin Lilly, President Trump's nominee to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife an more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on June 24, 2026: * * * Heinrich Questions Trump Nominees on Screwworm Mitigation Efforts, Funding International Conservation Programs, and Administrative Budget Cuts and Expenses During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to consider pending Trump nominees, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the Committee's Ranking Member, questioned Kevin Lilly, Presid more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Statement on Trump Blocking Legislation Passed by Congress to Build More Housing & Lower Costs for New Mexico Families * WASHINGTON -U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement reacting to reports that President Trump has refused to sign the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, bipartisan legislation passed by Congress this week to tackle the housing crisis, increase the housing supply, and lower the cost of h more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lummis Introduce Legislation to Improve Teacher Pay at Tribal Schools * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) introduced the Indigenous Students Excel through Parity Act, bipartisan legislation to help improve teacher pay at Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools. New Mexico is home to 45 BIE-funded schools, which serve students from the state's 23 federally recognized Pueblos, Tribes, and more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Joins Colleagues in Introducing Resolution to Overturn Trump ACA Rule that Will Jack Up Costs, Terminate Care for Millions * Democrats will force a vote to stop Trump's rule that will kick up to 2 million Americans off their marketplace coverage Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and nine Democ more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement Commemorating Juneteenth * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement commemorating Juneteenth: "As our nation commemorates the 250 th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we must remember that the promise of freedom was not extended to all Americans in 1776. "More than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Union troops arrived in more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Four Years Since SCOTUS Overturned Roe v. Wade * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the fourth anniversary of the extremist conservative Supreme Court majority overturning Roe v. Wade in the disastrous Dobbs decision: "Today marks four years since the extremist conservative Supreme Court majority overturned Roe v. Wade, undermining 50 years of legal precedent, allowing R more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Agriculture Committee Democrats Statement on Senate Republicans' Farm Bill Discussion Draft * Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, alongside Agriculture Committee Democrats released the following joint statement on Senate Republicans' Farm Bill discussion draft. "Senate Agriculture Committee Democrats have been clear that a Farm Bill must meet t more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Slotkin, Warnock, Booker, Bennet, Fetterman Introduce Legislation to Strengthen Support for Specialty Crop Growers * Supports America's Specialty Crop Growers Who Produce Trademark Crops from Pecans to Chile Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research, Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Cory Boo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Protect Borrowers (formerly Student Borrower Protection Center) issued the following news release on June 23, 2026: * * * New Mexico Teachers and Public Employees Are Skipping Medications and Medical Care to Pay Their Bills, Survey Finds New Data Released at Series of Albuquerque Events Featuring State and Local Officials Shows Deepening Debt Crisis; Groups Call for Solutions - ALBUQUERQUE, NM -- Over two days this week in Albuquerque, New Mexico State Treasurer Laura Montoya, City Councilor Stephanie Telles, New Mex more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, June 24 (TNSjou) -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU contributes to study showing moose have deep roots in Southern Rockies * A New Mexico State University researcher was part of an interdisciplinary team of archaeologists, paleontologists, paleoecologists, archivists and tribal cultural heritage leaders who collaborated on a new study suggesting moose inhabited Colorado's southern Rocky Mountains centuries before state wildlife reintroductions began in the late 1970s. The s more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, June 25 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU researcher receives grant to develop disease-resistant green chile * New Mexico State University has always been at the forefront of green chile research and innovation. An NMSU researcher is continuing that legacy with a grant to develop a disease-resistant variety of green chile. Stephanie Walker, NMSU professor and Extension vegetable specialist, is the director of a project to develop a green chile that is not only mechanically  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Gabe Vasquez Marks Four Years Since Roe v. Wade Was Overturned, Announces Support for Protecting Reproductive Freedom Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Four years ago today, on June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision, overturning Roe v. Wade and ending the constitutional right to abortion. Since then, MAGA extremists have continued their assault on women's reproductive rights across t more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Vasquez Votes to Expand Access to Preventive and Diagnostic Care for Alzheimer's and Related Dementias * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On June 24, 2026 -during Alzheimer's & Brain Awareness Month - U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) supported legislation that would combat Alzheimer's disease by expanding access to preventive and diagnostic healthcare under Medicare. Over 46,000 (link is external) New Mexicans are currently living with Alzheim more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 23 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * School of Engineering faculty awarded 5 NSF CAREERs * Five faculty members in The University of New Mexico School of Engineering (SoE) have received National Science Foundation CAREER Awards in what is believed to be a single-year record for the school. NSF CAREERs provide five years of sustained funding to pre-tenure faculty for deep exploration into a promising research topic likely to advance scientific knowledge. SoE's five recipients t more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Heinrich Statement on Dobbs Decision Anniversary * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement on the four-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, stripped access to abortion care for millions of Americans, and denied women the freedom to make their own healthcare decisions. "Four years ago, Republicans' hand-pi more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, June 24 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Xcel Energy issued the following news release: * * * Xcel Energy Foundation awards $580,000 in grants * AMARILLO, Texas (June 24, 2026) -Today, the Xcel Energy Foundation awarded $580,000 to 37 nonprofits in Texas and New Mexico to recognize their contributions in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Career Pathways, Environmental Sustainability and Community Vitality. "Nonprofit organizations across our region are creating opportunities and making a real di more PR