DALLAS, Texas, June 12 (TNSLrpt) -- County Employment and Wages in New Mexico Fourth Quarter 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Southwest Region - June 11, 2026 * * * Employment rose in the two largest counties in New Mexico from December 2024 to December 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Jerome Watters noted that Dona Ana County (+1.7 percent) had the largest over-the-year increase in employment. (See chart 1 and table 1.) * * * Chart 1. Over-the-yea more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following news release: * * * CFTC Sues New Mexico as the State Becomes the Latest Attempting to Infringe on Federal Jurisdiction * WASHINGTON -The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today filed a lawsuit in federal court against the state of New Mexico, seeking to block the state's efforts to apply state gaming laws against CFTC-registered contract markets. Just last week, New Mexico filed a lawsuit in a state court against CFTC-registrant KalshiEX LLC, alleging  more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 12 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * Coffee changes brewing on UNM Campus * Big things are brewing at The University of New Mexico. Students, faculty, staff and visitors can look forward to an enhanced coffee experience as two locations are reimagined, and a new vendor is introduced to campus. Beginning Fall 2026, Starbucks will relocate from Zimmerman Library to the Student Union Building (SUB), returning a full-service coffee experience to one of the university's most active s more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Introduce Legislation to Help New Mexico Farmers & Ranchers Access Virtual Fencing * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) led the introduction of the Fencing Eligibility for New Conservation Equipment (FENCE) Act, legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), to allow farmers and ranchers to access U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) funding for virtual fenci more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan, Klobuchar, Slotkin, Colleagues Urge USDA to Address New World Screwworm Outbreak * WASHINGTON - 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, Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) led 17 of their colleagues in calling on the U.S. Department  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Wyden Host Press Conference on Republicans' Latest Effort to Repeal the Roadless Rule, Remove Protections for Millions of Acres of Public Lands * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), member of the U.S. Senate ENR Committee hosted a press conference on Republicans' latest effort to repeal the Roadless Rule, which pr more PR

LONDON, England, June 12 [Category: Engineering] -- The Royal Academy of Engineering posted the following news: * * * Inventor of the invisible algorithm at the heart of global digital communications awarded the biennial Prince Philip Medal * Professor Nasir Ahmed, Presidential Professor Emeritus at the University of New Mexico, is recognised for his pioneering invention and development of the Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT), a mathematical algorithm that made possible the compression, transmission and storage of high-quality audio, speech, more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 8 -- The Los Alamos Study Group issued the following news release: * * * Plutonium "pit" production now a $60 billion program -- $20 billion down, $40 billion to go Today the Los Alamos Study Group released updated cost estimates for the acquisition of plutonium warhead core ("pit") production capability at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico, the Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina, and other sites. The estimate is based on the President's budget request (PBR) (here and here) for the  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Joins Schiff, Kaine, Schumer, 34 Senate Democrats in Pressing Trump on Legal Basis for Justifying Claim that Hostilities in Iran Have Terminated * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and 34 Senate Democrats in refuting the Trump administration's claim in a May 1 letter to Congress that the hostilities that be more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Presses Agriculture Secretary Rollins on New World Screwworm * Washington, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, pressed Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on the New World screwworm that has now been detected in Lea County, New Mexico. At a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing, Senator Lujan questioned Secretary Rollins on the impacts of staffing c more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Republicans Pouring Billions Into Out-of-Control Federal Agencies While Doing Nothing to Lower Costs for Families * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement after Senate Republicans passed a partisan budget bill that pours over $70 billion into ICE and Border Patrol with zero accountability, while ignoring the high costs impacting American  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Heinrich Introduce Legislation to Boost Funding for Indian Water Rights Settlements * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced the Protecting Indian Water Rights Settlements Act of 2026, legislation to ensure the federal government fulfills its trust responsibilities by providing dedicated, mandatory funding for  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Heinrich, Klobuchar, Slotkin, Colleagues Urge USDA to Address New World Screwworm Outbreak * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) led 17 of their colleagues in calling on the U.S. Department of more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, June 12 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * Murales Fronterizos: Preserving the history of public art in the Borderlands * From the sides of buildings to bus stops and electrical boxes, murals adorn the streets of the Borderlands. Ten years ago, New Mexico State University alumna Norma Chairez-Hartell '10 '16 began a mission to document these murals and their stories. Today, the Murales Fronterizos project has catalogued over 750 murals across Las Cruces and El Paso. "Once you st more PR

SOCORRO, New Mexico, June 13 -- New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology issued the following news: * * * New Mexico Tech Helps Develop New Statewide Energy Dashboard ETECT platform centralizes energy, emissions and infrastructure data - New Mexico recently launched a first-of-its kind energy information platform that gives researchers, policymakers, businesses and the public a single source for data on the state's energy production, emissions and infrastructure- and it was created in part by the state's leading STEM institution, New  more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 12 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * NMiF looks at 50 Years of LGBTQ Pride in Albuquerque * This week on New Mexico in Focus, Albuquerque celebrates 50 years of LGBTQ Pride. Author and community leader Dr. PJ Sedillo joins Host Nash Jones to look back at the city's first Pride parade. Later, Sedillo walks viewers through the parade's long history, including the move in the late '90s to incorporate and grow Albuquerque Pride. The New Mexico Higher Education Department has created more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, June 12 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU College of Business connects students with career pathways through ACAP * New Mexico State University's College of Business will welcome local high school students and incoming college freshmen to campus June 22-26 for the return of the Accounting Career Awareness Program, or ACAP, hosted in partnership with NABA Inc. and NMSU Black Programs. The free, weeklong summer program is designed for students in grades 9-12 and incoming col more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, June 12 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU Global Campus, FracStrat launch professional skills course featuring New Mexico business leaders * WRITER/SOURCE: Karen Cooper, 575-646-4040, cooperka@nmsu.edu NMSU Global Campus has partnered with FracStrat LLC, a New Mexico-based leadership and organizational development consulting firm, to launch a new online professional development course designed to help learners build the workplace skills employers value most. The course, more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, June 12 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU postdoctoral researcher selected for prestigious fellowship program * A postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at New Mexico State University has been selected for the second cohort of the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities' Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. Moises M. Gutierrez, Ph.D., was chosen as one of the scholars in the 2026-2027 HSRU Postdoctoral Fellowship Cohort, a co more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, June 12 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU's Hunt Center opens applications for Campus Founders Fund Scout program * WRITER: Alejandro Najera-Acosta, a_najera@nmsu.edu SOURCE: Carlos Murguia, cmurguia@nmsu.edu The Hunt Center for Entrepreneurship at New Mexico State University's Arrowhead Center is inviting NMSU students to apply to the Campus Founders Fund Scout program, a venture capital training opportunity that gives students hands-on experience in early-stage inves more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, June 12 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * No limits for this NMSU alumna: Artist's horizons broaden over a decade * Asiah Thomas-Mandlman, a woman with three names, an artist with at least three amazing talents and on the road to a creative life wide open in front of her. She also has three identities. "I'm a black woman, I'm also Asian and I'm also Jewish," she said. "All these parts of me I can talk about in my art. I am a political statement, unfortunately, whether I want  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Vasquez Demands Answers After National Park Fees Diverted from Park Maintenance to Pay for Vanity Projects * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On June 12, 2026, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) sent a letter to Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum raising concerns that approximately $90 million in National Park Service entrance fee revenues have been redirected from park maintenance and repairs to fund cosmetic "beautification" proj more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Border Patrol warns about dangers and consequences of entering the canals * EL PASO, Texas - The U.S. Border Patrol El Paso Sector is warning people on both sides of the border about the dangers and consequences of entering the International Boundary and Water Commission canals that parallel the U.S.- Mexico border. Every year large volumes of water are released into the canals from reservoirs upstream more PR