WASHINGTON, June 26 -- 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  -  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 of Management and more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * CHC Senators: Supreme Court's Decision is a Betrayal of TPS Recipients * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) released the following statement after the Supreme Court's decision in Mullin v. Doe et al., which allows the Trump Administration to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian and Syrian immigrants. This decision wi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release on June 25, 2026: * * * DOE Awards $2.2 Million Financial Assistance Grant to New Mexico Environment Department Oversight Bureau CINCINNATI -- The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded a non-competitive financial assistance grant to the New Mexico Environment Department Oversight Bureau today. The bureau will conduct independent, confirmatory environmental monitoring at and around E more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 24 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * Faculty celebrate ADVANCE at UNM * Faculty across campus who have been supported by ADVANCE at UNM say they are thankful for the program's help in getting promoted, accessing research funding opportunities and staying at UNM. Others said they appreciated ADVANCE's writing retreats and variety of faculty development workshops. ADVANCE, now celebrating its 10th year on campus, is a faculty development program in the Provost's Office that work more PR

DALLAS, Texas, June 24 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * FHLB Dallas and First National Bank Texas Celebrate Revitalization of Affordable Single-Family Homes in Laguna, New Mexico * LAGUNA, NEW MEXICO - The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas), First National Bank Texas (FNBT) and The Laguna Housing Development and Management Enterprise (LHDME) celebrated today the revitalization and grand opening of Laguna #4, an affordable housi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Statement Denouncing Supreme Court for Failing to Protect Americans' Health & Refusing to Hold Weedkiller Manufacturers Accountable * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement denouncing the Supreme Court's decision, in Monsanto Company v. John L. Durnell, to overturn lower court verdicts that have held Monsanto liable for failing to adequately warn users of the potential cancer risks of glyp more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on June 25, 2026: * * * Heinrich, Democrats on ENR Demand Answers on Failed Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Rehabilitation Project Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, leads a letter in demanding answers from U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Doug Burgum regarding the Department's rushed rehabilitation project of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. In more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on June 25, 2026: * * * Heinrich, Democrats on ENR Demand Answers on Failed Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Rehabilitation Project Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, leads a letter in demanding answers from U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Doug Burgum regarding the Department's rushe more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- 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 25 -- 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 25 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Kelly, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Remove Wildfire Fuel from New Mexico's Forests * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Adam Schiff (D-CA), John Curtis (R-UT), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) introduced the bipartisan Hazardous Fuels Transportation Assistance Act to help communities and forest managers remove woody biomass-material left behind from forest thinning operations meant to p more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- 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

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, June 25 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU expands Biomedical Research Building to boost research capacity * New Mexico State University is moving forward with a major expansion of its Biomedical Research Building, a project designed to significantly enhance the university's research capabilities in areas critical to public health. Supported through a combination of funding from the National Institutes of Health and State of New Mexico capital appropriations, the project re more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, June 25 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU Global Campus welcomes Albuquerque Convention Center to workforce partnership program * WRITER/SOURCE: Karen Cooper, 575-646-4040, cooperka@nmsu.edu New Mexico State University Global Campus has partnered with the Albuquerque Convention Center and Associated Venues to expand educational and professional development opportunities for employees across one of New Mexico's largest hospitality and event management organizations. The  more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, June 25 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU Library, Las Cruces Public Libraries, LCPD partner to strengthen information literacy and AI skills * New Mexico State University Library is partnering with the Las Cruces Public Libraries and the Las Cruces Police Department to launch a professional development initiative focused on information literacy and artificial intelligence, equipping law enforcement personnel with skills to evaluate information, interpret data and navigate e more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, June 25 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU's Hunt Center opens applications for AI Co-Workers Sprint * 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 accepting applications for its fall AI Sprint, a six-week program designed to help founders and startup teams use modern AI tools as practical co-workers within their businesses. The sprin more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Gabe Vasquez Supports the USDA Field Office Stability Act to Keep USDA Offices Open for Farmers and Rural Communities * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On June 25, 2026, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) cosponsored bipartisan legislation led by Reps. Sharice Davids (D-KS) and Derek Schmidt (R-KS) to prevent the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from closing essential services due to staffing shortages -the USDA Field Office Stability Act. more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Stansbury, Vasquez, Leger Fernandez Investigate Federal Drug Enforcement Actions that Allowed Fentanyl on to New Mexico's Streets U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-NM),, Gabe Vasquez (NM-02), Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03) sent a letter to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administrator Terrance Cole demanding answers about reports that federal agents and prosecutors knowingly allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to flood the st more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, June 25 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * Safety Tip: Heat can turn deadly in minutes: Know the signs of heat illness * Summer temperatures across New Mexico can create dangerous conditions for research students, faculty, and staff working outdoors or in hot environments. Heat illness can develop quickly and become life-threatening if not recognized early. NMSU's Department of Environmental Health, Safety and Risk Management wants you to stay safe as recent temperatures are peaki more PR

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 24 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * Service members find healing through Warrior Games, share recovery journey battling invisible wounds * JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Long after the gunfire stopped, Chief Master Sgt. Jeremy "Mop" Mapalo continued fighting. The San Antonio native, now serving as the senior enlisted leader for the 49th Security Forces Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, spent years carrying the invisible wounds more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 25 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * UNM's Abe Franck String Quartet completes first residency at China's Zhejiang Conservatory * Four University of New Mexico musicians recently boarded a plane for China and returned home 11 days later. They were the graduate students who comprise The Abe Franck String Quartet: Lorenzo Gallegos, Dongqi Zhou, Andre Silva and Penelope Teixeira. Christoph Wagner, assistant professor of cello and Head of Strings The Abe Franck String Quartet is T more PR