LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, March 30 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * 'Boots and Bling' fundraiser supports NMSU theatre students * Get your dancing boots ready! The American Southwest Theatre Company (ASTC) is hosting their second annual "Boots and Bling" fundraiser to support the New Mexico State University theatre department at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 11 at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum. Tickets are available at https://nmsutheatre.ludus.c more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, March 30 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * Fulghum prepares for her next role after UNM -- and passing the ADVANCE torch * Julia Fulghum has held a variety of positions at The University of New Mexico during her over 20-year tenure here. A professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, she has been a faculty member in two separate colleges. She served as an associate dean, a department chair and a vice president. But it  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on March 30, 2026: * * * Heinrich Questions Experts on the Power Grid, Highlighting Need to Expand Transmission and Efficiently Power Data Centers to Help Lower Costs for Consumers During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine the state of the power grid, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the Co more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Join Push to Stop Department of Education's Weaponization of Civil Rights Investigations * Senators demand Education Department drop politicized investigations as tool of partisan agenda, expose dismantling of protections for students Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and 13 o more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Join Push to Stop Department of Education's Weaponization of Civil Rights Investigations * Senators demand Education Department drop politicized investigations as tool of partisan agenda, expose dismantling of protections for students Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and 13 o more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, March 30 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * How novelty arrives: Review of "Origins of the New" * Review by SFI Professor Chris Kempes The built and natural worlds around us are full of examples of diversity from small, incremental evolutionary changes. Keyboard designs offer slightly different key spacing and press stiffness; two species appear almost identical, save for a slight change in body size. But sometimes, s more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on DHS Funding Bill * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on funding parts of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, implementing the Senate Democrats' plan to pay our TSA workers, Coast Guard, and more, while holding the line against funding for ICE and Border Patrol: "I'm glad that the hardworking men and women of TSA, FEM more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Votes Against Confirmation of Senator Markwayne Mullin for Secretary of Homeland Security * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after voting against the confirmation of Senator Markwayne Mullin to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS): "New Mexicans deserve steady, responsible leadership at the Department o more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Kim Introduce Legislation to Support Student Success through Early Childhood Education * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), one of only two Head Start graduates to serve in the Senate, and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) introduced the Creating Early Childhood Leaders Act, legislation to bolster early childhood education training for school admin and leaders and help them lay the more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Murkowski, Schatz Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand and Modernize Native Housing Programs * Senators Push to Advance Housing Policy in NAHASDA's 30 TH Anniversary Year Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. S more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, March 30 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NASA astronaut, engineer to speak at NMSU's 1888 Leadership Series in April * Jose M. Hernandez dreamed of going to space, and he made the dream a reality in August 2009 when he flew aboard the space shuttle Discovery as a flight engineer. The NASA astronaut and engineer will travel to Las Cruces and be the April speaker for the 1888 Leadership Series. The free event will be held from 4 t more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs released the following testimony by Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, from a March 25, 2026, hearing on fiscal 2027 appropriations for global security and international development: * * * Chairman Mario Diaz-Balart, Ranking Member Lois Frankel, and distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today in front of this committee on our more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, from a March 25, 2026, hearing on funding requests for community projects: * * * Good morning. Thank you so much for allowing me the opportunity, Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member, to bring forward our priorities here in this committee. Today, I would like to focus on the community project fu more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Republicans Block Legislation to Pay TSA for 9th Time * Senate Republicans have now blocked TSA pay 9 times & blocked bills to fund TSA, FEMA, CISA, & Coast Guard 12 times in total Washington, D.C. - Senate Republicans have now blocked pay for TSA workers 9 times and blocked bills to fund TSA, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency  more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, March 30 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * New UNM Herbarium curator continues legacy of women leading botanical discovery Diana Gamba, an assistant professor of biology at The University of New Mexico, brings extensive international research experience from Colombia to the Andes, has been selected as the herbarium curator for UNM's Museum of Southwestern Biology. Originally from Colombia, Gamba recently completed a five-year postdocto more PR