WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following tip sheet on Aug. 27, 2026: * * * Census Bureau Partners With Over 1,100 Institutions in Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes The U.S. Census Bureau today announced new partnerships with institutions in Colorado, Maryland, New Mexico, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Utah, Tennessee and Vermont for its Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) experimental data product. People considering attending college can use the PSEO to find earnings and employment outcome data by major, degree more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 27 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * Chicana/o Studies garden blooms with interdisciplinary opportunities * Students planting various seeds within Jardin Ollin in May 2026. What began with a conversation about planting a garden has grown into a multidisciplinary learning space at the University of New Mexico, connecting students, educators and community members through food, seeds, and the land. Jardin Ollin, a project within UNM's Chicana and Chicano Studies Department, was fi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 27, 2026: * * * The Department of Justice Files Complaints Against Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington Challenging State Laws that Provide In-State Tuition to Illegal Aliens New lawsuits bring total to 21 in-state tuition laws challenged for preferential treatment of illegal aliens - Today, the Department of Justice filed lawsuits against four states that seek to undermine federal law by placing aliens over citizens in clear defiance of  more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Aug. 28 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: * * * Groups Request Public Comment Period Extension for the Proposed Rollback of the Roadless Rule The Trump Administration has allowed just 32 days for the public to comment on the plan that would open the door to widespread destruction of cherished national forests - WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Conservation groups are asking the U.S. Forest Service to extend the public comment period on the proposed rescission of the Roadless Rule from 32 days to at least 120 more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Aug. 26 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU's Career Expo returns with expanded opportunities for students, employers * This fall, the New Mexico State University Aggie Career Studio will once again transform campus into a hub of professional networking as it will host the 2026 Career Expo and Engineering, Science and Technology Fair Sept. 15-16. Taking place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on both days at Corbett Center Student Union, the event is designed to connect Aggies with emplo more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Gabe Vasquez Demands Answers on True Cost of Iran War for New Mexican Families * U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) sent a letter to President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth demanding a full public accounting of the economic costs of their cost-raising war of choice with Iran as prices continue to skyrocket for American families. "What was billed as a two-week operation is now a full-scale war that has lasted for ove more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (TNSletter) -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following letter with 17 co-signers to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum: * * * Here is the text of the letter: August 20, 2026 The Honorable Doug Burgum Secretary of the Interior U.S. Department of the Interior 1849 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20240 Dear Secretary Burgum: We strongly oppose the Department of the Interior's draft Environmental Assessment (EA) that proposes to revoke Public Land Order (PLO) No. 7923, which established the 10-mile mine more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Aug. 26 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * The complexity of scientific optimism: A review of "It Could Be Otherwise" * Review by SFI Professor C. Brandon Ogbunu While "optimism" isn't quite a taboo word in science, it is not a sentiment that most scientists would use to describe their outlook. So much of the process of science is defined by failure, and successes are caricatured as intrepid scientists raging against a status quo machine. The navigation of conflict an more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 26 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * URAD awards four research scholarships for fall semester * The University of New Mexico's Undergraduate Research and Design program has awarded four undergraduate research scholarships for the fall 2026 semester. Victoria Esquivel, Allison Ruiz, Riley Jones and Emma Tyrell will receive awards for this semester. Winners of the scholarship receive a $500 departmental award, which is split into distributions at the mid and end points of the seme more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Aug. 28 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: * * * Mexican Gray Wolves Being Moved and Killed for Problem Grazing Operations Meaningful policy reform is needed to prevent livestock conflict and protect lobos from lethal removal - TUCSON, Ariz. - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife has recently authorized the removal of two highly-imperiled Mexican gray wolves from grazing allotments that experience habitual conflict. One of the orders recommends translocation to Mexico and the other order permits lethal re more PR