DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 28 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * 2027 Affordable Housing Advisory Council Nominations * * Bulletin No: 2026-18 The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (Bank) is accepting nominations through October 26, 2026, for seats on its 2027 Affordable Housing Advisory Council (Advisory Council). The 14-person Advisory Council provides guidance to the Bank's Board of Directors (Board) on housing finance and community investment  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Visits Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Meets with Local Nonprofits, Advocates, and Tribal Leaders, Vows to Continue to Fight to Protect Public Lands ELY, MINN. -Last week, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, visited gateway communities to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), where he met with local advocates, volunteers, non-profit leade more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2026: * * * Heinrich Visits Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Meets with Local Nonprofits, Advocates, and Tribal Leaders, Vows to Continue to Fight to Protect Public Lands ELY, MINN. -- Last week, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, visited gateway communities to the Boundary Waters Canoe  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Visits Frijoles Fire Command Center, Meets with Firefighters and Incident Commanders SANTA FE, N.M. -This week, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, visited the Frijoles Fire Command Center to receive a briefing on the operations and status of the fire and meet with Incident Commanders, firefighters, first responders, and support staff working to contain the b more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2026: * * * Heinrich Visits Frijoles Fire Command Center, Meets with Firefighters and Incident Commanders SANTA FE, N.M. -- This week, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, visited the Frijoles Fire Command Center to receive a briefing on the operations and status of the fire and meet with Inciden more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Colleagues Urge BLM to Stop Rollback of Waste Prevention Rule * WASHINGTON -U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), and U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee, in opposing BLM's proposal to overturn the 2024 Waste Prevention, Production Subject to R more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Colleagues Urge BLM to Stop Rollback of Waste Prevention Rule U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), and U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee, in opposing BLM's proposal to overt more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Colleagues Oppose ICE Rollout of Electric Shock Gloves Santa Fe, N.M. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and 14 Senate colleagues in calling on the Trump Administration to abandon its reckless plan to outfit U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers with gloves that deliver painful electric shocks. Their letter also demands that if ICE proceeds with this purchase, it fir more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 28 -- The Central New Mexico Community College posted the following news: * * * New Mexico Community College, Public School District Partner to Open Transportation Technology Center * Central New Mexico Community College and Rio Rancho Public Schools partner to expand CTE high school with new pathways to become skilled technicians serving the workforce needs of the essential automotive, electric vehicle, and light diesel industries. https://www.cnm.edu/news/new-mexico-community-college-public-school-district-p more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Aug. 28 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU launches new era for research computing * PHOTO CAPTION: The team at New Mexico State University responsible for bringing Colibri, a high-performance computer system, to the main campus. Colibri allows researchers to create artificial intelligence models of systems to be tested before implementing those procedures in the real world. (Courtesy photo) IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Group photo. New Mexico State University is now home to a new hig more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Aug. 27 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU partnership sparks national push to revive much-needed geology field camps * Industry professionals today are concerned that universities are scaling back geology field-camp experiences, long considered a core rite of passage for the geology undergraduate degree. A variety of pressures are to blame: Shrinking student enrollment, a shortage of field-trained faculty, surging costs of travel and insurance, tighter institutional budgets  more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Aug. 28 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU physicist receives 5-year NSF award to decode the glue that binds us * The "strong force" is the most powerful of the four basic forces in nature. It holds together everything we see in the universe, and yet researchers are still trying to understand it. New Mexico State University physics professor Raza Sufian received a $450,000 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to pursue his research over the next five years to b more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Aug. 27 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU researcher leads $1 million project to advance neurological rehabilitation * PHOTO CAPTION: New Mexico State University engineering professor Wei Tang, who received the Dennis W. Darnall Faculty Achievement Award in 2024, is leading a research team focusing on wearable sensors for people with neurological motor disorders. The team recently received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation. (NMSU photo by Josh Bachman)  more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Aug. 28 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU, UNLV study: GLP-1s do not cause major psychiatric harm * There is no link between the widely used diabetes and obesity medications known as GLP-1 receptor agonists and increased suicidal thoughts, depression or other serious psychiatric harm based on an integrative review of current scientific evidence conducted by researchers at New Mexico State University and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The review, published in the journ more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * Sandia Science & Tech Park bringing new companies, higher-paying jobs * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -The Sandia Science & Technology Park continues to expand its footprint and economic impact, bringing new companies and higher paying jobs to the Albuquerque area. Growing Economic Impact A recent analysis by the Mid-Region Council of Governments shows park companies have paid a cumulative $8.6 billion in wages, g more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 27 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas and WestStar Bank Award $63K to Las Cruces, New Mexico, and El Paso, Texas, Nonprofits * EL PASO, TEXAS, August 27, 2026-Five organizations from the Las Cruces, New Mexico-El Paso, Texas, area received a combined $63,000 from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas' (FHLB Dallas) Partnership Grant Program (PGP), part of more than $1.8 million awarded  more PR

SILVER CITY, New Mexico, Aug. 28 -- Western New Mexico University posted the following news release: * * * The Power of GO Bonds: WNMU Historic Graham Gymnasium Restored * A historic campus landmark has received a vital transformation to serve future generations. Western New Mexico University has completed a comprehensive restoration and modernization of Graham Gymnasium, blending 21st-century infrastructure with classic Southwestern architectural heritage. Originally constructed in 1936, Graham Gymnasium was designed by John Gaw Meem, wid more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2026: * * * TheDream.US, MALDEF, and Presidents' Alliance React to Latest DoJ Lawsuits Against State Tuition Equity Policies Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced it had filed four new lawsuits against states' tuition equity policies for Dreamers, with lawsuits against Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington bringing the total to twenty-one such lawsuits filed in the past two years. The followi more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 29 -- TheDream.US, a college and career success program for immigrant youth, issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2026: * * * TheDream.US, MALDEF, and Presidents' Alliance React to Latest DoJ Lawsuits Against State Tuition Equity Policies Washington, DC - Yesterday afternoon, the U.S. Department of Justice announced it had filed four new lawsuits against states' tuition equity policies for Dreamers, with lawsuits against Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington bringing the total to twenty-one such laws more PR

GALLUP, New Mexico, Aug. 29 -- The University of New Mexico's Gallup campus issued the following news: * * * UNM-Gallup nursing bounces back Program focuses on improved licensure exam performance, better access to testing, and enhanced student support By Richard Reyes The University of New Mexico-Gallup nursing program experienced a dip in licensure exam pass rates in 2025, but it is bouncing back this year with improved testing results and a fully-staffed faculty, according to a report delivered to state lawmakers. UNM-Gallup Nursing & H more PR