WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * 2025 in Review: Rep. Vasquez Delivered Big, Bipartisan Wins for New Mexico * WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a year marked by partisan gridlock and politics, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) managed to put common sense over D.C. dysfunction to deliver big, bipartisan wins for New Mexicans. In 2025, seven of Rep. Vasquez's bipartisan bills were signed into law by President Trump, including:  more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Dec. 19 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * Alza Council honors UNM leaders at Celebration of Inclusive Excellence The Alza Council recently hosted the Celebration of Inclusive Excellence and Luminaria awards to honor Lobos who light the way toward a more connected, compassionate, and empowered UNM community, values that are at the heart of UNM's mission. The Alza Council is composed of faculty, staff and students representing a wide ran more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Dec. 19 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * Brandon Gunn helped preserve a centuries-old tradition of lithography ink Lithography printers use more black ink than any other color during the printing process. So, when the global industry faced a critical shortage and black ink supplies were rapidly decreasing at print houses worldwide, Brandon Gunn, UNM Tamarind Institute's director of education, eagerly stepped up to help preserve this cen more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Releases New Fact Sheet on Rising Electric Bills on Trump's Watch * WASHINGTON Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released a new fact sheet that details how President Trump's actions are gutting the energy sector and hiking up costs for families across the country. Since President Trump took office, household  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2025: * * * Heinrich Releases New Fact Sheet on Rising Electric Bills on Trump's Watch Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released a new fact sheet that details how President Trump's actions are gutting the energy sector and hiking up costs for famil more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Dec. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico posted the following news release on Dec. 18, 2025: * * * Hobbs Man Sentenced for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses A Hobbs man was sentenced to 26 years in prison for drug trafficking and illegal firearm possession as a convicted felon. There is no parole in the federal system. According to court documents, on October 19, 2023, agents with the Lea County Drug Task Force stopped a SUV dri more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: During Committee Markup, Heinrich Spotlights Need to Pass His Bipartisan Legislation to Complete Continental Divide Trail * WASHINGTON In his opening statement at a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee business meeting to examine pending legislation, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the Committee's Ranking Member, emphasized the need to pass legislation to improve Ne more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2025: * * * ICYMI: During Committee Markup, Heinrich Spotlights Need to Pass His Bipartisan Legislation to Complete Continental Divide Trail In his opening statement at a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee business meeting to examine pending legislation, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the Committee more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Dec. 19 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * International committee on aerospace heritage meets at NMSU for first U.S. conference * New Mexico State University and the New Mexico Space Grant Consortium recently hosted a weeklong conference for an international committee formed to preserve and protect aerospace artifacts - its first held in the United States. New Mexico Cultural Affairs Secretary Debra Garcia y Griego was on hand t more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Dec. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico posted the following news release on Dec. 19, 2025: * * * Las Vegas Man Sentenced for Racketeering Related Violence and Drug Trafficking Robert Padilla was sentenced to life in prison for orchestrating a retaliatory killing tied to a violent prison gang and for using violence and intimidation to protect an ongoing drug trafficking operation. There is no parole in the federal system. As a result more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Applauds Committee Passage of Legislation toProvide Greater Cooperation between the Federal Government and Land Grant Communities * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) applauded the passage of the New Mexico Land Grant-Mercedes Historical or Traditional Use Cooperation and Coordination Act in the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. This legislation w more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Trump Administration's Failure to Release All Epstein Files * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after the Department of Justice refused to release the full Epstein files: "Today is the deadline for the Trump administration and the Department of Justice to release all of the documents related to the Epstein files. The DOJ wa more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Schiff, Colleagues Blast FCC Efforts to Strip Broadband Price Transparency Labels for Consumers, Demand Reversal * Washington, D.C. U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) led six senators to urge Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr to reverse  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan: Fighting for New Mexicans in 2025 * Lujan Saved Over $7.4 Million for New Mexicans, Closed 1,204 Constituent Cases in 2025 VIDEO : A Message From Senator Lujan to New Mexicans Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) highlighted legislative victories, constituent services successes, and efforts to push back against extreme policies that hurt New Mexicans in 2025.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Calls on Trump Administration to Support State's Application for Federal Rural Health Transformation Program Funding * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicai more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Condemns Trump's Plan to Cut Veterans Health Administration Positions * WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) released  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Condemns Trump's Plan to Cut Veterans Health Administration Positions * WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) released th more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Dec. 19 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * New mathematical framework reshapes debate over simulation hypothesis * The simulation hypothesis the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer has long captured the public imagination. Yet most arguments about it rest on intuition rather than clear definitions, and few attempts have been made to formally spell out what "sim more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Dec. 19 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * NMiF looks at restoring state rivers; UNM signs check for Coach Eck * This week on New Mexico in Focus, two environmental experts tell us why they are pushing state officials to invest more heavily in river restoration. Correspondent Elizabeth Miller sits down with Dan Roper, an advocate from nonprofit Trout Unlimited, and docuseries filmmaker Renea Roberts, to talk about the importance of car more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Dec. 19 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU AFROTC sees first cadet commissioned in U.S. Space Force * The day before he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in engineering physics and a minor in nuclear chemical engineering from New Mexico State University, Ethan French was already reaching for the stars. French, an NMSU Air Force ROTC cadet, was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Space Force on Dec. 12. "I always wanted more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Gabe Vasquez Statement on SPEED Act Vote * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On December 18, 2025, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) released the following statement on his vote on the SPEED Act : "I strongly believe in an all-of-the-above energy approach. Southeast New Mexico is blessed with an abundance of natural energy resources, and I will always support smart energy policies that cut red  more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Dec. 19 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * Student documentary shines light on San Juan River after Gold King Mine Spill * On Aug. 5, 2015, the Gold King Mine Spill devastated communities along the Animas and San Juan rivers in the Four Corners region. The spill consisted of the unplanned, accidental release of 3 million gallons of mining sludge from the Gold King Mine in Colorado into the headwaters of the Animas River, which flow more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Dec. 19 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * Understanding the historical forces driving the expansion of human rights * For most of human history, large societies have drawn clear lines between people who belong to the in-group and those who do not. These lines determine who is recognized, protected, or granted status, and who is excluded. But starting during the Enlightenment period, European societies and their offshoo more PR