CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 13 [Category: Business] -- The Private Equity Stakeholder Project issued the following news: * * * Blackstone plans to acquire multi-utility TXNM, raising concerns about energy affordability * TXNM, parent company to two electric utilities, PNM and TNMP, announced plans to be acquired by Blackstone's Infrastructure platform in May of 2025 in a $11.5 billion take-private deal. This proposed acquisition would impact PNM and TNMP's combined 800,000 residential and busine more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Leger Fernandez Reintroduces Campus Prevention and Recovery Services for Students Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03) reintroduced the Campus Prevention and Recovery Services for Students Act, legislation that helps colleges and universities prevent alcohol and substance misuse and make sure students have access to recovery support  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * ICE Arrests Criminal Illegal Alien and Member of the Violent Tren de Aragua Gang Wanted for Murder, Racketeering, and Drug Trafficking in New Mexico * Following the murder the victim's body was jammed into a suitcase, this TdA gang member and murderer was RELEASED into the country by the Biden administration WASHINGTON -Yorvis Michel Carrascal Campo, a criminal illegal alien from Venezu more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Lujan, Wyden, Markey Urge Apple and Google to Remove X and Grok from App Stores Following Grok Generating Illegal Sexual Images at Scale * Washington, D.C. - In Case You Missed It : In response to X Corp's Grok AI tool being used to generate nonconsensual sexualized images of women and children at scale in recent days, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Edward J more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Leger Fernandez Calls for the Resignation of Secretary Noem * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Leger Fernandez (D-NM) released the below statement following the fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by an ICE agent and a growing pattern of abusive enforcement tactics under the Trump Administration: "For the last year, Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security, under the leadership of Kristi No more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on 5th Anniversary of January 6 Attack on U.S. Capitol * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the 5 th anniversary of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol: "Today marks five years since the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, one of the darkest days in our nation's history. Having just been sworn in to the U.S. Senate, I more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Votes to Block Trump Administration From Plunging the U.S. Into Another Endless War * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after voting to advance a bipartisan War Powers Resolution that blocks the use of the U.S. Armed Forces to engage in hostilities within or against Venezuela unless authorized by Congress: "President Trump's actions in  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Cantwell, Young, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act * Federal investment vital to ramp up U.S. quantum development-key to U.S. national security and global economic competitiveness Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.),  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Cortez Masto, Grassley, Push to Protect Americans' Personal Information from China, Other Foreign Adversaries * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) reintroduced the Internet Application Integrity and Disclosure (App ID) Act to help protect Americans online. This legislation would require operators of website more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Jan. 13 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU Civil Engineering Department adopts new name reflecting environmental focus * New Mexico State University's Department of Civil Engineering has officially changed its name to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, a move that reflects the department's longstanding academic strengths, evolving research priorities and commitment to addressing today's most pressing enviro more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Jan. 13 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU Extension 4-H agents honored at national conference * With more than 40,000 New Mexico youth participating in 4-H activities throughout the state, New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service 4-H agents support programming for communities across all 33 counties. Several NMSU 4-H agents and 4-H youth development department staff were honored at the 2025 National Associat more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Jan. 13 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU researcher to lead workshop on plant pathogen * A New Mexico State University researcher will lead a workshop on one of the most common plant pathogens during the 2025 New Mexico Chile Conference in February. Soum Sanogo, a professor of fungal plant pathology in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, will present the "Spring Institute on Phytophthora Resea more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (TNSLrpt) -- Albuquerque's Creative Economy - A report from University of New Mexico Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Albuquerque - January 2026 (90 pages) - Authored by Rose Elizabeth Rohrer, Senior Research Scientist and Suzan Reagan, Senior Program Manager * * * The University of New Mexico Bureau of Business and Economic Research issued a report quantifying the creative economy's role in Albuquerque, revealing a $1.75 billion impact in 2024 alone. The study--co more ST