ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 13 (TNSjou) -- The American Society of Radiologic Technologists issued the following news release on June 12, 2025: * * * ASTRO Journal Publishes State of Radiation Therapy Workforce Report The future of radiation therapy practice lies in maximizing the potential of radiation therapists and leveraging their expertise to the level of advanced practice, according to an original report published in the American Society of Radiation Oncology journal, Practical Radiat more PR

DALLAS, Texas, June 13 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 12, 2025, entitled "County Employment and Wages in New Mexico - Fourth Quarter 2024": * * * Employment rose in the two largest counties in New Mexico from December 2023 to December 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that Dona Ana County more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Highlights Harmful Impact of DOGE Cuts to the Department of the Interior, Slams President Trump's Interior Budget Request * WASHINGTON -- In his opening statement, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member on the U.S. Energy and Natural Resources Committee, grilled the U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum over the Trump Administration's budget request for the  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Presses Forest Service Chief on Visiting the Pecos Watershed, DOGE Causing Trash to Pile Up on Public Lands, Trump's Budget Eliminating Funding for the New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute * VIDEO: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) questions U.S. Forest Chief Tom Schultz at an Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on June 11, 2025. WASHINGTON -- At an Interior, En more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Statement on Senate Republicans' Plan to Sell Off Public Lands and Raise Energy Costs * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member on the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and a Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, released the following statement on the Senate Republicans' reconciliation bill text: "Senate Republicans think t more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich: 'Republicans are going to own increased energy prices' * Democrats are going to make increasing energy prices an issue for Republicans in the next election cycles, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee ranking member Martin Heinrich said Tuesday. President Donald Trump promised to bring down energy prices during his campaign, but congressional Republicans are threatening to more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Cortez Masto Lead Senate Spotlight Forum on Trump's Tariffs and Their Impact on American Families * Costs, Chaos, Corruption: The Household Impact of Trump's Tariffs Photos from the forum available here. Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), members of the Senate Committee on Finance, hosted a Spotlight Forum titled "Costs more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Fischer Announce Bipartisan, Bicameral Universal Service Fund Working Group * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Ranking Member of the Senate Telecommunications and Media Subcommittee, and Deb Fischer (R-NE), Chair of the Senate Telecommunications and Media Subcommittee, announced the reconstitution of the Universal Service Fund (USF) Working Group. Last Congres more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Warnock, Blunt Rochester Lead Senate Push Slamming Secretary Kennedy for Decision to Gut Nation's Vaccine Advisory Committee and Replace Them With Vaccine Skeptics * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) led a group of 19 Senate colleagues in condemning U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) S more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, June 12 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * Mahzarin Banaji receives BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award * SFI External Professor Mahzarin Banaji (Harvard University) has received a BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Social Science. She shares the award with social psychologists Icek Ajzen, Dolores Albarracin, Anthony Greenwald and Richard Petty for "revolutionizing the way we understand and measure more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Urges Interior Secretary Burgum to Protect Chaco Canyon, Demand Trump Administration Respect Tribal Sovereignty and Consult Tribal Nations * In a letter to Secretary Burgum, the N.M. Delegation expressed deep concern at the DOI's efforts to revoke protections around Chaco Canyon The Delegation's letter comes on the heels of their reintroduction of the Chaco Cultural Heritage Ar more PR

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The Native Plant Society of New Mexico, Albuquerque, has voiced strong opposition to U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Department of Commerce National Marine Fisheries Service's proposal to rescind the definition of "harm" under the Endangered Species Act. The organization warns that removing habitat modification from the definition would jeopardize imperiled species and contradict the core purpose of the conservation law. The Native Plant more ST

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * On One-Year Anniversary of Expiration of RECA, Lujan, Heinrich, Leger Fernandez, Vasquez, Advocates Hold Press Call Highlighting Need to Reauthorize and Strengthen RECA * Washington, D.C. - Today, on the one-year anniversary of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) expiring due to Congressional Republican inaction, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * On Senate Floor, Lujan Condemns Forcible Removal and Manhandling of Senator Padilla * WATCH Senator Lujan's Floor Speech here. Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) took to the Senate floor to deliver remarks condemning the forcible removal of U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) by federal agents at a press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.  more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * Sandia to help propel US semiconductor manufacturing ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia National Laboratories has joined a new partnership aimed at helping the United States regain its leadership in semiconductor manufacturing. While the U.S. was considered a powerhouse in chip production in the 1990s, fabricating more than 35% of the world's semiconductors, that s more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Pete Hegseth: "What's an AST?" * WASHINGTON, D.C. - During a House Armed Services Committee hearing today, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) confronted Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for his blatant lack of knowledge about the U.S.-Mexico border, despite the Department of Defense's growing involvement and massive spending in the region. WATCH: VASQUEZ PRESSES SECRETARY HE more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 13 -- The University of New Mexico issued the following news: * * * Making trees in fire-maintained forest less susceptible to drought By Anna Padilla Recently published research from a Ph.D. graduate from the biology department at The University of New Mexico finds that frequent fires have the potential to reduce tree water stress. Kevin Willson, a postdoctoral researcher with the Forest Service, found that fire-maintained forests had fewer trees with increasin more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Vasquez Secures Key Commitments from Ag Secretary Rollins on Rural New Mexico Priorities * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On June 11, 2025, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) secured key commitments from Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to address urgent issues affecting rural New Mexico -- including frozen food security funding, wildfire readiness, and broken federal contracts. She also committ more PR