WASHINGTON, June 18 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * 100 Groups Urge Senate Leadership Against Public Lands Sell-off in Budget Bill * More than 100 organizations urged senate leadership today to remove the unprecedented sell-off of millions of acres of public lands from the Senate budget bill. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, wants to mandate the sell-off of millions of acres of  more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 19 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico issued the following news release on June 18, 2025: * * * Albuquerque Stands United Against Trump Attacks on Immigrant Communities Albuquerque, NM - At a press conference at El CENTRO de Igualdad y Derechos, local immigrant-based and serving organizations, elected officials including Mayor Tim Keller, Speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives Javier Martinez, the New Mexico Conference of Catholic Bis more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 19 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico issued the following statement on June 18, 2025: * * * New Mexico Organizations Respond to Ruling on Gender-Affirming Care This statement has been approved by and can be attributed to: Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico, Equality New Mexico, ACLU of New Mexico, Bold Futures, Tewa Women United, Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, ProgressNow New Mexico: "Gender-affirming care saves lives. We kno more PR

TUCSON, Arizona, June 19 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * Earliest evidence of humans in the Americas confirmed in new U of A study By Kyle Mittan Vance Holliday jumped at the invitation to go do geology at New Mexico's White Sands. The landscape, just west of Alamogordo, looks surreal - endless, rolling dunes of fine beige gypsum, left behind by ancient seas. It's one of the most unique geologic features in the world. But a national park protects much o more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on June 18, 2025: * * * Heinrich Raises Alarm About New Mexico Public Lands at Risk in Republicans' Reconciliation Bill WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member on the U.S. Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released a list of public lands in New Mexico that are at risk of being sold off if Repu more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on June 18, 2025: * * * Heinrich Slams Trump Energy Department Budget Request and Mismanagement, Stresses Need for Affordable, Domestic Sources of Energy 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 Ener more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan, Senate Democrats Demand Trump Withdraw Military Forces from Los Angeles * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and the entire Senate Democratic Caucus in demanding that President Trump immediately withdraw all military forces from Los Angeles and cease threats to deploy the National Guard or ac more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan, Senate Democrats Press Trump Administration to Resume Processing DACA Applications * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to urge the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to resume processing applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, following a Fift more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Lujan Joins MSNBC to Defend Senator Padilla, Call Out GOP Silence and Demand Accountability * Santa Fe, N.M. -- U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, joined MSNBC's Ali Vitali to speak out forcefully in defense of his colleague and friend, Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), after the Senator was forcibly removed by federal agents at a press conf more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Dingell Announce Legislation to Strengthen Home and Community-Based Services * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) announced the introduction of the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Relief Act, legislation to provide dedicated Medicaid funds for home and community-based services (HCBS) for older adults, chi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan: Senate Republican Bill Will Strip Health Care From Millions of Americans, Force Rural Hospital Closures * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, issued the following statement on Senate Republicans' reconciliation bill text: "Senate Republicans unveiled their reconciliation bill - and it's even more extreme than the House ver more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Demands Trump Administration Restore Digital Equity Grants That Help New Mexicans Connect to the Internet * Passed by Congress, the Digital Equity Act Provides Funding to Help Connect Americans in Tribal, Rural, and Urban Communities to the Internet; Trump Administration is Blocking Over $8 Million in Funding Appropriated by Congress to Expand Broadband Access and Digital Resou more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection released the following testimony by Kiran Chinnagangannagari, chief product and technology officer of Securin, from a June 12, 2025, hearing entitled "Security to Model: Securing Artificial Intelligence to Strengthen Cybersecurity": * * * Chairman and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify. I am here representing Securin, a CISA JCDC member more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 19 -- The State Bar of New Mexico issued the following news on June 18, 2025: * * * The State Bar of New Mexico's Access to Justice Fund Grant Commission Sets Record for Total Amount of Grant Funds Awarded at $1.9 Million The State Bar of New Mexico's Access to Justice Fund Grant Commission ("the Commission") awarded $1,900,000 in grant funds to 14 civil legal service organizations for the 2025-2026 Fund cycle. Another consecutive record-breaking year, this marks more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Texas Man Charged Federally for Receipt and Transport of Explosives Intended for Use Against Law Enforcement * A Texas man is facing federal charges after allegedly purchasing powerful explosives in New Mexico and expressing plans to use them to harm law enforcement officers and government officials during riots in California. According to court documents, on June 12, 2025, Grzegorz Vandenberg, 4 more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 19 (TNSrpt) -- The University of New Mexico issued the following news: * * * Research shows MDC's jail population increasing By Alexa Skonieski While reported crime is down in New Mexico's most populous county, according to data from the Albuquerque Police Department and national numbers (2023), its jail population is not. A new study from The University of New Mexico's Institute for Social Research (ISR) shows Bernalillo County's Metropolitan Detention Center ( more PR