WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Over 180 organizations have voiced strong opposition to proposed changes to federal student loan repayment and forgiveness programs by the U.S. Department of Education. The groups, representing millions of students, borrowers, workers and vulnerable populations, argue that the Administration's plans would worsen the ongoing student loan crisis affecting more than 40 million Americans who collectively owe over $1.6 trillion. The letter specifically challenges alterations to the Pay As You Earn and Income-Contingent Repaym more ST

WASHINGTON, July 10 (TNSFR) -- Arizona State University Center for Archaeology and Society Repository is preparing to return cultural items to several native American communities. This includes the Ak Chin Indian Community, Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona, Hopi Tribe, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Tohono O'odham Nation and the Zuni Tribe, New Mexico. This action aligns with federal law concerning the protection and repatriation of cultural items, ensuring that more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 (TNSFR) -- Arizona State University Center for Archaeology and Society Repository is preparing to return 29 cultural items to several native American communities. This action aligns with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act ensuring items with a cultural connection are returned. The collection includes unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony. These items including faunal bone and stone lots were removed from the Rancheri'a de Bernier site in Maricopa County, Ariz more PR

WASHINGTON, July 7 (TNSFR) -- ColdQuanta Inc., operating as Infleqtion and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, is poised to receive an exclusive patent license from the U.S. Air Force for a groundbreaking optical atomic clock technology. The notice signals a significant step in advancing quantum timing and navigation solutions for both defense and commercial sectors. The patent in question issued in June 2020 and titled "Optical Rubidium Atomic Frequency Standard," describes a highly precise atomic clock system. The technology utilizes a fibe more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Following Deadly Flooding, Lujan Sounds Alarm on Dangerous Republican Plan to Gut Public Broadcasting * In Every Corner of New Mexico, New Mexicans Rely on Public Broadcasting to Stay Safe During Natural Disasters and Connect with Trusted News WATCH Senator Lujan's Floor Speech HERE Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, took to the Senate floor to de more PR

WASHINGTON, July 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article: * * * Soil moisture partitioning between under canopy and interspace environments in shrublands of the northern Chihuahuan Desert * Soil moisture is a key link between hydrologic and ecologic processes in desert shrublands. Understanding how soil moisture is spatially distributed in desert shrublands provides valuable insights into how shrubs use and impact limiting water resources, and how shrublands may respond more PR

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Welcomes High-Speed Internet Access for Rural Communities in Cibola and McKinley Counties * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, welcomed the completion of three broadband projects that have connected more than 500 rural locations to high-speed internet in Cibola and McKinley counties. This was made possible by $6,800,000 secured by Heinrich in the American Rescue Plan.  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: As Vote-A-Rama On Republican Budget Betrayal Hits 24 Hours, Lujan Standing Strong for New Mexicans * WATCH : Lujan Holds Senate Floor During Midnight Session WATCH : Lujan Introduces Amendment to Save SNAP Washington, D.C. - As the Senate vote-a-rama on the Republican Budget Betrayal hits 24 hours, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) has been on the Senate floor throughout the night fighting for New Mexicans. KEY MOMENTS: 24 Hour  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 (TNSFR) -- The Kansas State Historical Society has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, establishing cultural affiliation with the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma, Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico and the Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming. This action, under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, prepares for the return of these ancestral items. The inventory identifies remains of at least 16 individuals from various Kansas countie more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, July 10 -- The New Mexico Department of Economic Development issued the following news release on July 9, 2025: * * * Local climate solutions company awarded EDD funding Spiritus Technologies collaborates with Nambe Pueblo * SANTA FE -- Spiritus Technologies PBC, a company engaged in sustainable carbon removal, has been awarded state LEDA assistance to add jobs and expand its footprint in New Mexico, through a program administered by the New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD). Spiritus has developed afforda more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Boozman Reintroduce Legislation to Prevent Physical Therapy Interruptions * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-Ark.) reintroduced the Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act to prevent the interruption of physical therapy services nationwide. For many senior Medicare patients, physical therapy services can help restore mobility and patient's ability to function and live ind more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan: Republican Bill Betrays New Mexico Families by Taking an Axe to Health Care, Nutrition Programs, and Rural Communities * WATCH : Lujan Holds Senate Floor During Midnight Session WATCH : Lujan Introduces Amendment to Save SNAP Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after Senate Republicans voted to pass their partisan budget reconciliation bill: "Senate Republicans just pushed through a  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Congressional Delegation Calls on President Trump to Grant State's Major Disaster Declaration Request in Response to Severe Flooding * N.M. Delegation: "It is imperative that the federal government provides full support needed for New Mexico communities to respond and recover. Anything less would leave families vulnerable and prolong the suffering of those already facing unimaginable loss" RUIDOSO, N.M. -- As families mourn the loss of  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Congressional Delegation Calls on President Trump to Grant State's Major Disaster Declaration Request in Response to Severe Flooding * N.M. Delegation: "It is imperative that the federal government provides full support needed for New Mexico communities to respond and recover. Anything less would leave families vulnerable and prolong the suffering of those already facing unimaginable loss" RUIDOSO, N.M. -- As families mourn the loss of th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Congressional Delegation Calls on President Trump to Grant State's Major Disaster Declaration Request in Response to Severe Flooding * RUIDOSO, N.M. -- As families mourn the loss of the three lives taken in severe flash flooding, and as many New Mexicans are being forced to evacuate their homes and businesses, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on July 9, 2025: * * * Sen. Cruz: This Committee is Confirming People We Trust to Keep Our Country Safe No mission is more important than improving the ability to notify people in harm's way and get them out * In his opening statement at today's Senate Commerce Committee nominations hearing, Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) expressed his condolences to the victims, families, and communities affe more PR