WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * BREAKING: Heinrich's Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act Signed into Law * WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich announced that his Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentanyl Act to permanently classify fentanyl-related substances (FRS) as Schedule I drugs, under the Controlled Substances Act, has been signed into law. Heinrich introduced the HALT Fentanyl Act in Januar more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The Arms Control Association issued the following news release: * * * Civil Society Leaders Issue "New Call to Halt and Reverse the Arms Race" Over the decades, civil society organizations around the globe have successfully pushed governments to take steps to reduce the nuclear danger, agree to cut the number of nuclear weapons, halt and then ban nuclear explosive testing, curb the spread of nuclear weapons, and to conclude the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapo more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Statement on the 80th Anniversary of the Trinity Test * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement on the 80 th anniversary of the Trinity Test: "For far too many New Mexicans, including Navajo uranium miners and families, today's anniversary of the Trinity Test is a day marked by suffering, pain, and injustice. It serves as a solemn reminde more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Demand Answers on Trump Admin Re-Adding Medical Debt onto Credit Reports * Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Banking Committee Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren (D- Mass.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and 24 other Senators in pushing the Trum more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: ENR Ranking Member Heinrich Blasts Trump Administration's Plan to Transfer National Parks to States, Devastating Rural Economies, Cutting Access to Public Lands, & Killing Jobs * WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Climate Power's Executive Director Lori Lodes held a press call on Clima more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 (TNSrep) -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on July 16, 2025: * * * ICYMI: ENR Ranking Member Heinrich Blasts Trump Administration's Plan to Transfer National Parks to States, Devastating Rural Economies, Cutting Access to Public Lands, & Killing Jobs Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 (TNSFR) -- The Kansas State Historical Society has completed its inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects determining a cultural affiliation with Jicarilla Apache Nation in New Mexico and Wichita and Affiliated Tribes in Oklahoma. This paves the way for their return under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. Five individuals of native American ancestry are represented. One believed to be a Cuartelejo Apache was excavated in 1951 from  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Presses Trump Administration to Provide Update on Status of Congressionally Appropriated Funding for Agency Dedicated to Growing Local Businesses * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, called on United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce Paul Dabbar to provide an update on the status of the more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Secures Over $6.9 Million in Federal Investments for New Mexico Communities in Committee-Passed Appropriations Bill * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, announced the Appropriations Committee's bipartisan passage of the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Adminis more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement Ahead of 80th Anniversary of Trinity Test * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement ahead of the 80 th anniversary of the Trinity Test: "Tomorrow marks 80 years since the Trinity Test -- eight decades of pain, loss, and injustice for the victims still living with the fallout of nuclear testing and uranium mining. "For over  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Restore and Modernize National Labs * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) introduced the Restore and Modernize Our National Labs Act of 2025, legislation that would invest in maintenance projects and infrastructure improvements at America's National Labs. Specifically, the legislation would authorize funding for deferred mainte more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan: GOP Vote to Rip Away Public Broadcasting Funds Endangers Rural and Tribal Communities * 1500+ Local Public Radio and TV Stations At Risk of Losing Funding WATCH : Lujan Offers Motion to Recissions Package to Protect AMBER & Emergency Alerts WATCH : Lujan Sounds Alarm on Dangerous GOP Plan to Gut Public Broadcasting WATCH : Lujan Joins Democratic Leadership Press Conference on Cuts P more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, July 18 -- The University of New Mexico issued the following news: * * * NMiF discusses how Trump's spending bill could reshape New Mexico This week, New Mexico in Focus discusses President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending bill and digs into a few key changes coming to our state. Tina Cordova, the president and co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders, has advocated for decades for those who were exposed to radiation during and after the Trinity Test -- th more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, July 18 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU Global Campus offers discounted tuition for New York Life New Mexico employees Employees with New York Life New Mexico can now access fully accredited undergraduate and graduate programs that support professional growth in the financial services sector - and also save on tuition costs - through a new partnership with New Mexico State University Global Campus. New York Life New Mexico  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Gabe Vasquez Votes to Foster Digital Innovation and Advance Consumer Protections * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On July 17, 2025, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) voted in support of two bipartisan bills -- the CLARITY Act and the GENIUS Act -- marking a critical step forward in the regulation of digital assets, the protection of crypto users, and blockchain innovation. "These bipartisan  more PR

LA GRANGE PARK, Illinois, July 16 [Category: Energy] -- The American Nuclear Society posted the following news: * * * Trinity Test at 80: American Nuclear Society CEO Craig Piercy reflects on the Manhattan Project * By Craig H. Piercy, CEO and Executive Director of the American Nuclear Society Eighty years ago today, at exactly 5:29:45 a.m. local time* on July 16, 1945, the United States Army detonated the world's first nuclear bomb in the Jornada del Muerto desert of southern New Mexico.  more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, July 18 -- The University of New Mexico issued the following news: * * * UNM's Global Education Office expands global reach with immersion programs By Megan Borders The University of New Mexico's Global Education Office is UNM's link to the world. The office focuses on creating a globally engaged community by offering international education programs, fostering cross-cultural understanding and preparing students, faculty and staff to thrive in a connected, modern wor more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Vasquez Leads Bipartisan Border Legislation to Combat Cartels' Exploitation of American Youth and Crack Down on Smugglers * WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) introduced the No More Narcos Act and the Stop COYOTES Act, two critical bipartisan bills designed to address the continued threat of organized criminal activity in border communities. The legislation  more PR