WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * Academy Mortgage to Pay $75,000 in EEOC Sexual Harassment Charge Albuquerque Loan Company Agrees to Early Resolution of Charge Alleging a Former Supervisor Sexually Harassed and Retaliated Against Workers * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Academy Mortgage Corporation, an Albuquerque mortgage lending company, has entered into a public conciliation agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportun more PR

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 17 -- Rep. Earl L. Carter, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Carter, Bera Introduce Bill to Strengthen Palliative and Hospice Care Workforce * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Reps. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) and Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) today introduced the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA), bipartisan legislation to invest in training, education, and research for the palliative care and hospice workforce, allowing more practitioners to ent more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, July 18 -- The New Mexico Department of Economic Development issued the following news release on July 17, 2025: * * * Company reviving long-shuttered ethanol plant receives support through New Mexico EDD SANTA FE -- Navitas Global, an advanced ethanol production facility in Portales, has been awarded LEDA assistance to add jobs and expand operations through a program administered by the New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD). Navitas specializes in converting 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

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * On 80th Anniversary of Trinity Test, Sen. Markey Introduces Resolution to Halt and Reverse the Nuclear Arms Race * Resolution Text (PDF) Washington (July 16, 2025) - On the 80 th anniversary of the Trinity test, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) today introduced a Senate companion to H.Res. more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Bill Foster, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Foster, Sen. Lujan Introduce Legislation to Fund Infrastructure Upgrades at National Laboratories * Washington, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the Restore and Modernize Our National Laboratories Act. The bill would authorize $25 billion through Fiscal Year 2030 to support maintenance and infrastructure at the Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratories. Rep. Foster sec 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

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: * * * SOUTHERN STAR '25: 27th Special Operations Wing projects power with partners in Chile * SANTIAGO, Chile (AFNS) -- From the sunbaked airstrips of Antofagasta to the bustling port of Valparaiso and the icy channels of Punta Arenas, elite troops from six nations dived into SOUTHERN STAR 25, Latin America's premier multinational special operations exercise. Designed around a simulated United Nations stabilization mandat 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