WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on July 30, 2025, from Economics Daily: * * * Job openings rate above 6.0 percent in Alaska and West Virginia in 2024 Alaska's annual average job openings rate was 6.3 percent during 2024. Among other states with the highest job openings rates in 2024 were West Virginia (6.2 percent), and Kentucky, New Mexico, and South Carolina (each 5.8 percent). California, Washington, and  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has withdrawn a plan to acquire land for the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge, a move it says is in line with a presidential order to prioritize energy and agriculture. The decision revokes a land protection plan that was approved on June 15, 2023, and would have created an acquisition boundary for a potential addition of up to 700,000 acres to the refuge in Texas and New Mexico. The Service stated that it will take no actions to more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on July 31, 2025: * * * Heinrich Urges USDA and DOI to Provide Adequate Resources and Support to Wildland Firefighters, Following Reports of Firefighters Cleaning Toilets U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Call for Large-Scale Expansion of Humanitarian Aid in Gaza & Resumption of Diplomatic Efforts to Secure a Ceasefire & End the War * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined 42 Democratic senators in writing to the Trump Administration to express alarm about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and call for a large-scale expansion of humani more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 (TNSFR) -- Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, is preparing to repatriate human remains representing at least five individuals along with one associated funerary object to three native American tribes following the completion of an inventory and determination of cultural affiliation. The human remains and projectile point were given to Kansas State Historical Society in 1920 without specific origin details, though identified as being from either Colorado or Kansas. Kan more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Presses President Trump's New NTIA Administrator on Day One: Stop Delaying Broadband Funds for New Mexico * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, called on Arielle Roth, the recently confirmed Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), to fulfill her responsibi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Markey, Peters, Carter Unveil Bicameral Legislation to Modernize Gas Pipeline Safety Standards, Cut Methane Leaks * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), along with U.S. Representatives Scott Peters (D-Calif.) and Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-La.) introduced the Gas Pipeline Leak Detection and Repair Act of 2025 to modernize decades-old g more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Members of N.M. Delegation Call on Trump Administration Demanding Answers on Reported Suspension of Medical Services at Gallup Indian Medical Center * Recent Reporting Indicates Trump Administration Bureaucratic Hurdles Are Causing Delays and Reductions in Patient Care at Gallup Indian Medical Center Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committ more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Merkley Demand Public Release of Epstein Files * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) have launched an effort to direct the U.S. Department of Justice to publicly release all files related to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein and his associates. Senators Lujan and Merkley introduced the Epstein Files Transparency Act to ensure  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Space Force issued the following news: * * * Milestone sensor upgrade enhances Space Force identifying, tracking capability * PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFNS) -- U.S. Space Force Space Operations Command, in partnership with U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command, approved the operational acceptance of a milestone upgrade to the Ground-Based Optical Sensor System at the Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance site in White Sands Missile Ran more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * On the 60th Anniversary of the Creation of Medicaid and Medicare, Lujan, Leader Schumer, and Senate Democrats Introduce Legislation to Reverse Devastating Health Care Cuts in Republicans' Budget Betrayal * WATCH HERE : Senator Lujan Delivers Floor Speech on Effort to Reverse Devastating Health Care Cuts in Republicans' Budget Betrayal Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Gabe Vasquez Demands Transparency from ICE at Otero County Detention Center Oversight Visit * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On July 30, 2025, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) visited the Otero County Processing Center to carry out his oversight duties as a Member of Congress and get critical insight into how ICE is treating detainees using taxpayer funds. During the visit, the Congressman  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Pettersen Meets With Providers & Administrators at Planned Parenthood Arvada Health Center Following Trump's Effort to Ban Medicaid-Covered Planned Parenthood Treatments * SEE PICTURES FROM TUESDAYS EVENT LAKEWOOD - U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) visited the Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountain's (PPRM) Arvada clinic to hear from providers and administrators about t more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * USDA Announces Daily Program Celebrating the Great American Farmers Market on the National Mall * (Washington, D.C., July 31, 2025) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins invites families, food lovers, and patriots alike to the Great American Farmers Market on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., August 3 - 8, 2025. This weeklong celebration will be a vibrant showcase of American a more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Vasquez condemns Gaza starvation policy, calls for end to military aid to Israel until ceasefire is reached * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On July 30, 2025, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) released the following statement on the urgent need for humanitarian aid in Gaza. "The intentional starvation of innocent children in Gaza is undeniable and abhorrent. It is unacceptable that Prime Minister more PR