WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Political] (TNSrpt) -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * ATR Releases Empower Patients Initiative By Vance Ginn Today, Americans for Tax Reform released the Empower Patients Initiative, co-authored by Vance Ginn, Ph.D., staff economist at ATR, president of Ginn Economic Consulting, and former Chief Economist at the White House Office of Management and Budget under President Trump, and Deane Waldman, M.D., M.B.A., a nationally recogn more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Captured Mexican Gray Wolf Asha Released With Mate, Pups in New Mexico * SILVER CITY, N.M. -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today released into the wild an endangered Mexican gray wolf called Asha, along with her mate and pups. Asha was featured in National Geographic and other media for twice roaming north of Interstate 40 in New Mexico before being captured and kept i more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * In Senate-Passed Appropriations Bills, Lujan Delivers Nearly $190 Million for New Mexico * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) announced funding secured for New Mexico in the Senate-passed Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill and Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Military Construction, Veterans Affair more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Joins Senate Democrats in Requesting Report on Looming Health Insurance Impacts Following Republican Cuts to Medicaid and Premium Tax Credits * Santa Fe, N.M. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), and a group of Senate Democrats in req more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Secures Over $12 Million for New Mexico Projects in Committee-Passed Appropriations Bill * Total Investments for FY26 is $300,585,000 Investments Include Workforce Development, Health Care, and Education Santa Fe, N.M. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) announced over $12 million in federal funding secured for New Mexico through the Appropriations Committee's bipartisan passage of Fi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Major Public Broadcasting Shutdown Announcement Following GOP Funding Cuts * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, issued the following statement in response to the announcement from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) that it will begin shutting down operations after Congre more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Cornyn, Heinrich Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support Development of Seedling Nurseries, Reforestation and Habitat Restoration Programs * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research, John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced the Seedlings for Sus more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Aug. 8 -- The New Mexico Republican Party issued the following news: * * * NM Deserves Better U.S. Representatives Let's be clear: Gabe Vasquez's town hall is yet another example of fearmongering that misleads the very New Mexicans who rely on Medicaid. The Biden administration's bloated and mismanaged spending on Medicaid has allowed fraud, waste, and abuse to spiral out of control. The reforms Gabe is attacking are not "cuts" to vital services--they are necessary steps more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (TNSLrpt) -- The New Mexico Sentencing Commission's (NMSC) white paper on the prison population for fiscal year 2024 indicates that on June 23, 2024, there were 5,613 individuals confined in New Mexico state prisons, with 5,531 held for convictions of state crimes. The demographic breakdown shows that well over half of the prison population is Hispanic, at a significantly higher proportion than the national average of 21.6%. Non-Hispanic White individuals make up 24.0% of th more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Radical Gabe Vasquez Welcomes Radical Rashida Tlaib to New Mexico * The Democrat Party of New Mexico just announced their "most important fundraiser event of the year" headlined by radical antisemite Rashida Tlaib. Out of touch Gabe Vasquez is surely fired up to welcome Tlaib to New Mexico as they both are radicals who have supported raising taxes, wasting taxpayer dollars, defunding the  more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * Sandia's Small Business team honored again by DOE * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia National Laboratories' Mentor-Protege Program and its leadership have once again been recognized by the Department of Energy for their success in helping small businesses grow. The DOE Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization recognizes programs, administrators, co more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior urging the agency to restore and clarify certain language in its interim final rule for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act. The pueblo's comments focused on two key areas: the exclusion of tribal projects from NEPA analysis and the procedures for notifying tribes about federal actions. The letter says that the previous Council on Environmental Quality's NEP more ST

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 8 -- The University of New Mexico issued the following news: * * * NSF grant: New equipment elevates CHTM research capabilities By Alexa Skonieski The Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM) at The University of New Mexico has added two cutting-edge instruments to its research arsenal, marking a first for the university. This significant advancement was made possible through a Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) grant from the National Science Foundation (N more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 8 -- The University of New Mexico issued the following news: * * * Qu-REACH turns 5: A milestone of innovation & impact By Alexa Skonieski The Quantum Undergraduate Research Experience (QU-REACH), hosted by The University of New Mexico's Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM), celebrated five successful years on Friday with its summer research poster presentation. The 10-week in-person summer program is designed to provide undergraduate students in New Me more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 8 -- The University of New Mexico issued the following news: * * * UNM joins Brown University in national institute focused on intuitive, trustworthy AI assistants The project, supported by a $20 million NSF grant, will guide development of a new generation of AI assistants for use in mental and behavioral health. * A $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation will help experts from institutions around the country develop an artificial intelligence  more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 8 -- The University of New Mexico issued the following news: * * * UNM ROSE Program: From university laboratories to middle and high school classrooms More than 65 teachers from across the State of New Mexico enhance science teachings through ROSE Program By Marissa Lucero Juliet Tandoy is a sixth-grade science teacher at Zuni Middle School, an educator for 22 years, and always looking for ways to better connect science to the real world for her students. Then, more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: Rep. Stansbury Fights for New Mexico Seniors, Social Security * New bill aims to protect the integrity, accessibility, public ownership of the Social Security Administration. ALBUQUERQUE -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) kept fighting on Thursday against President Trump and DOGE efforts to slash Social Security Administration staffing, close administration field offices, and mine ben more PR