WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Celebrates Another 100 Days with 100 More Pro-Environmental Actions Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin shared 100 additional environmental actions EPA has taken in the last 100 days to recognize 200 Days of providing clean air, land, and water for all Americans under President Donald Trump's leadership. This includes funding to address lead in drinking 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

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

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

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