ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 12 -- Albuquerque Public Schools issued the following news on Aug. 11, 2025: * * * Trio of Excellence Chaparral, Comanche and Janet Kahn honored by National PTA * Three APS elementary schools - Chaparral, Comanche and Janet Kahn School of Integrated Arts - have been named National PTA Schools of Excellence. The award recognizes schools and their PTAs' dedication to building strong family-school partnerships while creating a welcoming and engaged community. Of more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2025: * * * ENR Ranking Member Heinrich Releases Data on Trump Administration Actions that Hike Up Energy Costs Donald Trump and Republicans' Big Bad Bill for Billionaires will raise utility costs by 9-18% across the nation. * Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member on the U.S. Energy and Natural  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Tours AV Manufacturing Facility, Receives Demo of BADGER Satellite Communications System * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, toured AV's space operations manufacturing facility and received a demonstration of their next generation BADGER satellite communications system, which will expand and modernize the natio more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * ICYMI: Gabe Vasquez Welcomes Radical Rashida Tlaib to New Mexico * A new report is highlighting that out of touch Democrat Gabe Vasquez is fired up to welcome Tlaib to New Mexico as they both are radicals who have supported raising taxes, wasting taxpayer dollars, defunding the police, and opening the southern border. The article points out that "while families struggle with soaring pric more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Leger Fernandez, Democratic Women's Caucus Demands ICE Address Dangerous Impersonators that Assault Women; Demands Clear Identification To Protect Women * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Monday August, 11, Chair Leger Fernandez and The Democratic Women's Caucus (DWC) led by DWC Reproductive Task Force Co-Chair and Liaison Judy Chu (CA-28) and DWC Members Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) and Nydia Velazq more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- 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 re more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- 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 re more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- 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 F more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- 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 Congr more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * This Week: Lujan Holds Events Across Northern and Central New Mexico * Lujan Visits Taos, Santa Fe, Espanola, Albuquerque, and Santa Ana Pueblo Holds Town Hall, Listens to Constituent Concerns, and Highlights Work on Behalf of New Mexicans New Mexico - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) concluded a series of events across New Mexico this week, holding a town hall in Taos and meeting with he more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Aug. 12 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * Two NMSU TRIO programs grants renewed, receive $3.7 million in funding For New Mexico State University graduates Shellby Yazzie and Caylene Romero, the TRIO programs at NMSU played a monumental role in helping them earn their bachelor's degrees. And a pair of NMSU's TRIO programs have been awarded new five-year grants from the U.S. Department of Education. The TRIO Student Support Services more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * United Nuclear Corporation and General Electric to Perform $63 Million Cleanup of Uranium Mine Waste at Northeast Church Rock Mine in Navajo Nation * Flagstaff, Ariz. - The United Nuclear Corporation (UNC) and General Electric Company (GE) have agreed to a Consent Decree with the United States, Navajo Nation and the State of New Mexico under the federal Superfund law. This agreement requires a more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * United Nuclear Corporation and General Electric to Perform $63M Cleanup of Uranium Mine Waste at Northeast Church Rock Mine and UNC Mill Sites in New Mexico and Navajo Nation * The United Nuclear Corporation (UNC) and General Electric Company (GE) have agreed to a consent decree with the United States, Navajo Nation, and the State of New Mexico under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division issued the following news release: * * * United Nuclear Corporation and General Electric to Perform $63M Cleanup of Uranium Mine Waste at Northeast Church Rock Mine and UNC Mill Sites in New Mexico and Navajo Nation The United Nuclear Corporation (UNC) and General Electric Company (GE) have agreed to a consent decree with the United States, Navajo Nation, and the State of New Mexico under the fede more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 12 -- The University of New Mexico issued the following news: * * * UNM Bookstores to launch pilot program to expand affordable course materials for undergraduates By Coline Bernal After a multi-year review process that included campus surveys, engagements with campus stakeholders, and a town hall, The University of New Mexico Bookstores is launching a two-year pilot program this fall to enhance undergraduate student access to affordable course materials. The  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Vasquez Stands With Energy Workers in Hobbs, Calls to Put Workers' Health First * HOBBS, N.M. - On August 7, 2025, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) joined members of Somos Un Pueblo Unido, a statewide organization dedicated to promoting racial and worker justice, to rally support for his Energy Workers Health Improvement and Compensation Fund Act. The bill requires the largest oil and  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Vasquez: Funding Cuts to Carlsbad Caverns Hurt Jobs, Tourism, and Tradition * CARLSBAD, N.M. - Last week, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) joined leaders from Carlsbad Caverns National Park and the neighboring Guadalupe Mountains National Park to discuss the ongoing staffing and operational disruptions caused by the shortsighted DOGE budget cuts. The budget cuts -- which included lay more PR