WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Blast Latest HHS Firings, Underscore How Cuts Will Harm New Mexicans' Health, Weaken Response to Fentanyl Crisis & Maternal Mortality * WASHINGTON U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (H more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Condemn Republicans for Refusing to Pay All New Mexico Federal Workers, Contractors, & Service Members During Trump's Shutdown * Senate Republicans blocked Democrats' legislation to pay all federal workers during Trump's shutdown WASHINGTON U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) released the following statements after Senate Republicans blocked Democ more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: ENR Ranking Member Heinrich and Senator Sheehy Launch Senate Stewardship Caucus * WASHINGTON U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) launched the Senate Stewardship Caucus to advance bipartisan efforts aimed at protecting and expanding access to public lands and waters, recovering wildlife, more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: ENR Ranking Member Heinrich and Senator Sheehy Launch Senate Stewardship Caucus U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) launched the Senate Stewardship Caucus to advance bipartisan efforts aimed at protecting and expanding  more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Oct. 27 -- The University of New Mexico issued the following news: * * * Lobos take flight at the International Sunport * The University of New Mexico (UNM) is one of eight institutions featured in a new exhibit at the Albuquerque International Sunport that celebrates and puts on the map the state's higher education landscape. The inaugural "Knowledge Concourse," unveiled Monday, features glass showcases curated by colleges and universities from across New Mexico.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Secures Amendments to Strengthen Public Safety During Extreme Weather Events, Crack Down on Illegal Robocalls Through Commerce Committee Markup * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, secured the successful passage of two amendments through the Senate Commerce Committee as part of the PIPELINE Safe more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Trump Administration's Decision to Reverse Their Own Position and Illegally Withhold Food Benefits from Americans * Trump : "I hate to tell you, but we are cutting Democrat programs" Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research, issued  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Heinrich Lead Call for Trump Administration to Reverse Course on Favoring Beef from Argentina * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) led a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer calling out the Trump Administration's harmful plan to increase beef imports from Argentina, which will help foreign interests at the expense of New  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Heinrich Urge Trump's USDA to Immediately Release November SNAP Benefits Amid Republican Shutdown * Washington, D.C. U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research, Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Amy Klobuchar, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Oct. 28 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU engineering graduate Acevedo to return to campus for book signing Nov. 3 * New Mexico State University's College of Engineering will host a book signing event with NMSU graduate Sylvia Acevedo from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 3, at the NMSU Bookstore, 1400 E. University Ave. in Las Cruces. Acevedo will be signing her second book, "The Trailblazer's Playbook: Practical Tactics t more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Oct. 28 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU's Hunt Center to host Hult Prize student pitch competition * WRITER: Alejandro Najera-Acosta, 575-646-2025, a_najera@nmsu.edu The Hunt Center for Entrepreneurship at New Mexico State University will host the prestigious Hult Prize competition from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, in the Corbett Center Student Union on the NMSU main campus. This year's competition, powered by t more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Oct. 28 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * Staff Spotlight: Lisa Porter, College of HEST * Lisa Porter has been the dean's office administrative assistant for the NMSU College of Health, Education and Social Transformation for nearly three years, and calls herself lucky to be the first point of contact for office visitors. As part of Porter's duties, she assists the college's operations manager and deans by fielding phone calls a more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Oct. 28 -- The University of New Mexico issued the following news: * * * UNM-led study uses ancient plant to decode Earth's climate history * A team of researchers at The University of New Mexico has uncovered how a peculiar, prehistoric plant might unlock new ways to reconstruct Earth's ancient climate. Led by UNM Earth and Planetary Sciences Professor Zachary Sharp, the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) titled, "Extreme more PR