WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM seeks input for May 2026 sale of oil and gas leases in New Mexico and Texas * SANTA FE, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 30-day public comment period to receive public input on plans to include 74 oil and gas parcels totaling 33,530 acres in New Mexico and Texas in a May 2026 sale. The comment period ends Feb. 20, 2026. The BLM completed scopi more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Jan. 21 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * Disentangling the Boltzmann brain hypothesis: Memory, entropy, and time * In a recent paper, SFI Professor David Wolpert, SFI Fractal Faculty member Carlo Rovelli, and physicist Jordan Scharnhorst examine a longstanding, paradoxical thought experiment in statistical physics and cosmology known as the "Boltzmann brain" hypothesis -the possibility that our memories, perceptions,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 [Category: Political] -- EMILYs List issued the following news release: * * * EMILYs List Announces $15 Million State Power Plan, Targeting Nine Key States for Building Democratic Power in 2026 * EMILYs List is announcing its 2026 State Power Plan, a bold and dynamic plan to secure governing majorities across nine key states by recruiting, investing in, and supporting women candidates up and down the ballot.  The $15 million plan targets nine states where building Democ more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Advances Legislation to Combat Nonconsensual, Sexually-Explicit Deepfakes * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), founder and Co-Chair of the Senate Artificial Intelligence Caucus, applauded Senate passage of the Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits Act (DEFIANCE Act), bipartisan legislation that gives survivors of sexually explicit "deepfake" images a more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Cosponsors Legislation to Expand SNAP Eligibility for New Mexico Social Security Recipients * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, reintroduced the COLAs Don't Count Act, bicameral legislation to exempt annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) from impacting the benefits of those who utilize the Suppl more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich to Hedge Funds: "Get Out of the Housing Market" * Heinrich Cosponsors Legislation to Kick Hedge Funds Out of the Housing Market, Lower Housing Costs for New Mexico Families WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) cosponsored the Humans Over Private Equity (HOPE) for Homeownership Act, legislation to kick hedge funds out of the housing market and lower housing costs for Ne more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Lujan, Wyden, Markey Urge Apple and Google to Remove X and Grok from App Stores Following Grok Generating Illegal Sexual Images at Scale In Case You Missed It : In response to X Corp's Grok AI tool being used to generate nonconsensual sexualized images of women and children at scale in recent days, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) urg more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Announces Nominations to U.S. Service Academies for 2025 * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M) announced student nominations from New Mexico to enter the United States Service Academies. "New Mexico has a proud tradition of service across every branch of our military, and I'm honored to nominate some of our state's best and brightest to our United States Service  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Delivers Nearly $982 Million for Vital New Mexico Projects in Senate-Passed Appropriations Bills * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) announced nearly $982 million in federal funding secured for New Mexico in the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Energy and Water Development; Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies; and Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropr more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement Commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. Day * Senator Lujan Delivers Remarks at the Grant Chapel A.M.E. Church Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Albuquerque, N.M. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. Day: "Equal justice under the law, the sacred right to vote, and the power of ordinary people standing up more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Senate Republicans Voting to Block Consideration of War Powers Resolution * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after Senate Republicans voted to block consideration of a bipartisan War Powers Resolution that earned bipartisan support last week : "Just last week, the Senate voted with bipartisan support to advance a war power more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Cortez Masto, Grassley, Push to Protect Americans' Personal Information from China, Other Foreign Adversaries * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) reintroduced the Internet Application Integrity and Disclosure (App ID) Act to help protect Americans online. This legislation would require operators of website more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * New Mexico's Boundary-Defying Wolf 'Taylor' Found Dead on I-40 * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -The Mexican gray wolf known as Taylor, famous for repeatedly crossing Interstate 40, was found dead over the weekend on the interstate near Grants, New Mexico. Taylor established a home range last year near Mount Taylor despite a federal rule banning wolves north of Interstate 40. He returne more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Jan. 21 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU Global Campus, City of Las Cruces form workforce partnership * WRITER/SOURCE: Karen Cooper, 575-646-4040, cooperka@nmsu.edu New Mexico State University Global Campus has partnered with the City of Las Cruces to expand education and career advancement opportunities for city employees while supporting long-term workforce readiness across municipal operations. The collaboration is d more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Jan. 21 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU hands out honors for research, creative scholarly activity at spring convocation * A day before New Mexico State University welcomed students back to campus, staff and faculty came together for NMSU's spring 2026 convocation. Nearly 200 Aggies gathered in Atkinson Recital Hall to kick off the new semester and celebrate a group of staff and faculty who received some of the university more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Jan. 21 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU renews designation as Carnegie Community Engaged University * New Mexico State University has once again earned the Carnegie Community Engagement Designation, an elective designation awarded by the American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching that highlights an institution's commitment to community engagement. NMSU was first awarded the d more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Jan. 22 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2026: * * * Federal Agency Re-Approves Highway Through Red Cliffs National Conservation Area, Abandons Own Scientific Findings Coalition of Local Residents and State and National Organizations Vow to Continue Decades-Long Fight * ST. GEORGE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) re-approved a proposal from the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT), at the behest of Washington County, f more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Jan. 21 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: * * * Interior Appeals Board Halts Massive Wyoming Drilling Project for Violating Clean Air Act Interior Board overturns 2018 approval for 3,500-well fracking project in Upper Green River Basin * The Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) has vacated the Bureau of Land Management's approval of the Normally Pressured Lance (NPL) oil and gas development project in western Wyoming, finding that the agency vi more PR