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

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

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Jan. 22 -- The New Mexico Department of Economic Development issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2026: * * * Castelion breaks ground on Project Ranger in Rio Rancho, creating 300 high-paying jobs Castelion will invest $150 million in the new campus * Castelion, a defense technology company, today broke ground on a 1,000- acre manufacturing campus -- known as Project Ranger -- in Sandoval County, reinforcing New Mexico's position at the forefront of defense in more PR