WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * "Sell Off Steve" Pearce a Terrible Choice for BLM, Colorado Public Lands * DENVER - The U.S. Senate hearing for Steve Pearce, nominee for Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is triggering fierce push back from conservation and environmental groups this week. Pearce, a former New Mexico U.S. Representative and anti-public lands firebrand, previously supported mass expansion of more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of Trump's State of the Union, Lujan Exposes Reality of Trump's First Year Back - Costs, Chaos, and Corruption * Video of Senator Lujan's Remarks Available HERE Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Senate Democrats held a press conference ahead of President Trump's State of the Union to highlight the chaos and c more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 26 (TNSLrpt) -- New Mexico Job Openings and Labor Turnover December 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Southwest Region - Feb. 25, 2026 * * * New Mexico had 33,000 job openings in December 2025, compared to 42,000 openings in November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Acting Regional Commissioner Jerome Watters noted that the job openings rate in New Mexico was 3.5 percent in December and 4.4 percent in more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Distaste for Ethical Norms, Support for Private Interests Cloud Trump's Bureau of Land Management Nominee * With longstanding ties to the New Mexico oil industry, President Donald Trump's nominee to run the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is beset with conflicts of interest that should disqualify him for the role, according to a letter sent to Senators serving on the Energy and Natural Resour more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 [Category: Political] -- The Independent Women's Forum posted issued the following news release: * * * EXCLUSIVE NEW DOCUMENTARY: Inside New Mexico's Failing School System * ALBUQUERQUE, NM -In the northwest corner of New Mexico near a Native American reservation, a veteran educator, who has spent over two decades watching her state's education system unravel from the inside. Today, Independent Women's grassroots storytelling and investigative journalism arm, Independen more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Feb. 25 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * Knapps increase commitment to $4.5 million for Winograd Law Scholarship * Eric Knapp ('98) and his wife, Dana Marie Knapp, have pledged $4.5 million to the Peter A. Winograd Endowed Annual Scholarship in Law at The University of New Mexico's (UNM) School of Law. Their new commitment builds upon more than two decades of giving and includes a principal-level estate gift that will ensure the schola more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Joins Rosen, Durbin, Senate Democrats in Calling On Supreme Court to Protect Birthright Citizenship Against Trump Attacks * Washington, D.C. - Last week, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and 26 Senate Democratic colleagues in requesting that the United States Supreme Court protect birthright citizenship and  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Joins Wyden, Markey, Shaheen, and 18 Senate Democrats in Releasing Legislation Requiring Refunds of Trump's Illegal Tariffs * Bill Instructs the Trump Administration to Prioritize Small Businesses; Requires Full Refund With Interest of Illegal Trump Tariffs in 180 Days Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined Senate Finance  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on President Trump's State of the Union Address * WATCH : Lujan Joins Democratic Leadership Press Conference Ahead of Trump's SOTU Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement in response to President Trump's State of the Union address: "President Trump's State of the Union summed up his first year back in office: chaos, corruption, an more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Supreme Court Striking Down President Trump's Sweeping Tariffs * Santa Fe, N.M. -U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, issued the following statement on the Supreme Court striking down President Trump's sweeping tariffs: "Instead of lowering costs for American families as he promised, President Trump ignited a global trade war the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Barrasso 988 Bill Advances in Senate 988 Bill Advances in Senate * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) applauded the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee for recently passing their bipartisan legislation to increase the efficiency of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline through assessing challenges to transmitting geolocation information. "The 988 more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Mexican Gray Wolf Numbers Reach 319 in Southwest * SILVER CITY, N.M. -The Arizona and New Mexico wildlife agencies today jointly announced that the number of endangered Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest grew by 33 last year -to 319 in 2025 from 286 in 2024. "It's inspiring that there are now hundreds of Mexican wolves in the Southwest, especially considering there were more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Feb. 25 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * URAD announces spring research scholarships * The Undergraduate Research, Arts and Design Network at The University of New Mexico has announced the recipients of the research scholarship for the spring of 2026. The award is designed to help students who otherwise would have no avenue to be paid for research in their area of interest. Recipients of the award submit monthly progress reports to U more PR

HAILEY, Idaho, Feb. 25 -- The Western Watersheds Project posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Allows Ranchers to Kill Endangered Mexican Wolf ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A newly revealed U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service document allows Catron County ranchers to kill any one endangered Mexican gray wolf who happens to be in the area of two grazing allotments near Quemado, New Mexico. The permit doesn't identify which wolf the ranchers can shoot, nor does it specify livestock lo more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Feb. 25 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * What does it mean to compute? * Some computers are easy to spot. Artificial, human-built computers like those found in smartphones and laptops are abstract dynamic systems with observable computational elements like input, output, energy cost, and logical processes. Other computers aren't so readily recognized. Scientists have argued that many natural dynamic systems -from cell more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Feb. 26 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2026: * * * Mexican Gray Wolf Numbers Reach 319 in Southwest We urge agencies to do more to address the political, geographic, and genetic barriers that continue to hinder and threaten recovery * SILVER CITY, N.M.-- The Arizona and New Mexico wildlife agencies today jointly announced that the number of endangered Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest grew by 33 last year -- from 286 in 2024 to  more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Feb. 25 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Allows Ranchers to Kill Endangered Mexican Wolf Research has consistently found that killing wolves does not reliably reduce livestock depredations and can increase conflict * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A newly revealed U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service document allows Catron County ranchers to kill any one endangered Mexican gray wolf who happens to be in the area of two grazing allotm more PR