WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following cost estimate for the Ohkay Owingeh Rio Chama Water Rights Settlement Act (S. 563). * * * At a Glance S. 563, Ohkay Owingeh Rio Chama Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on March 5, 2025 The bill would * Secure water rights for the Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo in New Mexico by ratifying a 2023 agreement between the Pueblo and other parties * Establish and appr more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, March 25 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * A team of UNM researchers honored with 2026 ALA research award By Megan Borders An all-women team of six researchers, five from The University of New Mexico College of University Librarian and Learning Sciences and their colleague at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has received the 2026 Jesse H. Shera Award for distinguished published research from the American Library Association. Th more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 25 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Idaho. *** Image Sensor With a Bond Pad ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 24 -- SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Scottsdale, Arizona has been assigned a patent (No. US 12588307 B2, initially filed Feb. 22, 2023) developed by three inventors Marc Allen Sulfridge, Boise, Idaho; William Crofoot, Nampa, Idaho; and Swarnal Borthakur, Boise, Idaho, for "Image sensor with a bond pad." *** Elemental Composi more ST