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*New Mexico Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for 2026-09-04 ( 12 items )  
$6K Grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas and WestStar Boosts Innovation and Entrepreneurship in El Paso, Texas (10)
DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 2 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * $6K Grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas and WestStar Boosts Innovation and Entrepreneurship in El Paso, Texas * EL PASO, TEXAS, September 2, 2026-The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) and its member WestStar provided a $6,000 Partnership Grant Program (PGP) award to Pioneers 21, a nonprofit innovation incubator based in El Paso, Texas. The funds are part of $1 more PR

Army awards production contract for Enduring-High Energy Laser System (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- The U.S. Army issued the following news release: * * * Army awards production contract for Enduring-High Energy Laser System * WASHINGTON - The U.S. Army announced today the award to AeroVironment, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico, of an other-transaction-agreement for production under the Enduring-High Energy Laser program. This is the Army's first production contract for a high energy laser weapon system. "This first of its kind directed energy program will enable our formations to defeat unmanned systems and dominate more PR

ATF, Partner Investigation Leads to Life+ for Murderer (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives issued the following news release: * * * ATF, partner investigation leads to life+ for murderer Zachary Babitz was on a crime spree involving armed robbery when he murdered an elderly victim during a carjacking ALBUQUERQUE - Zachary Babitz was sentenced to life plus 26 years in federal prison for a series of armed robberies and carjackings across New Mexico in 2024, including the fatal shooting of an 83-year-old Santa Fe man during a ca more PR

Cantwell Leads Bicameral Letter Urging Trump Administration Not to Axe Protections for America's Remaining Wild Public Forests (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Cantwell Leads Bicameral Letter Urging Trump Administration Not to Axe Protections for America's Remaining Wild Public Forests * #Popular Roadless Rule conservation measure protects 44 million acres of pristine U.S. Forest Service lands from destructive and expensive roadbuilding, logging, and supports outdoor recreation economy WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, S more PR

FinCEN Reissues Order Requiring Transparency from MSBs Along Southwest Border (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued the following news release: * * * FinCEN Reissues Order Requiring Transparency from MSBs Along Southwest Border * WASHINGTON-Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) reissued a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) to help law enforcement combat illicit activity and associated money laundering by Mexico-based cartels and other criminal actors along the southwest border of the United States. The  more PR

Heinrich, Armstrong Introduce Legislation to Give Tribes More Flexibility to Hire Qualified Native Language Educators, Preserve Native Languages (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Armstrong Introduce Legislation to Give Tribes More Flexibility to Hire Qualified Native Language Educators, Preserve Native Languages * WASHINGTON -U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Alan Armstrong (R-Okla.) introduced the Native Language Educators in Classrooms Act, bipartisan legislation to give Tribal Head Start programs greater authority to determine how qualified educators can meet Head Start teaching requirements -hel more PR

In Tierra Amarilla, Lujan Meets With Local Leaders to Fight Back Against Trump Administration Attacks on Public Lands (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2026: * * * In Tierra Amarilla, Lujan Meets with Local Leaders to Fight Back Against Trump Administration Attacks on Public Lands Tierra Amarilla, N.M. - On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) met with community leaders and public lands advocates in Tierra Amarilla to hear directly about the impact of the Trump administration's attacks on New Mexico's public lands and highlight his efforts to protect New Mexico's public lands. D more PR

Lujan, Bennet, Hickenlooper Demand Trump Administration Comply With Injunction to Ensure Prompt Approvals of Wind and Solar Energy Projects (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2026: * * * Lujan, Bennet, Hickenlooper Demand Trump Administration Comply with Injunction to Ensure Prompt Approvals of Wind and Solar Energy Projects Santa Fe, N.M. -- U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, joined U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee's Rural Development and Energy Subcommittee more PR

N.M. Economic Development Dept.: Curia Opens New High-speed Vial Filling Line in Albuquerque (10)
SANTA FE, New Mexico, Sept. 4 -- The New Mexico Department of Economic Development issued the following news release: * * * Curia opens new high-speed vial filling line in Albuquerque $200 million campus expansion will create over 250 jobs and strengthen New Mexico's bioscience industry - ALBUQUERQUE -- Curia, a leading biopharmaceutical manufacturing company, today celebrated the opening of a new high-speed vial filling line at its Albuquerque campus as part of the company's $200 million expansion in New Mexico. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grish more PR

N.M. Health Dept.: State Recommends 2026-2027 COVID-19 Vaccines (10)
SANTA FE, New Mexico, Sept. 2 -- The New Mexico Department of Health issued the following news: * * * New Mexico recommends 2026-2027 COVID-19 vaccines The New Mexico Department of Health has issued updated guidance and extended a standing order for the 2026-2027 COVID-19 vaccines which are expected to start arriving in the state next week. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved updated 2026-2027 COVID-19 vaccinations on August 27 for the current respiratory virus season. While the FDA approvals focused on specific high-risk groups more PR

Rep. Gabe Vasquez Sends Bipartisan Demand to DOJ to Release Critical Law Enforcement Funding (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Gabe Vasquez Sends Bipartisan Demand to DOJ to Release Critical Law Enforcement Funding * U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) partnered with Rep. David Kustoff (R-TN) and demanded the Department of Justice (DOJ) release funding for the Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) Program immediately in a bipartisan letter to Attorney General Todd Blanche. RISS funding goes towards law enforcement efforts to arrest violent criminals, more PR

Rep. Salinas Leads 164 Lawmakers Demanding the Trump Administration Halt Its Roadless Rule Rollback (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Salinas Leads 164 Lawmakers Demanding the Trump Administration Halt Its Roadless Rule Rollback * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06), alongside Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) and Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Reuben Gallego (D-AZ) led a bipartisan coalition of 164 Members of Congress in urging the Trump Administration to abandon its proposal to rescind the Roadless Rule, a longstanding and successful cons more PR