DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- County Employment and Wages in New Mexico First Quarter 2026 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Southwest Region - Sept. 4, 2026 * * * New Mexico employment decreased 0.4 percent over the year to 867,400 in March 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Employment declined 0.8 percent in Bernalillo County and rose 0.9 percent in Dona Ana County from March 2025 to March 2026, as measured by the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) pr more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 3 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas and Members Award $754K to Texas Community Organizations * IRVING, TEXAS, September 3, 2026-Twenty-four Texas community-based organizations received a combined $754,250 from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas' (FHLB Dallas) Partnership Grant Program (PGP), part of than $1.8 million awarded across FHLB Dallas' five-state region. The Texas awards w more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Releases Fact Sheet Highlighting How Clean Energy is Keeping the Lights on During Extreme Heat * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released a new fact sheet detailing how clean energy and energy storage resources have lessened the likelihood of power outages this summer and strengthened the reliability of the nation's electric grid. Th more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following fact sheet on Sept. 4, 2026: * * * Heinrich Releases Fact Sheet Highlighting How Clean Energy is Keeping the Lights on During Extreme Heat Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released a new fact sheet detailing how clean energy and energy storage resources have lessened the likelihood of power outages this summer more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, N.M. Delegation Press VA Secretary to Ensure New Mexico Veterans Are Not Harmed by Agency Reorganization * WASHINGTON -U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and members of the N.M. Congressional Delegation, including U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), sent a letter pressing U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secre more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2026: * * * Lujan, N.M. Delegation Call on DOJ Inspector General to Expand Investigation into DEA Fentanyl Practices in New Mexico NEW MEXICO - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) called on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Inspector General (OIG) to expand its recently announced  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Presses VA Secretary to Ensure New Mexico Veterans Are Not Harmed by Agency Reorganization U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and members of the N.M. Congressional Delegation, including U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), sent a letter pressing U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins to ensu more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Gabe Vasquez Calls for Total Ban on ICE Usage of Electric Gloves * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) demanding the immediate cancellation of their wasteful $16.7 million contract to equip ICE agents with electric shock gloves and the total ban of abusive devices across all immigration enforcement and detention operations. "This Administration's mass de more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Gabe Vasquez to Introduce BEEF Act to Protect American Ranchers and Lower Beef Prices * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On September 4, 2026, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) announced that he will introduce the BEEF (Banning External Entry of Foreign Beef) Act, legislation to stop the Administration's latest expansion of foreign beef imports and advance a long-term strategy to rebuild the American cattle herd, strengthen domestic beef produc more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Summer Lee Celebrates New Schoolyard Supported by $400K in Federal Funds, Highlights Bill to Transform Schoolyards * PITTSBURGH, PA - September 4, 2026 -Today, Congresswoman Summer L. Lee (PA-12) joined Trust for Public Land (TPL), Greenfield PreK-8 Neighborhood School, and community leaders to celebrate the opening of a new community schoolyard. The Congresswoman secured $400,000 in FY26 community project funding to support the transformat more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (TNSletter) -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, and David Kustoff, R-Tennessee, issued the following letter to the Attorney General Todd Blanche: * * * Here is the text of the letter: September 3, 2026 The Honorable Todd Blanche Attorney General Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530 Dear Attorney General Blanche: We respectfully urge the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release funding for the Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) Program without further delay. This funding i more PR