DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 8 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * $60K Grant from FHLB Dallas, Austin Bank and Woodforest National Bank Boosts Support for East Texas Entrepreneurs * TYLER, TEXAS, September 8, 2026-The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) and its members Austin Bank and Woodforest National Bank(r) (Woodforest) awarded $60,000 in Partnership Grant Program (PGP) funding to Greater Texas Capital Community Finance, doing busine more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (TNSrep) -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * As Oil Hits $100 a Barrel, Heinrich Details How Trump's War in Iran Will Continue to Harm Working Families Report outlines how Trump's war in Iran continues to strain the United States' Strategic Petroleum Reserve, threatening to further hike gasoline prices - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released a report detailing how draining the United Sta more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (TNSrep) -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2026: * * * As Oil Hits $100 a Barrel, Heinrich Details How Trump's War in Iran Will Continue to Harm Working Families Report outlines how Trump's war in Iran continues to strain the United States' Strategic Petroleum Reserve, threatening to further hike gasoline prices WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Sena more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Ballistics Technology Heinrich Secured Helps Law Enforcement Identify Suspect in Roswell Murders * Heinrich secured more than $1 million to expand NIBIN technology across New Mexico, including a new machine in Roswell that investigators used to connect ballistic evidence in multiple homicides ROSWELL, N.M. -U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) today highlighted the critical role that new ballistics testing machines he secured helped law enf more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 9 (TNSLrpt) -- Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions June 2026 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Southwest Region * * * Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $41.85 per hour in the South to $54.76 in the Northeast in June 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. In the other two regions, hourly employer costs for employee compensation stood at $44.03 in the Midwest and $51.66 in the W more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto, Salinas, Cantwell Urge Trump Administration Not to Axe Protections for America's Wild Public Forests Popular Roadless Rule conservation measure protects 44 million acres of U.S. Forest Service lands from destructive and expensive roadbuilding and logging and supports outdoor recreation - U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined a bipartisan coalition of 164 Members of Congress led by Representative Andrea Salinas  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Celebrates First-Ever Permit Issued Under His Good Samaritan Mine Cleanup Law * WASHINGTON -U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today celebrated the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) issuance of the first-ever permit under the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Pilot Program -established by legislation he authored and championed alo more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2026: * * * Heinrich Celebrates First-Ever Permit Issued Under His Good Samaritan Mine Cleanup Law WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today celebrated the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) issuance of the first-ever permit under the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned H more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2026: * * * Husted calls on states to end "drive-only" licenses for illegal immigrants COLUMBUS - Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) today wrote to 19 U.S. governors and the mayor of Washington, D.C. in strong opposition to policies in their states that allow illegal immigrants to obtain "drive-only" driver's licenses and urging them to end such policies. Nineteen states, as well as the District of Columbia, currently allow illegal immigrants to obtain "dri more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * New analog memory may make smart devices even smarter * LIVERMORE, Calif. -A new approach to computing has quietly taken shape at Sandia National Laboratories, where researchers have developed a way to store information that could make future electronics more energy efficient. Electro-thermo-chemical random-access memory, or ETCRAM, works differently from conventional digital memory, which represents infor more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (TNSletter) -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following letter with co-signers to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz: * * * Here is the text of the letter: September 3, 2026 The Honorable Brooke Rollins Secretary of Agriculture U.S. Department of Agriculture 1400 Independence Ave SW Washington, D.C. 20250 - Tom Schultz Chief U.S. Forest Service 1400 Independence Ave SW Washington, D.C. 20250 - RE: Roadless Area Conservation Rule Rescission - DEIS & Propos more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (TNSCrpt) -- America's Public Lands Leaders: Flagship Benchmark Report 2026 - A report from Trust for Public Land - September 2026 (18 pages) * * * Contents I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY II. INTRODUCTION--WHY STATE LEADERSHIP MATTERS III. FRAMEWORK AND MODELS OF SUCCESS--WHAT LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE IV. LOOKING AHEAD * * * I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Recent data confirms that Americans deeply value public land, and they believe we should continue investing in the people and agencies who steward our parks, trails, forests, and green  more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey issued Scientific Investigations Report 20265034, 'Development of a Hydrologic Flow Model of the Zuni Salt Lake and Surrounding Areas, West-Central New Mexico,' by Grady P. Ball, Andre B. Ritchie and Andrew J. Robertson. Prepared with the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, and the Bureau of Reclamation, the report describes a computer model intended to assess how groundwater conditions around the culturally important lake could respond to mineral or water-resource developm more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Vasquez Announces Another Milestone: Over $7.6 Million Returned to New Mexicans * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On September 9, 2026, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) announced that his office has returned more than $7.6 million to constituents in New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District through casework services, just over a month since announcing the $6 million milestone. Rep. Vasquez's casework team helps constituents cut past red tape and res more PR