CANNON AFB, New Mexico, March 27 -- The U.S. Air Force's 27th Special Operations Wing issued the news: The 27th Special Operations Medical Group began a new initiative to better inform newly arrived Air Commandos and their families about medical group processes and access to care, here, in February. The new program coined "Medical Right Start," is an effort to educate Cannon's Air Commandos and families on all things medical, according to Dr. (Lt. Col.) Rene Hinton, chief of medical staff at t  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, March 27 -- Gov. Jay Inslee, D-Washington, issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: * * * In case you missed it, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and other governors of the Reproductive Freedom Alliance issued a statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in Food and Drug Administration, et al., v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, the most significant abortion rights case since this same Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Inslee has b  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: As it executes its national security mission, Los Alamos National Laboratory produces transuranic (TRU) radioactive waste -- protective clothing, tools and equipment contaminated from nuclear weapons research and production. Handling, staging and shipping TRU waste offsite to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in southern New Mexico are all central to the Lab's mission -- and so  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, March 27 -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday announced two additional judicial appointments. Gov. Lujan Grisham selected Denise Thomas to fill the judicial vacancy at the First Judicial District Court in Santa Fe, and Timothy Rose for the vacant seat at the Tenth Judicial District Court in Tucumcari. The appointments follow the retirement of the Honorable Judge Sylvia LaM  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, March 27 -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced the appointment of Diana Garcia to fill a vacant judicial seat at the Second Judicial District Court in Albuquerque. Garcia's appointment will fill the vacancy created when Honorable Judge Benjamin Chavez retired in January. A 14th generation New Mexican, Garcia is a graduate of New Mexico State University and the University of New Mexico School  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, March 27 -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-New Mexico, issued the following statement on March 26, 2024: * * * Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham issued a statement regarding the Supreme Court hearing on mifepristone access on Tuesday. "Limiting access to medication that so many women depend on to terminate early-stage pregnancies and manage miscarriages would be a catastrophic development for reproductive health in this country. "It would dramatically undermine the author  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 27 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Governor Greg Abbott today launched the Texas Space Commission and announced the inaugural members of the Texas Space Commission Board of Directors and the Texas Aerospace Research and Space Economy Consortium (TARSEC) Executive Committee at NASA's Johnson Space Center. The Texas Space Commission will cement Texas' position as a national leader in the space industry and will secure its fut  more