NEW YORK, July 10 (TNScapv) -- The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund issued the following news release: AALDEF alongside over 140 organizations, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and the Declaration for American Democracy sent a letter to the House Administration Committee and all House members, opposing the SAVE Act. The SAVE Act would require documentary proof of American citizenship to register to vote in federal elections, despite almost no evidence that non  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, July 10 (TNScapv) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: Today, the ACLU of New Mexico, EQNM, Bold Futures NM, and the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness, along with 37 other leading advocacy organizations and mental health experts sent a letter to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham urging her to call off the special legislative session. The signatories, many of whom have expressed misgivings over the govern  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, pressed Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Phillip Swagel to provide state-by-state cost estimates of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) program. Senator Lujan has consistently raised issues over the CBO's scoring method of the RECA program. During the hearing, Director Swagel committed to convening a meeting to f  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 10 -- The Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation issued the following news release: Mid Atlantic Arts, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced $171,725 in grant support for 61 engagements through the 2024-2025 Performing Arts Global Exchange (PAGE) program. Engagements will take place across 28 states in all six Regional Arts Organizations' jurisdictions. PAGE is a national grant program designed to increase availability of international perf  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, July 10 -- The New Mexico Department of Tourism issued the following news release: * * * Accessibility Highlight Destination Forward Grant Awards for FY25 * * * The New Mexico Tourism Department (NMTD) is ramping up its investment in New Mexico's tourism infrastructure for year two of the Destination Forward program, awarding a total of $2,350,287 in grant funding to 12 tourism infrastructure projects across the state. Destination Forward was created to support the pla  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Published in the Santa Fe New Mexican By: U.S. Sens. Ben Ray Lujan and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Reps. Teresa Leger Fernandez, Melanie Stansbury, and Gabe Vasquez The New Mexico congressional delegation joins countless radiation exposure advocates in New Mexico and across America in continuing to advocate for the extension and expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, or RECA, program. As we  more