ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Oct. 29 -- Bernalillo County issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2024: The Bernalillo County Board of County Commissioners has approved an ordinance to issue $190 million in Industrial Revenue Bonds (IRB) to support the development of the Sun Lasso Energy Center, LLC. This state-of-the-art energy storage facility will be constructed on nine acres on Albuquerque's westside, near PNM's Central Electric Substation, and is part of PNM's commitment to achieving a z  more

HURLBURT FIELD, Florida, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command issued the following news: ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) -- The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Energy, Installations & Environment has recognized four installations as recipients of the 2024 Air Force Community Partnership (AFCP) Awards. The AFCP Awards honor installations who develop mutually beneficial partnerships with their local communities to improve quality of life for Airmen, Guardians and  more

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 30 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * The Funding Will Create or Rehabilitate 3,571 Housing Units * * * DALLAS, TEXAS, October 29, 2024 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) is pleased to announce that it has awarded $78.9 million in Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grants to 41 projects in its five-state District of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Me  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate issued the following news on Oct. 28, 2024: Donald Coulter, senior science advisor for cybersecurity in the Science and Technology Directorate's (S&T) Technology Centers, introduces the Software Assurance Community of Practice (SwA CoP) working group. Over the past couple of decades, our nation's reliance on the internet and its associated infrastructures and technologies has significant  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Oct. 30 -- New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: Rio Rancho, NM - Today, Attorney General Raul Torrez announced a proposed legislative amendment to strengthen penalties for individuals who threaten mass shootings. The amendment targets Section 30-20-16, "Bomb Scares and Shooting Threats Unlawful," elevating the offense from a misdemeanor to a fourth-degree felony. This initiative responds to the growing number of mass s  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: ROSWELL, N.M. After record rainfall and destructive floods in Roswell and Chaves County, N.M. over the weekend of Oct. 19, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and 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.) are calling on President Joe Biden to approve a Major Disaster Declaration request from Governor Michell  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: ROSWELL, N.M. After record rainfall and destructive floods in Roswell and Chaves County, N.M. over the weekend of Oct. 19, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and 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.) are calling on President Joe Biden to approve a Major Disaster Declaration request from Governor Michelle   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: ROSWELL, N.M. - After record rainfall and destructive floods in Roswell and Chaves County, N.M. over the weekend of Oct. 19, U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) are calling on President Joe Biden to approve a Major Disaster Declaration request from Governo  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez(D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), and U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) are announcing $3,068,909 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to Tribal communities to serve individuals with opioid use disorder and co-occurring substance use disorders by funding cul  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Oct. 30 -- The New Mexico Department of Economic Development issued the following news release: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has named Gerardo Fierro as the executive director of the New Mexico Border Authority executive director. Fierro is a transportation analyst, logistics expert, and former business owner. Fierro joined the agency after serving as a transportation analyst with the El Paso Metropolitan Planning Organization where he worked on infrastructure and global t  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Oct. 30 -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2024: Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham formally requested a major disaster declaration from President Biden today in response to the flooding that devastated Roswell and Chaves County earlier this month. The unprecedented storm that began on October 18 severely affected local residents, infrastructure, and essential services. By securing federal assistance, the state aims to  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Oct. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico issued the following news release: Five members of a drug trafficking organization based in Albuquerque have been charged in federal court with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine. Tomas Rubalcaba, 45, Joaquin Rubalcada, 40, and Humberto Gastelum, 65, appeared before a federal judge last week and will remain in custody pending trial, which has not been scheduled  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Smithsonian American Art Museum issued the following news release: * * * Exhibition Includes Three Trailblazing Japanese American Women Artists * * * "Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi and Mine Okubo" is an unprecedented exploration of three trailblazing Japanese American artists of the mid-20th century who, until now, have been excluded from the story of modernism in the United States. The exhibition asserts their place in American art and reveals   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: SANTA FE, N.M. - U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez(D-N.M.), and U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) welcomed $1,345,637 for the Santa Fe Housing Trust to provide more pathways to first-time home ownership to 2,050 New Mexicans living with HIV/AIDS. This grant is funded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Housing Opportunities for Person  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by Michele Bratcher Goodwin, a professor of constitutional law and global health policy at Georgetown University, from a Sept. 24, 2024, hearing entitled "Chaos and Control: How Trump Criminalized Women's Health Care": * * * Committee Chairman Wyden, Committee Ranking Member Crapo, and distinguished members of the Senate Finance Committee, thank you for inviting me to participate in today's hearing on "Chaos a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Senate Finance Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth released the following testimony by Joe Bishop-Henchman, executive vice president of the National Taxpayers Union Foundation, from a Sept. 25, 2024, hearing entitled "Providing Small Business Relief from Remote Sales Tax Collection": * * * Senator Hassan, Senator Grassley, and members of the Subcommittee, My name is Joe Bishop-Henchman, and I am Executive Vice President of the National Taxpayer  more