ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Jan. 8 -- The city of Albuquerque issued the following news on Jan. 7, 2025: * * * Councilors approve amendments to the Integrated Development Ordinance to spur development of affordable housing. * * * Albuquerque faces significant challenges, including rising housing costs, a growing homelessness crisis, the need for more jobs, and access to adequate medical services. To address these issues, Councilors Dan Lewis and Joaquin Baca sponsored ordinance O-24-69 to enabl  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Jan. 8 -- The city of Albuquerque issued the following news on Jan. 7, 2025: * * * The legislation establishes a centralized referral system to streamline and track housing voucher outcomes. * * * The Albuquerque City Council passed R-24-109, which will begin modifying the City's Housing Voucher Programs. The resolution will enable the Department of Health, Housing, and Homelessness (HHH) to implement key changes to voucher program processes and enhance program outco  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release: * * * Original text here: Biden-Harris Administration Delivers $12 Billion in Long-Term Assistance to Communities Impacted by Disasters Funds will support recovery from Lahaina Wildfire, Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Milton, and other 2023 & 2024 disasters WASHINGTON \- Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the allocation of nearly $12 billion in C  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: San Francisco - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in consultation with the Navajo Nation, has finalized a plan to address the release of radionuclides and metals at the Quivira Mines site in the Navajo Nation near Gallup, New Mexico. EPA's plan includes removing uranium mine waste rock from the three areas of the site and transporting it to a newly created off-site repository at the Red Ro  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the certification of the results of the 2024 presidential election: "As I have done throughout my time in Congress, I fulfilled my constitutional duty and voted to certify the results of the presidential election. I will always defend our democratic values, support the certification of free and fair elections, and uphold the wil  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Jan. 8 -- The New Mexico Department of Environment issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2025: * * * Recent forever chemical release highlights ongoing health risks * * * The New Mexico Environment Department has issued an enforcement action against Cannon Air Force Base (AFB) after the illegal discharge of hazardous PFAS chemicals in August 2024. The incident involved the release of 7,300 gallons of toxic PFAS firefighting foam wastewater into a damaged retentio  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement to recognize the fourth anniversary of the insurrection at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021: "Four years ago today, our democracy was pushed to the brink by rioters who violently forced their way into the U.S. Capitol to try and stop the certification of a free and fair election. Instigated and directed by President Trump, the  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: * * * Travelers can now use their West Virginia mobile driver's license at airport security checkpoints * * * CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is now accepting West Virginia-issued mobile driver licenses (mDLs) at checkpoints with digital ID readers nationwide. Travelers who have downloaded the West Virginia Mobile ID ap  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: USDA Celebrates President Biden's Sattitla Highlands Monument Designation Jan. 7, 2025 Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack praised President Biden's designation of a new national monument Sattitla Highlands National Monument in Northern California. The designation protects Tribal ancestral homelands, historic and scientific treasures, rare flora and fauna, and underground aquifers at the headwaters  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Jan. 7, 2025: * * * President Biden Establishes Chuckwalla and Sattitla Highlands National Monuments in California President Biden has now conserved more lands and waters than any President in history and has created the largest corridor of protected lands in the lower 48 states, the Moab to Mojave Conservation Corridor Surrounded by canyon walls in the Eastern Coachella Valley, today President Biden will sign  more