WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * 0.4 unemployed persons per job opening in the Dakotas, 1.7 in California, in December 2024 February 20, 2025 There were 7.6 million job openings in the United States in December 2024, a number not much different than the number of unemployed people, resulting in a ratio of 0.9 unemployed persons per job opening. North Dakota and South Dakota each   more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Feb. 21 -- Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2025: * * * Mayor Keller Vetoes the Removal of Rail Trail Funding Mayor vetoes funding cuts and proposes fixes, invites community to learn more about the Rail Trail. After some City Councilors tried to redirect half a million dollars from the Rail Trail to another project, community members have spoken out to support the Rail Trail and push for funding to be reinstated. Mayor Keller  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Feb. 21 -- Bernalillo County issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2025: * * * Commissioner Walt Benson Co-Sponsors State Legislation to Support Spouses of Military Personnel Bernalillo County - Commissioner Walt Benson and Commissioner Adriann Barboa strongly support several New Mexico Legislative bills that provide the spouses of military personnel the portability of their professional licenses. "I co-sponsored a letter of support on behalf of the entire Be  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 20, 2025 NAVY Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a Lockheed Martin Co., Stratford, Connecticut, is awarded a not-to-exceed $232,452,366 firm-fixed-price modification (P00002) to a previously awarded contract (N0001924C0009). This modification exercises an option to procure additional long-lead time materials to support full rate production, Lot 10, of the CH-53K aircraft for the Marine Corps. Wor  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is evaluating a petition from TV-49, Inc. to reallocate channel 12 from Silver City, New Mexico, to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. TV-49, the permittee of the unbuilt station KKAB, requests this change to amend the Table of TV Allotments and modify its construction permit to serve Truth or Consequences as its community of license. The proposal aims to bring a first local television service to Truth or Consequences,   more

DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 21 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Operating Results DALLAS, TEXAS, February 20, 2025 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (Bank) today reported net income of $174.4 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2024. In comparison, for the quarters ended September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023,   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2025: * * * Heinrich Examines Counterintelligence Risks at National Labs Ranking Member Heinrich emphasizes national security threat posed by Trump and Musk's illegal mass firing of DOE employees WASHINGTON - During his opening remarks in the hearing to examine counterintelligence risks at our National Labs, U.S. Senator  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Statement Opposing FBI Director Nominee Kash Patel WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement opposing the nomination of Kash Patel for the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): "Kash Patel has glorified convicted criminals who attacked police officers on January 6, peddled out  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Demand VA Secretary Collins Put Veterans First, Reverse Mass Firings of VA Workforce WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) are calling on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins to immediately reinstate the more than 1,000 VA employees terminated last week who serve veterans and their families nationwide, including crit  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Demand VA Secretary Collins Put Veterans First, Reverse Mass Firings of VA Workforce Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) are calling on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins to immediately reinstate the more than 1,000 VA employees terminated last week who serve veterans and their families nationwide, including   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Join Senate Democrats In Amicus Brief Slamming President Trump's Lawless Removal Of Inspectors General; Calls For More Transparency Amidst The Chaos Of The Administration Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senate Democrats in filing an amicus brief on behalf of eight inspectors ge  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Join Senate Democrats In Amicus Brief Slamming President Trump's Lawless Removal Of Inspectors General; Calls For More Transparency Amidst The Chaos Of The Administration Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senate Democrats in filing an amicus brief on behalf of eight inspectors gene  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Raise Alarm Over Trump Admin Pushing Illegal Funding Cuts to NIH & Derailing Lifesaving Research New Mexico receives $125 million in NIH funding that supports over 1,400 jobs and generates nearly $290 million in economic activity Heinrich and Lujan: "The administration's new policy means that research will come to a halt, sick kids may not get the treatment they need, and clinic  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Schatz Lead Colleagues in Demanding Trump's DHS Immediately End Wrongful ICE Searches & Harassment of Tribal Members, Uphold U.S. Trust and Treaty Responsibility with Tribal Nations WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Vice Chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, led 13 of their Democratic colleagues in demanding that the U.S. Depa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2025: * * * Law Enforcement Cooperation Between United States and Mexico Results in Mexican Takedown of Cartel-Linked Alien Smugglers Last night, extensive bilateral cooperation between the United States and Mexico resulted in the Mexico Attorney General's Office "Fiscalia General de la Republica" (FGR) conducting a significant enforcement operation to dismantle a prolific transnational alien s  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Feb. 21 -- Bernalillo County issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2025: * * * Legislature 2025: County Officials Seek Funding for Mesa Del Sol Sports Complex to Elevate Youth Athletics in the Southwest Bernalillo County - Bernalillo County is presenting a comprehensive list of project requests to state lawmakers during the current 60-day legislative session. Among these priorities is the continued development of the Mesa Del Sol Regional Sports Complex, a sta  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Colleagues Warn IRS Staffing Cuts Will Cause a Tax Refund Train Wreck, Degrade Taxpayer Service, Undermine Law Enforcement With Tax Filing Season Underway, Trump Cuts Have Already Hampered Key Tax Filing Assistance Programs; Democrats Warn Further Cuts Could Hurt Families Waiting for Refunds Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Finan  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan: Patel Will Use FBI's Power for Political Retribution Patel Has Repeatedly Pushed Conspiracy Theories and Threatened to Go After President Trump's "Enemies List" Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after Senate Republicans voted to confirm Kash Patel as the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): "Instead of addressing cri  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- A report commissioned by the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED), on January 8, 2025, reveals alarming levels of PFAS contamination in wildlife at Holloman Lake, a wastewater-fed lake on Holloman Air Force Base (AFB). The study, conducted by Daniel B. Stephens & Associates (DBS&A) in partnership with the University of New Mexico (UNM) Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB), raises concerns about ecological risks and potential human exposure through hunting. PFAS, or   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration has released the following public communication dated Jan. 15, 2025, from the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health and 86 collaborators: * * * To: Douglas Parker 200 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20210 * * * The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health and the 86 undersigned organizations thank the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for proposing a ne  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Connolly Launches Investigation into Elon Musk's Role After White House Official States Musk Is Not a Part of DOGE Ranking Member Connolly Calls for Transparency Following Trump's Contradiction of Sworn Statement by a White House Official Washington, D.C. (February 20, 2025)--Today, Rep. Gerald E. Conno  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Carbajal Co-Leads Bipartisan Effort to Expand Aerial Firefighting Fleet to Combat Wildfires Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) joined Reps. Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Jake Ellzey (R-TX-06), and Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-02) to introduce the Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act to improve our nation's aerial firefighting capabilities through expanded use of excess military aircrafts and parts. The bipa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Lujan Calls Out Republican Budget That Will Increase Everyday Costs for American Families Senate Republicans are pushing a partisan budget resolution that will make it harder for families to afford their health care, put food on the table, and get a quality education Video of the speech is available HERE. Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Se  more