ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, March 8 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico issued the following news release on March 7, 2025: * * * New Mexico House Passes HB 9 Immigrant Safety Act SANTA FE, NM - Today, the New Mexico House of Representatives passed House Bill 9, the Immigrant Safety Act, marking a significant step forward in ending New Mexico's complicity in the inhumane federal immigration detention system. The bill will now advance to the Senate. Representatives sponsoring the   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Annual average unemployment rates increased in 21 states in 2024 March 07, 2025 In 2024, annual average unemployment rates increased in 21 states and were little changed in 29 states and the District of Columbia. Employment-population ratios decreased in 5 states and were little changed in 45 states and the District. The U.S. jobless rate increase  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * Another 'Se Busca Informacion' criminal target is apprehended El Paso Sector For More Information Landon Hutchens (202) 407-4241; landon.r.hutchens@cbp.dhs.gov EL PASO, Texas --Another criminal target of the "Se Busca Informacion" campaign was apprehended this week due to the binational cooperation between Mexico and the United States. On March 6, U.S.  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * Bureau of Land Management implements fire restrictions at Fort Stanton - Snow River NCA and Lincoln Tracts ROSWELL, N.M. - Due to high fire danger and prolonged drought, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is implementing fire restrictions on public land at the Fort Stanton - Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area and BLM lands around the community of Lincoln. The  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 6, 2025 ARMY Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Mississippi (W900KK-25-D-0021); Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Florida (W900KK-25-D-0022); Cubic Defense Applications Inc., San Diego, California (W900KK-25-D-0023); Ravenswood Solutions Inc.,* Fremont, California (W900KK-25-D-0024); Cole Engineering Services Inc., Orlando, Florida (W900KK-25-D-0025); Skiftech LLC,* Orlando, Florida (W900KK-  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Virginia Gentles, director of the Education Freedom and Parental Rights Initiative at the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies, from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Federal Investments in Elementary Education": * * * Chairman Aderholt and Ranking Member DeLauro, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. As a par  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * E&C Dems Urge Republicans to Hold Oversight Hearing as Measles Outbreak Spreads to Nine States Democrats Request to Hear Directly from Secretary Kennedy on the Trump Administration's Response Efforts Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Ov  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire issued the following news release: * * * Former New Hampshire Woman Sentenced to 27 months for Defrauding Bedford Women's Care Associates CONCORD - A former New Hampshire woman was sentenced in federal court in connection with her conviction for defrauding her prior employer out of more than $140,000, Acting U.S. Attorney Jay McCormack announces. Elizabeth Morse, 56, currently of Albuquerque,  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, March 7 -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Governor endorses bipartisan CYFD reform package - Lujan Grisham urges swift approval by lawmakers SANTA FE -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham today endorsed comprehensive legislation aimed at reforming key components of the Children, Youth and Families Department, and urged lawmakers to send the omnibus child welfare bill to her desk as soon as possible. The omnibus legislation,  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Call on FEMA to Respond to Questions about Disaster Victim Data, Mass Firings, and Funding Freezes Lawmakers: "The Administration's destructive approach will not assist the disaster-impacted communities across the country hoping to rebuild and move forward. To the contrary, it will leave the nation more vulnerable to future disasters and less prepared to pick up the pieces when t  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, vice chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 6, 2025: * * * Indian Affairs Committee Advances 25 Bills To Full Senate Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Vice Chairman of the Committee, led a business meeting of the Senate Committee of Indian Affairs in Washington, DC, to consider  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairwoman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ADVANCES 25 BILLS TO FULL SENATE U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Vice Chairman of the Committee, led a business meeting of the Senate Committee of Indian Affairs in Washington, DC, to consider 25 bills before the Committee.   more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. David Schweikert, R-Arizona, vice chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news on March 7, 2025: * * * JEC Establishes Committee Leadership for the 119th Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Last week, the Joint Economic Committee concluded its committee organizational vote to adopt the committee's leadership for the 119th Congress. Chairman David Schweikert (R-AZ-01) and Vice Chairman Eric Schmitt (R-MO) formally ratified the committee's membership,  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Lee, Curtis Take On Biden's Hydropower Restriction at Glen Canyon Dam WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Mike Lee (R-Utah), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and John Curtis (R-Utah), introduced the Basin Fund Preservation Act. Citing protection of an endangered species, a federal decision was made last year to restrict  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Library of Congress issued the following news: * * * Library Announces Teaching with Primary Sources Regional Grant Awards The Library of Congress recently awarded six Teaching with Primary Sources regional grants. Recipients of these regional grants will make subgrants on behalf of the Library to organizations that wish to integrate Library resources and Teaching with Primary Sources methods into their educational programming. The recipients include Illinois Stat  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Presses Budget Office Nominee on Firing FBI Victim Specialist, Attacks on Social Security Lujan Helped Lead Opposition to Project 2025 Chief Architect to Serve as OMB Director Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of Senate Committee on the Budget, pressed Dan Bishop, the nominee to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), on firing caree  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Heinrich Join Colleagues in Urging USDA to Reinstate Hispanic-Serving Institution Fellowship Program That Has Served New Mexico Students and Educational Institutions Senators to USDA: "The Department's decision to suspend EKDLG Fellowship Program threatens the U.S. agricultural workforce pipeline and the opportunities this program provides educators and students nationwide" NMSU Was Part  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Rosen, Markey Introduce Legislation to Prevent the Political Weaponization of the FCC, Protect First Amendment Lujan Bill Comes Amid FCC Probes Into Broadcasters That Were Previously Dismissed Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, and U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and Edward J. Mark  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Thune Reintroduce Legislation to Improve Livestock Disaster Assistance Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and John Thune (R-S.D.), members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry, reintroduced the Livestock Disaster Assistance Improvement Act, bipartisan legislation that would enhance the effectiveness and timeliness of multiple U.S. Department of   more

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, March 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: * * * Maj. Alley's Evolution into a Lethal F-16 Pilot * Published March 6, 2025 * By A1C Belinda Guachun-Chichay * 56th Fighter Wing LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz.-- The cockpit hummed with a steady vibration, the scent of jet fuel thick in the air as U.S. Air Force Maj. Isaiah Alley, 309th Fighter Squadron director of operations and instructor pilot, tightened his grip on the  more

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, March 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: * * * Maj. Alley's Evolution into a Lethal F-16 Pilot * Published March 6, 2025 * By A1C Belinda Guachun-Chichay * 56th Fighter Wing LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz.-- The cockpit hummed with a steady vibration, the scent of jet fuel thick in the air as U.S. Air Force Maj. Isaiah Alley, 309th Fighter Squadron director of operations and instructor pilot, tightened his grip on the  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Demand FEMA Responds to Questions about Disaster Victim Data, Mass Firings, and Funding Freezes Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined their colleagues to call on the leadership of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to respond to unanswered questions about Elon Musk's so-called "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) and   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Demand FEMA Responds to Questions about Disaster Victim Data, Mass Firings, and Funding Freezes Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined their colleagues to call on the leadership of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to respond to unanswered questions about Elon Musk's so-called "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) and its  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Oppose Plans to Use Kirtland & Fort Bliss for Immigration-Related Operations WASHINGTON - 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.) sent a letter to President Donald Trump and Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Pete Hegseth opposing the Tru  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Oppose Plans to Use Kirtland & Fort Bliss for Immigration-Related Operations Washington, D.C. - 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.) sent a letter to President Donald Trump and Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Pete Hegseth opposing the   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Navajo Nation President Buu V. Nygren from a Feb. 26, 2025, public witness hearing on fiscal 2026 appropriation requests: * * * Ya'at'eeh, Chairman Simpson, Ranking Member Pingree and Members of the Subcommittee. My name is Dr. Buu Nygren, President of the Navajo Nation ("Nation"). The Nation is one of the largest Native American tribes in the country.   more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Esther Lucero, president and CEO of the Seattle Indian Health Board from a Feb. 27, 2025, public witness hearing on funding to address homelessness, mental health disorders and substance use: * * * Chair Simpson, Ranking Member Pingree, and members of the House Committee on Appropriations - Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, my  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Tribal Water Rights Settlements Legislation Passes Unanimously Out of Senate Committee Washington, D.C. - A slate of Tribal water rights settlement bills introduced by 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.), Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) passed unanimously out of the Senate Committee on Ind  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Attorney's Office and U.S. Border Patrol Charge Illegal Alien in High-Speed Checkpoint Evasion and Smuggling Case ALBUQUERQUE - A man illegally present in the United States has been charged in federal court with high-speed flight from an immigration checkpoint and conspiracy to transport illegal aliens. According to court documents, on the morning o  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Mexico Weekly Immigration and Border Crimes Report ALBUQUERQUE - Today, the United States Attorney's Office for the District of New Mexico announced its immigration enforcement statistics for this week. These cases are prosecuted in partnership with the El Paso Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol, along with Hom  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch, Colleagues Call on FEMA to Respond to Questions about Disaster Victim Data, Mass Firings, and Funding Freezes WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Peter Welch and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) led nine of their colleagues in calling on leadership of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to respond to unanswered questions about Elon Musk's so-called "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) an  more