ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, March 11 -- The Albuquerque Regional Economic Alliance issued the following news release on March 10, 2025: * * * Albuquerque Regional Economic Alliance Annual Business Input Survey Advises its Business Retention and Expansion Outreach Program Now through April 15, the Albuquerque Regional Economic Alliance (AREA), an Albuquerque-based public charity that works to support economic growth in the region, is seeking annual input from businesses in Bernalillo, Sandoval, T  more

DALLAS, Texas, March 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report entitled "Union Members in New Mexico - 2024": * * * In 2024, union members accounted for 7.5 percent of wage and salary workers in New Mexico, unchanged from the previous year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the union membership rate for the  more

DALLAS, Texas, March 11 -- 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, Cadence Bank and Citizens National Bank Award $9K Grant to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Housing Nonprofit Funds Will Be Used to Educate Low-Income Homebuyers HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI, March 10, 2025 -- Representatives from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas), Cadence Bank and Citizens Nati  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- 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 care  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- 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 Par  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- 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. Mar  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- 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

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- 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 10 -- 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 In  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, March 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Attorney's Office Secures 14-Year Sentence for Arizona Drug Trafficker ALBUQUERQUE - An Arizona man was sentenced to 14 years in prison for drug trafficking and firearms offenses following his arrest at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint in New Mexico in 2023. There is no parole in the federal system. According to court documents, on April 27, 2023,   more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, March 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Attorney's Office Secures Guilty Plea in To'Hajiilee Murder Case ALBUQUERQUE - A To'Hajiilee man pled guilty to second-degree murder in connection with the beating and abandonment of a man in June 2020, which directly resulted in that man's death. According to court documents, on June 24, 2020, Antonio Chaco, 41, an enrolled member of the Navajo Na  more