Thursday - May 22, 2025
*New Mexico Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for Saturday May 17, 2025 ( 13 items )  

DAF announces top performing safety leaders, teams for 2024
WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Space Force issued the following news: * * * DAF announces top performing safety leaders, teams for 2024 KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFNS) -- The Department of the Air Force recognized its top safety performers, highlighting their dedication to safeguarding Airmen and Guardians and exemplifying the key tenets of an effective combat team by infusing risk management and operational discipline into all facets of planning, preparation, execution and assessment.   more

DARPA Program Sets Distance Record for Power Beaming
WASHINGTON, May 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency issued the following news: * * * DARPA program sets distance record for power beaming Successful demonstration of new receiver technology is important step for revolutionizing power delivery at the edge In a series of recent tests in New Mexico, the Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program (https://www.darpa.mil/research/programs/power) achieved several new records for tr  more

Heinrich, Lujan Fight to Protect Head Start, Meals on Wheels, Social Services from Republican Budget Cuts
WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Fight to Protect Head Start, Meals on Wheels, Social Services from Republican Budget Cuts WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined Democratic Senate colleagues in sending an open letter to the public exposing the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans' plan to gut Head Start, Meals on Wheels, and other essential social servi  more

Heinrich, Lujan, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Combat Devastating Screwworm Outbreak
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Combat Devastating Screwworm Outbreak The STOP Screwworms would create a facility to curb New World screwworm population growth WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and the Food and Drug Administration, joined U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan   more

ICYMI: This Week, Senator Lujan In The News Standing Up For New Mexicans and Fighting Back Against Republicans' Attacks On Nutrition Programs
WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: This Week, Senator Lujan In The News Standing Up For New Mexicans and Fighting Back Against Republicans' Attacks On Nutrition Programs Washington, D.C. - In case you missed it, this week, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) has been fighting back against Congressional Republicans' attacks on essential services and programs that New Mexicans rely on, exposing the Trump administration's block  more

Lujan, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Combat Devastating Screwworm Outbreak
WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Combat Devastating Screwworm Outbreak Legislation Would Create Facility to Curb New World Screwworm Population Growth Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) introduced the Bipartisan Strengthening Tactics to Obstruct the Population of Screwworms (STOP Screwworms) Act, which wouldauthorize funds for and dire  more

Lujan, Moran Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Farmer Coordination & Education
WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Moran Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Farmer Coordination & Education Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), both members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, announced the reintroduction of bipartisan legislation to expand the reach of peer-to-peer networks that are already helping farmers manage the many   more

Lujan: Trump Administration Illegally Blocking Nearly $316 Billion Owed to Native Communities
WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan: Trump Administration Illegally Blocking Nearly $316 Billion Owed to Native Communities WATCH Senator Lujan's Remarks in Senate Indian Affairs Committee Washington, D.C.-- A new tracker revealed that the Trump administration is blocking or freezing more than $430 billion in federal funding owed to communities across the country -- including nearly $316 billion for national programs that su  more

N.M. Public Regulation Commission: Pipeline Safety Bureau Responds to On-going Issues Involving Underground Fiber Optic Installation Projects in Albuquerque
SANTA FE, New Mexico, May 17 -- The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission issued the following news release on May 15, 2025: * * * Pipeline Safety Bureau responds to on-going issues involving underground fiber optic installation projects in Albuquerque PSB has conducted over 130 related damage investigations across the city since Jan. 1 SANTA FE - While enforcing safe-digging practices statewide, the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission's (NMPRC) Pipeline Safety Bureau (PSB) has been re  more

New: State-by-State Data on Health Insurance Losses From Medicaid, ACA Cuts
WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news release on May 15, 2025: * * * NEW: State-by-State Data on Health Insurance Losses from Medicaid, ACA Cuts WASHINGTON - The Joint Economic Committee - Minority calculated new state-by-state data on the number of people who would lose health insurance due to President Trump and Congressional Republicans' proposed cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. The   more

Ralph T Coe Center in Santa Fe to Repatriate Ceremonial Birchbark Scroll to Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians
WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- Ralph T Coe Center for the Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, will repatriate a sacred cultural item to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana under the provisions of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The item identified for return is a birchbark scroll, designated as NA0274 a, which qualifies as both a sacred object and an object of cultural patrimony under federal law. The scroll was originally acquired by Ralph T Coe in 1974  more

Rep. Gabe Vasquez Honors Fallen New Mexico Officers and Las Cruces Police Chief Jeremy Story During National Police Week
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Gabe Vasquez Honors Fallen New Mexico Officers and Las Cruces Police Chief Jeremy Story During National Police Week WASHINGTON, D.C. - During National Police Week, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) delivered remarks on the House floor honoring three New Mexico law enforcement officers who are being added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial wall and recognizing the leade  more

Rep. Gabe Vasquez Reintroduces Humane Accountability Act with Support from New Mexico Advocates
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Gabe Vasquez Reintroduces Humane Accountability Act with Support from New Mexico Advocates WASHINGTON, D.C. - On May 15, 2025, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) announced the re-introduction of the Humane Accountability Act alongside key New Mexican groups including El CENTRO de Igualdad y Derechos, NM Comunidades en Accion y de Fe, Center for Civic Policy, and New Mexico Immigration  more