DALLAS, Texas, June 13 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 12, 2025, entitled "County Employment and Wages in New Mexico - Fourth Quarter 2024": * * * Employment rose in the two largest counties in New Mexico from December 2023 to December 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that Dona Ana County  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 13 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 11, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, West Region - May 2025": * * * Area prices were up 0.3 percent over the past month, up 2.4 percent from a year ago * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the West Region advanced 0.3 percent in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported to  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The U.S. Space Force issued the following news: * * * Eyes on the future: Gen. Mike Guetlein visits space rapid capabilities office * KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFNS) -- Gen. Mike Guetlein, Vice Chief of Space Operations, visited Kirtland Air Force Base this week, signaling the base's growing importance in space innovation, research and national defense. His visit serves as a powerful acknowledgment of Kirtland AFB's role not only in defending space but also in e  more

DALLAS, Texas, June 12 -- 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 Allocates Additional $5 Million to Homebuyer Equity Leverage Partnership (HELP) * * Bulletin No: 2025-15 The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (Bank) is pleased to announce that it will add $5 million to the previously allocated $17 million in HELP funds due to member demand and rising house prices.   more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Fischer, Lujan Announce Bipartisan, Bicameral Universal Service Fund Working Group * Today, U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-NE), Chair of the Senate Telecommunications and Media Subcommittee, and Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Ranking Member, announced the reconstitution of the Universal Service Fund (USF) Working Group. In the House, Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Richard Hudson (R-NC9) and  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Highlights Harmful Impact of DOGE Cuts to the Department of the Interior, Slams President Trump's Interior Budget Request * WASHINGTON -- In his opening statement, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member on the U.S. Energy and Natural Resources Committee, grilled the U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum over the Trump Administration's budget request for the   more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Presses Forest Service Chief on Visiting the Pecos Watershed, DOGE Causing Trash to Pile Up on Public Lands, Trump's Budget Eliminating Funding for the New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute * VIDEO: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) questions U.S. Forest Chief Tom Schultz at an Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on June 11, 2025. WASHINGTON -- At an Interior, En  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Statement on Senate Republicans' Plan to Sell Off Public Lands and Raise Energy Costs * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member on the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and a Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, released the following statement on the Senate Republicans' reconciliation bill text: "Senate Republicans think t  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich: 'Republicans are going to own increased energy prices' * Democrats are going to make increasing energy prices an issue for Republicans in the next election cycles, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee ranking member Martin Heinrich said Tuesday. President Donald Trump promised to bring down energy prices during his campaign, but congressional Republicans are threatening to  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news: * * * Jayapal Introduces Legislation to Protect Domestic Workers * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) is today leading 104 Members of Congress in reintroducing the National Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. The groundbreaking legislation will finally extend common workplace rights and protections to the 2.2 million domestic workers in the United States, who are currently excluded from   more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Cortez Masto Lead Senate Spotlight Forum on Trump's Tariffs and Their Impact on American Families * Costs, Chaos, Corruption: The Household Impact of Trump's Tariffs Photos from the forum available here. Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), members of the Senate Committee on Finance, hosted a Spotlight Forum titled "Costs  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Fischer Announce Bipartisan, Bicameral Universal Service Fund Working Group * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Ranking Member of the Senate Telecommunications and Media Subcommittee, and Deb Fischer (R-NE), Chair of the Senate Telecommunications and Media Subcommittee, announced the reconstitution of the Universal Service Fund (USF) Working Group. Last Congres  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Warnock, Blunt Rochester Lead Senate Push Slamming Secretary Kennedy for Decision to Gut Nation's Vaccine Advisory Committee and Replace Them With Vaccine Skeptics * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) led a group of 19 Senate colleagues in condemning U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) S  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Urges Interior Secretary Burgum to Protect Chaco Canyon, Demand Trump Administration Respect Tribal Sovereignty and Consult Tribal Nations * In a letter to Secretary Burgum, the N.M. Delegation expressed deep concern at the DOI's efforts to revoke protections around Chaco Canyon The Delegation's letter comes on the heels of their reintroduction of the Chaco Cultural Heritage Ar  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, June 13 -- The New Mexico Department of Economic Development issued the following news release on June 12, 2025: * * * Seven NM districts win grants for economic development Resilient Communities Fund targets rural and underserved communities * SANTA FE -- NM MainStreet and the NM Resiliency Alliance awarded Resilient Communities Fund seed grants to economic development projects in seven MainStreet districts. Created in 2014 in partnership with the McCune Charitable F  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The Native Plant Society of New Mexico, Albuquerque, has voiced strong opposition to U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Department of Commerce National Marine Fisheries Service's proposal to rescind the definition of "harm" under the Endangered Species Act. The organization warns that removing habitat modification from the definition would jeopardize imperiled species and contradict the core purpose of the conservation law. The Native Plant  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Neguse and Bennet: "We must oppose any provisions that would stake a for sale sign on our nation's public lands." * Washington, D.C. -- Congressman Joe Neguse and Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources issued newly released budget reconciliation text. The bill now seeks to sell off between 2 and 3 million acres of land   more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * On One-Year Anniversary of Expiration of RECA, Lujan, Heinrich, Leger Fernandez, Vasquez, Advocates Hold Press Call Highlighting Need to Reauthorize and Strengthen RECA * Washington, D.C. - Today, on the one-year anniversary of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) expiring due to Congressional Republican inaction, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * On Senate Floor, Lujan Condemns Forcible Removal and Manhandling of Senator Padilla * WATCH Senator Lujan's Floor Speech here. Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) took to the Senate floor to deliver remarks condemning the forcible removal of U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) by federal agents at a press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.   more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * Sandia to help propel US semiconductor manufacturing ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia National Laboratories has joined a new partnership aimed at helping the United States regain its leadership in semiconductor manufacturing. While the U.S. was considered a powerhouse in chip production in the 1990s, fabricating more than 35% of the world's semiconductors, that s  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Pete Hegseth: "What's an AST?" * WASHINGTON, D.C. - During a House Armed Services Committee hearing today, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) confronted Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for his blatant lack of knowledge about the U.S.-Mexico border, despite the Department of Defense's growing involvement and massive spending in the region. WATCH: VASQUEZ PRESSES SECRETARY HE  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Rick Scott, Bipartisan Colleagues Reintroduce LAUNCH Act to Support U.S. Space Industry * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Rick Scott, Senator John Cornyn, and bipartisan colleagues reintroduced the Licensing Aerospace Units to New Commercial Heights (LAUNCH) Act. The bill will cut government red tape and duplicative regulations to help streamline the approval process for commercial space launch  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Vasquez Secures Key Commitments from Ag Secretary Rollins on Rural New Mexico Priorities * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On June 11, 2025, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) secured key commitments from Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to address urgent issues affecting rural New Mexico -- including frozen food security funding, wildfire readiness, and broken federal contracts. She also committ  more