WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Following Lujan Push to Protect Prescription Drugs From Extreme Tariffs, President Trump Backs Down From 250% Tariff Threat * Santa Fe, N.M. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, announced that following his push to spotlight the harmful impact of sweeping new tariffs on prescription drugs and domestic pharmaceutical manufacturers, the Trump administ  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Announce Introduction of Legislation to Restore Abortion Access Nationwide * Introduction of the Women's Health Protection Act comes as Trump and Congressional Republicans move to restrict a woman's right to choose and toward a national abortion ban WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined the entire Senate Democratic caucus in int  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan, Whitehouse, Colleagues Reintroduce Bicameral Bill to Make Homeownership More Accessible for First-Time Buyers * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) led 12 Democratic senators in reintroducing the First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Act, legislation that aims to support middle-class Americans purchasing their f  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Leger Fernandez, 27 House Democrats Demand Oversight of $50 Billion Fund for Rural Health Amid Deep Medicaid Cuts * Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03) led 27 Members of Congress in sending a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. raising concerns about the implementation of the Trump administration's new $50 billion Rural Health   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Completes Statewide Tour Meeting with Families, Providers, and Businesses Impacted by GOP Budget Betrayal * During Three-Week Tour Across New Mexico, Lujan Holds Events in Six Counties, Hosts Two More Town Halls Focus Includes Health Care, Nutrition, Local Economies, Tribal Priorities, and Public Safety Las Cruces, N.M. - This week, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) concluded a seri  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Heinrich Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Support Innovative Businesses and Startups' Research and Development in New Mexico * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced the bipartisan American Innovation and Jobs Act to support research and development (R&D) investments by innovative small businesses and startups. Currently, companies and sta  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Welcomes $22 Million to Provide High-Speed Internet to Socorro, Torrance, & Valencia Counties * 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.) welcomed $22 million via the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide high-speed inter  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Aug. 28 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * SFI welcomes new 2025 External Professors * External Faculty are central to SFI's identity as a world-class research institute. They enrich our networks of interactions, help us push the boundaries of complex-systems science, and connect us to more than 70 institutions around the globe. This year, ten new researchers joined SFI's External Faculty. Blaise Aguera y Arcas G  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Space Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * SpaceWERX'S Hyperspace Challenge Seeks SBIR Phase II Innovators to Support Advancement of USSF's Operational Test and Training Infrastructure Applications are open for companies with cutting-edge technologies that are uniquely positioned to solve real-world operational challenges in national security and space. * The Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) SpaceWERX, in support of U.S.  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- The Tourism Economics released a report which analyses the unprecedented tourism revenue of $8.8 billion in direct visitor spending during 2024 to New Mexico, marking the third consecutive year of record-breaking growth for the state's tourism industry. The 2024 figures represent a 2.7 percent increase from the previous year's $8.6 billion, continuing an upward trajectory that has seen visitor spending surge $1.4 billion since 2019. When including indirect and i  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Government Seizes Online Marketplaces Selling Fraudulent Identity Documents Used in Cybercrime Schemes The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Mexico announced today the seizure of two marketplace domains and one blog used to sell fraudulent identity documents to cybercriminals worldwide. The operators of VerifTools produced and sold count  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 28 -- The University of New Mexico issued the following news: * * * NSF grant significantly expanding CHTM outreach What do the Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM) and Explora Science Center have in common? More than you think. If you ever find yourself inside the Albuquerque Science Center and Museum, you'll see a permanent exhibit about quantum computing and how it works using color mixing. It is a collaboration with CHTM to teach children of all ages   more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 28 -- The University of New Mexico issued the following news: * * * Sociology professor's new book reveals biases in American classrooms By Alexa Skonieski A powerful new book is shedding light on the untold story of what happens behind closed classroom doors - a whole lot of biases that propel grave harm to vulnerable children. Slow Violence: Confronting Dark Truths in the American Classroom, written by Ranita Ray, a University of New Mexico Sociology Profess  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 29 -- The University of New Mexico issued the following news: * * * UNM-Gallup receives federal grant to continue TRIO SSS Branch campus program has served more than 1,300 low-income, first-generation students over 25 years By Richard Reyes Gallup, N.M. -- The U.S. Department of Education has awarded The University of New Mexico-Gallup a federal TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) grant totaling more than $1.4 million to improve college retention and graduatio  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Aug. 28 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * Visions of Power in Mesoamerica * On August 19-20, the Santa Fe Institute hosted Collaborative : Teotihuacan and the Lowland Maya, a working group that brought together archaeologists, anthropologists, art historians, and astronomers. Participants explored how two great cultural centers of Mesoamerica -- Teotihuacan in central Mexico, and the lowland Maya, spanning parts of sou  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Aug. 29 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: * * * WildEarth Guardians Responds as Trump Administration Moves to Repeal Roadless Area Protections Losing the Roadless Rule is perhaps the greatest threat to National Forests we've seen in 25 years * WASHINGTON -- More than 45 million acres of national forest lands across 36 states and Puerto Rico are set to lose long-standing protections as the administration moves forward with its repeal of the 2001   more