Wednesday - October 29, 2025
Public Policy Tipoffs Involving New Mexico Newsletter for Friday October 03, 2025 ( 10 items )  

AFP-NM Calls Out Governor Grisham's False 'Budget Crisis' Blame Game
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 2 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP-NM Calls Out Governor Grisham's False 'Budget Crisis' Blame Game * Santa Fe, NM - Today, Americans for Prosperity-New Mexico (AFP-NM) State Director Sarah Hetemi issued a statement pushing back against Governor Grisham's special legislative session to spread the false narrative that the Working Families Tax Cuts created a "budget crisis." AFP-NM State Director Sarah   more

Lujan Statement on President Trump's Fourth Government Shutdown
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on President Trump's Fourth Government Shutdown * There Were ZERO Government Shutdowns During the Previous Administration, Senate Democratic Majority Trump on 9/30/25 : "We can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible and bad for them like cutting vast numbers of people out. Cutting things they like, cutting programs they like. We can do things medically and other way  more

Lujan Statement on Trump Administration Announcement to Kill New Mexico Jobs, Jack Up Prices
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Trump Administration Announcement to Kill New Mexico Jobs, Jack Up Prices * Trump, Vought cause shutdown, use it as pretext to enact their extreme agenda & inflict pain on the American people President Trump yesterday : "A lot of good can come down from shutdowns. We can get rid of a lot of things that we didn't want." Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.)   more

Lujan: President Trump is Using His Shutdown to Inflict Maximum Pain on New Mexico and Terminate Energy Projects That Lower Costs for Families
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan: President Trump is Using His Shutdown to Inflict Maximum Pain on New Mexico and Terminate Energy Projects That Lower Costs for Families * "We can get rid of a lot of things that we didn't want." - President Trump on Government Shutdowns Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announcing it would terminat  more

New Mexico State University: Scale Up NM Marks Its Conclusion at Successful Pitch & Match Event
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Oct. 3 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * Scale Up NM marks its conclusion at successful Pitch & Match event The Scale Up New Mexico program, funded in part by the U.S. Economic Development Administration and housed at New Mexico State University's Arrowhead Center, recently hosted its 2025 Pitch & Match event with resounding success, while also celebrating the program's accomplishments over the past three years as it comes to an en  more

NMSU Global Campus, El Paso Electric Launch Partnership to Benefit Workforce
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Oct. 3 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU Global Campus, El Paso Electric launch partnership to benefit workforce New Mexico State University Global Campus has launched a new partnership with El Paso Electric to strengthen the regional workforce through accessible, high-quality education. The collaboration marks a major step in preparing professionals for the evolving energy industry. Through this partnership, El Paso Electric  more

NMSU's AI, Agriculture Initiative Honored With Innovators Award
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Oct. 3 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU's AI, agriculture initiative honored with innovators award New Mexico State University's artificial intelligence and agriculture initiative has been honored with the 2025 Rangelands Innovators Award in the collaborative team category. The partnership includes the Massey family of the Massey Ranch Precision Ranching and Virtual Fencing Project of Animas, New Mexico, U.S Department of Agr  more

Ranking Member Heinrich Condemns Trump Administration Unlawfully Taking $135.2 Million Away From New Mexico, $7.56 Billion From Across the Country
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Heinrich Condemns Trump Administration Unlawfully Taking $135.2 Million Away from New Mexico, $7.56 Billion from Across the Country * U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following statement in response to the news that the   more

SFI welcomes Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow Jacob Calvert
SANTA FE, New Mexico, Oct. 2 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * SFI welcomes Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow Jacob Calvert * The human brain is remarkably good at detecting patterns in the world around us. We notice behaviors, rhythms, and recurrences, and often build analogies to explain them. But not all of these intuitive ideas about nature hold up under mathematical scrutiny. Visiting Complexity Postdoctoral Fellow Jacob Calvert is intere  more

UNM Launches Feasibility & Development Plan Study to Modernize University Stadium and Develop South Campus
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Oct. 3 -- The University of New Mexico issued the following news: * * * UNM launches Feasibility & Development Plan Study to modernize University Stadium and develop South Campus By Ben Cloutier The University of New Mexico (UNM) is launching a comprehensive development planning and feasibility study to create a long-term vision and implementation action plan for modernizing University Stadium and revitalizing South Campus as a mixed-use, economic development distric  more