WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Four Lujan-Led Bills Signed Into Law as Part of Major Bipartisan Bill to Address Fentanyl Crisis * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) applauded legislation to reauthorize the SUPPORT Act - a landmark federal investment to combat the fentanyl crisis through addiction prevention, treatment, recovery, and law enforcement efforts - being signed into law by the President. The bipar  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Highlights Economic Benefits of America's National Parks, Condemns Recent Announcement to Remove Fee-Free Admission of Juneteenth and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day * WASHINGTON During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks hearing to consider 26 pending bills, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the full committee, delivered openin  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Pushes for Additional Funding for the Federal Public Defender Program in FY26 Funding * WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, joined 23 Senate Democrats to send a letter calling on the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on Financial Services and General Government to provide additional funding, beyond the rece  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Push for Emergency Funding for Wildfire Recovery on New Mexico Public Lands * Heinrich and Lujan's push comes amid the Trump Administration's failure to properly engage in forest management and wildfire prevention to keep New Mexico communities safe WASHINGTON - Amid the Trump Administration's failure to properly engage in forest management and wildfire prevention including slo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Slam Trump Administration for Latest Efforts to Dismantle the Department of Education * Senators Call on McMahon to Reverse Illegal Actions that Weaken Support for New Mexico Students WASHINGTON U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined 34 Senate Democrats to send a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon slamming her recent  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Lujan, Bipartisan Members Demand DOJ Briefing on Release of the Epstein Files * Senate and House sponsors of Epstein Files Transparency Act - recently signed into law - lead the charge to ensure law is fully implemented Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), who introduced the Epstein Files Transparency Act that was signed into law, joined a bipartisan group of lawmaker  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Dec. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * Kinetic careers: Sandia Labs engineers scoop up three national awards * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Science can be as dynamic as the researchers who explore it. The Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers is recognizing three Sandia National Laboratories engineers who pushed beyond the boundaries of linear research to expand their knowledge and impact across multiple  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Alsobrooks, Rosen Introduce Bill to Break Barriers in STEM and Strengthen America's Future Workforce * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.)introduced the 21st Century STEM for Girls and Underrepresented Minorities Act, designed to close persistent equity gaps in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and exp  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Gillibrand Reintroduce Legislation to Expand Workplace Rights for Domestic Workers * Bill Would Guarantee Domestic Workers Basic Rights Like Overtime Pay, Time Off, Sick Leave, Meal and Rest Breaks, and Legal Protections from Harassment and Unsafe Working Conditions Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Representative Pramila Jay  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Dec. 9 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU's Campus Tutoring Services awarded three national certifications * With the end of each academic semester comes final exams, presentations and projects, and before the stress arrives, students at New Mexico State University have a nationally recognized resource to help them succeed academically. NMSU's Campus Tutoring Services provides a free, full service-tutoring program in more than  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Dec. 9 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * Personal risk tolerance has sweeping implications for how societies evolve * In his biography of Elon Musk, historian Walter Isaacson describes a game of Texas Hold 'Em poker in which Musk went all in on every hand. "Isaacson uses the anecdote to show that Elon Musk is a badass because he takes risks. But for anyone without the means to just buy more chips, going all in every   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Gabe Vasquez Demands Urgent Relief for All New Mexico Farmers * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On December 8, 2025, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) sent a letter urging Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to deliver timely, equitable relief to farmers across New Mexico who continue to face rising costs and uncertainty due to the administration's tariff war. Nine of Rep. Vasquez's colleagu  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Vasquez Secures Nearly $500,000 for Las Cruces Fire Department to Train Additional Paramedics * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On December 9, 2025 U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) announced that he had secured $456,181 for the City of Las Cruces to expand paramedic training for local first responders. This funding was secured through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Assistance to Fire  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Dec. 9 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * Satellite data helps UNM researchers map massive rupture of 2025 Myanmar earthquake * The March 28, 2025, Myanmar earthquake is giving scientists a rare look into how some of the world's most dangerous fault systems behave, including California's San Andreas Fault. Earthquakes are notoriously messy and complex, but this one struck along an unusually straight and geologically "mature" fault, creat  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey has issued Scientific Investigations Report 2025-5091, titled 'Geochemical and Hydrological Investigations of Historical Data Collected at the Lee Acres Landfill and Giant Bloomfield Refinery, New Mexico, 1985-2020,' by Erin L. Gray and Christina L. Ferguson, prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management. Published in 2025 from the USGS office in Reston, Virginia, the 35 page report reanalyz  more