WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The University of Arizona State Museum, Tucson, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and an associated funerary object and determined cultural affiliation with multiple Tribal Nations in Arizona and the Southwest. The action is being carried out under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and involves the remains of at least one individual and a ceramic pitcher that have been part of the museum's collections for more than  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates 11 Counties in Texas as Natural Disaster Areas Due to Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds and Flooding * This Presidential disaster declaration allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The Harvard University Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects and determined cultural affiliation with multiple Tribal Nations in Arizona and New Mexico. The action is being carried out under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and involves ancestral remains representing at least 148 individuals, along with 30 associated  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Applauds Committee Passage of Legislation toProvide Greater Cooperation between the Federal Government and Land Grant Communities * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) applauded the passage of the New Mexico Land Grant-Mercedes Historical or Traditional Use Cooperation and Coordination Act in the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. This legislation w  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Trump Administration's Failure to Release All Epstein Files * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after the Department of Justice refused to release the full Epstein files: "Today is the deadline for the Trump administration and the Department of Justice to release all of the documents related to the Epstein files. The DOJ wa  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Schiff, Colleagues Blast FCC Efforts to Strip Broadband Price Transparency Labels for Consumers, Demand Reversal * Washington, D.C. U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) led six senators to urge Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr to reverse   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan: Fighting for New Mexicans in 2025 * Lujan Saved Over $7.4 Million for New Mexicans, Closed 1,204 Constituent Cases in 2025 VIDEO : A Message From Senator Lujan to New Mexicans Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) highlighted legislative victories, constituent services successes, and efforts to push back against extreme policies that hurt New Mexicans in 2025.   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Calls on Trump Administration to Support State's Application for Federal Rural Health Transformation Program Funding * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicai  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Condemns Trump's Plan to Cut Veterans Health Administration Positions * WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee, U.S. Senator 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.) released th  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument, Mountainair, New Mexico, has announced its intent to repatriate a Native American cultural item following a determination made under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. After completing a review of museum records, inventories, and consultations, the monument identified a single unassociated funerary object in its custody that is culturally   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Tonto National Forest, Phoenix, Arizona, has completed a comprehensive inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects recovered from multiple archaeological sites within Gila and Maricopa counties in Arizona. Following this review, the forest determined that the remains and objects are culturally affiliated with several present-day Tribal Nations in Arizona and New Mexico, clearing the w  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 22, 2025: * * * Trump's Assault on Wind Energy Leaves Permitting Reform Dead in the Water Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), iss  more