CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 13 [Category: Business] -- The Private Equity Stakeholder Project issued the following news: * * * Blackstone plans to acquire multi-utility TXNM, raising concerns about energy affordability * TXNM, parent company to two electric utilities, PNM and TNMP, announced plans to be acquired by Blackstone's Infrastructure platform in May of 2025 in a $11.5 billion take-private deal. This proposed acquisition would impact PNM and TNMP's combined 800,000 residential and busine  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Jan. 13 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU Civil Engineering Department adopts new name reflecting environmental focus * New Mexico State University's Department of Civil Engineering has officially changed its name to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, a move that reflects the department's longstanding academic strengths, evolving research priorities and commitment to addressing today's most pressing enviro  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Jan. 13 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU Extension 4-H agents honored at national conference * With more than 40,000 New Mexico youth participating in 4-H activities throughout the state, New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service 4-H agents support programming for communities across all 33 counties. Several NMSU 4-H agents and 4-H youth development department staff were honored at the 2025 National Associat  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Jan. 13 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU researcher to lead workshop on plant pathogen * A New Mexico State University researcher will lead a workshop on one of the most common plant pathogens during the 2025 New Mexico Chile Conference in February. Soum Sanogo, a professor of fungal plant pathology in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, will present the "Spring Institute on Phytophthora Resea  more