WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Blackburn Bipartisan Bill to Crack Down on Carjacking Passes Senate Judiciary Committee * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following statements after their Federal Carjacking Enforcement Act advanced out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. This legislation would make a long overdue fix to the federal carjacking statute, empow  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, May 5 -- The New Mexico Department of Environment issued the following news release: * * * Enforcement Watch Alert: 146 enforcement actions initiated; 115 resolved in April 2026 April Spotlight: Protecting New Mexico through the Resource Protection Compliance and Enforcement Bureau * The New Mexico Environment Department is highlighting the ongoing success of its Enforcement Watch initiative, a transparency-focused program that provides the public with consistent and t  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Naeva, Albuquerque, New Mexico, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 opposing the draft Tribal Minor Source New Source Review Permit for the Navajo Transitional Energy Company's Energy Generation Plant. The group stressed the importance of an economy based on clean renewable energy rather than fossil fuels, highlighting potential negative outcomes of the proposed project. The letter outlines concerns that the NEGP would emit  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Gabe Vasquez Announces Winner of 2026 Congressional Art Competition for New Mexico's Second District * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On May 1, 2026, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) announced the winner of the 2026 Congressional Art Competition for New Mexico's Second Congressional District: Nicky Yuselew-King, a 10th-grade student at Zuni High School. Her winning piece, titled "The Beauty of   more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The Water Protector Legal Collective, an Indigenous-led advocacy law firm, has submitted public comments opposing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposed issuance of a Tribal Minor New Source Review air permit to the Navajo Transitional Energy Company for a natural gas-fired power plant on Navajo Nation lands in New Mexico. The comments, directed to the EPA's Region 9 Air & Radiation Division, argue that the EPA's draft permit fails to adequately consider cumulat  more