WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following news release on June 2, 2026: * * * AFPI-NM Executive Director Vincent Torres on Today's Primary Elections ALBUQUERQUE, NM - The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) New Mexico Executive Director Vincent Torres today urges residents to vote in the state's primary election, with polls open across New Mexico from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and offices up and down the ballot. Today's primary will set the November matchups for U  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Disability Rights New Mexico, Albuquerque, the federally-designated Protection and Advocacy agency for New Mexico, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs within the U.S. Department of Education. The letter addresses proposed changes to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part B State Performance Plan and Annual Performance Report indicators. DRNM analyzed the 2025-2026 complaint resolution reports from the New Mexi  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Presses Chief of the Forest Service on Uranium Mining in Carson National Forest * Full video of the exchange is available here. Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, questioned Tom Schultz, Chief of the Forest Service, regarding the proposal to conduct uranium mining within the Carson N  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Padilla, Cantwell Lead Senate Colleagues in Urging Sec. Lutnick to Halt Implementation of Trump's Illegal EO to Eliminate Vote-by-Mail * Senators Direct Dept. of Commerce to Explain its Involvement with USPS and Elections and Preserve Documents for Congressional Oversight Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committ  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, June 2 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU Global Campus expands homeless response training through national partnership * New Mexico State University Global Campus has partnered with the National Alliance to End Homelessness to offer a suite of online courses designed to strengthen the skills and leadership capacity of professionals working to prevent and end homelessness. Through the partnership, learners will have access to  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 [Category: Political] -- U.S. Term Limits issued the following news release: * * * Passing the Torch: How Term Limits Reflect New Mexico's Civic Spirit * This concern doesn't pertain to specific political parties or individual leaders; residents share a broader, institutional concern about how Congress functions as a whole, and whether it still reflects the evolving needs of the people. One commonsense reform that consistently draws overwhelming support across party lines  more

DAVIS, California, June 2 -- The University of California Davis posted the following news: * * * Top UC Davis Graduate Journeys Through Clubs, Neurodivergence, Identity * Jason Pieck dashes from engineering classes to club meetings to music rehearsals and performances at the University of California, Davis. "My favorite days are when I'm all over campus," says the student from Los Alamos, New Mexico. Pieck's investment in both their engineering studies and the campus community stands out  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 2 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * UNM team selected as finalists in National Accounting Student Case Competition * A UNM student team has been selected as a top four finalist in the 2025-2026 Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) U.S. Student Case Competition. The students will compete in the national finals during the IMA26 Accounting and Finance Conference in Tampa, Fla., on June 14. The team consists of students Nico Hugg  more