WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following statement on June 4, 2026: * * * AFPI-NM Applauds President Trump's $700 Million Investment in American Coal Washington, D.C. -- The America First Policy Institute's (AFPI) New Mexico state chapter released the following statement from New Mexico Executive Director Vincent Torres on President Trump's announcement today of nearly $700 million in federal support for American coal. "The President's announcement today   more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release on June 4, 2026: * * * CAIR Condemns Anti-Muslim Rhetoric at Hearing for Proposed New Mexico Mosque The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned anti-Muslim rhetoric and hostility reportedly directed at supporters of a proposed mosque in New Mexico during a public hearing on the project. According to local r  more

EL PASO, Texas, June 4 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas El Paso campus issued the following news release: * * * Dust-Prone Desert of the Southwest May be Ideal for Solar Energy, UTEP Study Finds Research points to lower maintenance costs and strong performance outlook for solar facilities near White Sands despite dusty panels - Solar energy developers eyeing parts of southern New Mexico may have less to worry about than expected when it comes to dust. A new study led by University of Tex  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on June 4, 2026: * * * Heinrich Releases Statement Ahead of Oil and Gas Lease Sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement ahead of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)'s lease sale for th  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Stansbury Announce House Passage & Senate Committee Advancement of Legislation to Transfer Federal Land to Pueblos for the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) announced that their Albuquerque Indian School Act of 2025, which is cosponsored by U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member   more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- 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 4 -- 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

WASHINGTON, June 4 [Category: ThinkTank] (TNSrpt) -- The Progressive Policy Institute posted the following news release: * * * Net-Zero Deadlines Could Cost New Mexico Families, PPI Finds * The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) today released a new report, " The New Mexico Dilemma: Balancing Net-Zero Ambitions with Energy Realities," warning that the state's aggressive net-zero timeline could undermine grid reliability and energy affordability unless it is paired with firm, fully-scaled, ca  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 4 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * NMiF reviews results of June's primary election * This week, New Mexico in Focus runs through the results of June's primary election as Deb Haaland and Gregg Hull advance in the governor's race. Host Nash Jones sits down with Dede Feldman, a Democratic former state senator, and Merritt Allen, a former Republican candidate, to discuss how Haaland and Hull secured their nominations in the race. L  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, June 4 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU Art Museum to open two new exhibitions June 11 * WHAT: The New Mexico State University Art Museum (UAM) is hosting an opening reception for two new exhibitions that will be on display over the summer: "Homage to Then/Small Worlds" by Louis Ocepek and "Mapping Spaces: Selections from the Lannan Art Collection at NMSU." The public is invited to the free opening reception for both exhibit  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, June 4 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU's Robert Torres serves as national ACTE president * New Mexico State University's Robert M. Torres is serving as president of the Association for Career and Technical Education, one of the nation's leading organizations dedicated to advancing career and technical education. As part of his role, Torres, associate dean and director of academic programs in NMSU's College of Agricultural  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Vasquez Takes Agriculture Stakeholders' Questions Directly to USDA, Presses Secretary Rollins on Red Tape, Delays, New World Screwworm, and SNAP Data * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On June 4, 2026, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) pressed U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins on New World Screwworm (NWS) containment, payment and service delays caused by USDA staffing  more