WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * "Presidential 1776 Award: The Ultimate Civics Showdown" to Air on CBS Tonight * Tonight, the "Presidential 1776 Award: The Ultimate Civics Showdown" will air from 8:00-9:30 PM ET on the CBS Television Network, and be available to stream tomorrow on Paramount+. Hosted by television host and entertainment personality Mario Lopez, the national finals mark the conclusion of the first-ever President  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * As data-center demand grows, Sandia advances AI controls to keep voltage steady in real time * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -As artificial intelligence drives rapid growth in data centers, utilities are facing a new challenge: keeping voltage steady as electricity demand grows, shifts quickly and becomes harder to predict. As demand grows and more distributed energy res  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Pushes Trump Administration to Release Affordable Housing Construction Funds As President Trump continues to slow-walk a bipartisan housing affordability bill that already passed through Congress, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) is teaming up with U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and several colleagues in urging the president to unlock community development tools and promptly release $750 m  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Members of the N.M. Delegation Demand Answers from USPS Regarding Delay in Rebuilding the Chimayo Post Office U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.) wrote to Postmaster General David Steiner demanding that the United States Postal Service (USPS) provide answers and an update regarding the delay in the rebuilding pr  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on June 30, 2026: * * * Murray, Baldwin, Sanders Lead All Senate Democrats in Demanding Trump Halt Illegal Move to Undermine Special Ed, Civil Rights Enforcement As part of Trump Admin's push to shut down the Department of Education, Trump is illegally kicking out special education programs, civil rights enforcement from Department - Today, U.S. Senator  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 (TNSletter) -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following letter to the New Mexico Health Care Authority: * * * Here is the text of the letter: June 26, 2026 The Honorable Kari Armijo Secretary New Mexico Health Care Authority 1474 Rodeo Road Santa Fe, NM 87505 Dear Secretary Armijo: I write to you following the release of the Legislative Finance Committee's (LFC) report on New Mexico's administration of its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SN  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Reps Leger Fernandez and Lieu Re-Introduce 21st Century Federal Writers' Act Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM) and Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) introduced the 21st Century Federal Writers' Project Act, legislation to create a new grant program administered by the National Endowment for the Arts that will empower America's writers and journalists to capture and   more

WASHINGTON, July 2 (TNSletter) -- Reps. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, and Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration: * * * Here is the text of the letter: June 25, 2026 The Honorable Terrance Cole Administrator U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration 8701 Morrissette Drive Springfield, VA 22152 Dear Administrator Cole: We write to request information on the Drug Enforcement Administration's (D  more