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Luján, Colleagues Urge Social Media And Encrypted Messages Companies To Increase Resources Toward Combatting 2024 U.S. Election Disinformation  

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U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján

From the Office of U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján:

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) led a letter signed by U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) to 11 of the largest and most popular social media and encrypted chat companies in the U.S. calling for increased resources toward combatting 2024 U.S. election administration and certification disinformation. 

“We are deeply concerned that the dissemination of election disinformation via your products and/or platforms – if left unmitigated Read More

Heinrich Delivers Over $5.4 Million To Strengthen Maternal And Newborn Care, Expand Mental Health Care & Substance Use Treatment In Rural Communities

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SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced three Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) grants he secured totaling $5,416,000 to strengthen maternal and newborn care, improving outcomes for mothers and babies in rural New Mexico, and to expand mental health care and substance use disorder treatment in Gallup and Carlsbad.

Heinrich secured these three grants in the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill.

“Every New Mexican Read More

SFCC Recognized By Generation Hope With FamilyU Seal For Exceptional Support Of Parenting Students

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SFCC News:

SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College announces it has been recognized with the prestigious FamilyU Seal for its exceptional support of parenting students.

This recognition is awarded by Generation Hope, an organization dedicated to fostering the success and economic mobility of student parents. It was one of five colleges to receive that designation. The accolade honors institutions and organizations for their exceptional support of parenting students.

SFCC President Becky Rowley, Ph.D., said “Santa Fe Community College is deeply honored by this recognition. At SFCC, Read More

Fr. Glenn: Warning … Possible Danger Ahead

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Almost every week of the year the Catholic Church has memorials of various saints—the apostles, notable pastors, notable scholars of the past (“doctors” of the Church), and particularly charitable and self-sacrificing individuals such as Elizabeth of Hungary. And, almost every week, there are memorials of martyrs—various men and women of the very early days of faith prior to the Roman emperor Constantine granting recognition to (and eventually converting to) Christianity.

But before Constantine the Romans held a number of persecutions of Christianity, no doubt using Read More

Senate Passes Bill Ensuring Veteran Benefits Continue

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thursday, the Senate passed supplemental appropriations legislation, based on a bipartisan bill cosponsored by U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), that will protect veterans’ earned benefits and ensure the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is able to continue to pay disability compensation, surviving spouses and dependent compensation, pension, and education benefits to veterans.

With more veterans than ever receiving care and benefits, the VA faces a $3 billion shortfall. If not filled by today, Sept. 20, there could have been a delay in VA compensation Read More

Joint Economic Committee Chairman Martin Heinrich On MSNBC’s José Díaz-Balart Reports: Fed Rate Cut Will Ease Pain For Consumers, Strengthen Economy

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich joins MSNBC Thursday to discuss how the Federal Reserve’s decision to cut interest rates will benefit working people and strengthen the economy. Courtesy photo

From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an interview Thursday morning with José Díaz-Balart on MSNBC, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), applauded the Federal Reserve’s decision to cut interest rates, highlighting how it will bring overdue relief for working people shouldering the burden of inflation and high costs.

Heinrich, Read More

New Mexico Energy, Minerals & Natural Resources Secretary-Designate Kenderdine Honored For Leadership

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EMNRD Secretary-Designate Melanie Kenderdine

EMNRD News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources  (EMNRD) Secretary Designate Melanie Kenderdine on Wednesday evening received the prestigious North Star Award from the Alliance to Save Energy.

The North Star Award honors professionals who have made significant  impacts in their careers, serving as guiding lights for others and advancing  the field of energy efficiency in profound ways.

Secretary Designate Kenderdine was selected for the 2024 North Star Award for demonstrating exemplary leadership throughout Read More

Students Get Quantum Computing Mentorship And Research Experience At LANL … Fellowship Covers Theory, Programming And Hands-On Projects

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Pairing up with mentors on research projects that typically lead to publications in high-impact journals is part of the appeal of the Lab’s summer internship. The novelty of working on actual quantum computers is a bonus. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Twenty-one students got hands-on experience working with Los Alamos National Laboratory’s (LANL) quantum computing experts and the opportunity to program on actual quantum computers, a unique opportunity for them to work on cutting-edge research and for LANL to build a pipeline to advance the mission.

In existence since 2018, the Quantum Computing Read More

National Public Lands Day Volunteer Work At VCNP Sept. 28

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Volunteers invited to join in work day Sept. 28 at VCNP Courtesy/NPS

NPS News:

The National Park Service invites the community to celebrate National Public Lands Day at Valles Caldera National Preserve Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. 

Each September, we come to support the park and spend a day volunteering and exploring beautiful Valles Caldera. National Public Lands Day is special because it provides all lovers of the environment an opportunity to show our appreciation for these unique places.

National Public Lands Day is more than a clean-up—it’s an event that creates kinship among those working Read More

Heinrich, Risch Applaud House Committee Passage Of Their Legislation To Clean Up Abandoned Mines

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From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) applauded the passage of the House companion to their legislation, the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act, in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

The legislation would make it easier for “Good Samaritans” such as state agencies, local governments, nonprofits, and other groups, to clean up and improve water quality in and around abandoned hardrock mines. 

Heinrich and Risch hailed the Senate’s unanimous and bipartisan Read More