Politics

Luján, Barrasso Bill Improves Efficiency Of Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Through 988 Lifeline Location Improvement Act

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sens. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) introduced bipartisan legislation to improve geolocation data and increase the efficiency of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

Last year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took action to require service providers to route phone calls to 988 to the nearest call center based on geographic location. In July of this year, the FCC took steps to require geo-routing for texts. Previously, calls and texts were routed based on the phone’s area code, often resulting in a geographic mismatch. Read More

Energy Department Launches ‘Genesis Mission’ To Transform American Science & Innovation Through AI Computing Revolution

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Under Secretary for Science Darío Gil to lead Genesis Mission initiative.

LANL News:

President Trump today issued an Executive Order to launch the Genesis Mission, a historic national effort led by the Department of Energy. 

Los Alamos National Laboratory supports the Genesis Mission, the Department of Energy’s newly-launched national initiative to advance artificial intelligence and accelerate scientific achievements. From stewarding our nation’s deterrence capabilities with high performance computing for modeling and simulation to driving breakthroughs in quantum science Read More

Luján, Escobar Introduce Bicameral Legislation To Address Deadly Hate Crimes By Closing Dangerous Loophole

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NATIONAL News: 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced the Disarm Hate Act, legislation aimed at addressing hate-motivated gun violence in communities across the United States. The bill would protect vulnerable communities by closing a dangerous gap in federal law, prohibiting individuals convicted of misdemeanor-level hate crimes – or those who received an enhanced sentence for a misdemeanor offense following a judicial finding of hate- or bias-based motivation from purchasing or possessing firearms. Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) leads companion Read More

Robinson: Rethinking The American Revolution

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By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2025 New Mexico News Services

The USA is a miracle, and the revolution that made it possible could easily have gone the wrong way. These were a couple of thoughts I had after watching “The American Revolution,” on PBS. Instead of the tidy history I learned in school, the revolution was a sprawling and complex series of events.

What the creators want us to know is that the United States was born of violence and division. And it was as much a civil war as a revolution because a great many colonists were loyal to Britain. They thought rebellion was insanity.

Britain was an Read More

Heinrich Hosts Roundtable To Underscore How Cuts To Public Lands Workforce & Cost Of Health Care Is Harming New Mexico Families

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and co-founder of the U.S. Senate Stewardship Caucus, met with the New Mexico State Forester, public lands advocates, and small business owners to discuss the Trump Administration’s cuts to the public lands workforce and attacks on Americans’ public lands, Nov. 21, 2025. Courtesy photo

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M), meets with New Mexicans facing skyrocketing health care costs because of Trump and Republicans’ refusal to extend the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium tax Read More

Luján Unveils Legislation To Reverse SNAP Cuts, Restore Food Security For Millions Of Americans

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research, led the entire Senate Democratic Caucus in introducing the Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act of 2025 to repeal the devastating Republican cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) made in the Republican Budget Betrayal.

During the Republican shutdown, Senator Luján’s efforts to ensure millions of Americans would receive their Read More

Heinrich, Luján, Stansbury Meet With Pueblo Leaders On Next Steps To Permanently Protect Chaco Canyon

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U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich, Ben Ray Luján and U.S. Rep, Melanie Stansbury host a press conference Nov. 21 with Pueblo leaders on the next steps to permanently protect Chaco Canyon. Courtesy photo

Congressional News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friday, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and co-founder of the U.S. Senate Stewardship Caucus, U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), hosted a press conference with Pueblo leaders on the Read More

Albuquerque Cleanup Nets 2,260 Lbs Of Trash, Highlights New Mexico’s Commitment To ‘Breaking Bad Habits’

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Scene from the clean up litter campaign Saturday in the International District neighborhood in Albuquerque, during which volunteers collected 2,260 pounds of trash. Courtesy photo

Scene from the clean up litter campaign Saturday in the International District neighborhood in Albuquerque, during which volunteers collected 2,260 pounds of trash. Courtesy photo

From the Office of the Governor:

  • Members of the community and state leaders clean local neighborhoods

ALBUQUERQUE — The state of New Mexico’s litter prevention campaign, Breaking Bad Habits, today partnered with Albuquerque Read More

Sen. Leo Jaramillo Elected To Serve As West Region Chair For National Hispanic Caucus Of State Legislators

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Sen. Leo Jaramillo (D–Española), center, is elected to serve as the West Region Chair for the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators, during NHCSL’s National Summit Saturday in Oklahoma City. Courtesy photo

Sen. Leo Jaramillo, 4th from right, is sworn in Saturday as West Region Chair to represent and coordinate legislative leadership across 13 western states and territories, including New Mexico, Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Alaska, and Hawaii. Courtesy photo

STATE News:

New Mexico State Sen. Leo Jaramillo (D–Española) Read More

Dannemann: Affordable Care Act Benefits Must Be Preserved

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By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again

“Pre-existing condition.” Remember that term? Fifteen years ago, you heard it all the time on the news. It was the issue that scared the daylights out of millions of Americans who couldn’t get health insurance, or whose insurance was impossibly expensive.

A pre-existing condition might have been asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, a past injury, or any other condition that might increase the patient’s need for future health care.

Pre-existing conditions had been debated in Congress constantly and covered regularly on the news. People Read More