ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Dec. 19 -- Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024: * * * New cooling requirement and manufactured housing rights. * * * Renters in Albuquerque have more protections thanks to two ordinances that passed City Council last night. Mayor Tim Keller called for the "Manufactured Home Community Stability and Empowerment Ordinance" to give those who live in manufactured home communities the opportunity to organize and buy the land that they live on. The administration also supported a more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 19 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: In response to the challenges faced by small businesses impacted by flooding and wildfires in New Mexico, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) is offering $1 million in grants through the Small Business Recovery Grant (SBRG) program to support recovery efforts in affected counties. The program will be available to eligible small businesses via FHLB Dallas member institutions st more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 17 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas), along with Community 1st Bank, provided $9,000 in Partnership Grant Program (PGP) funding to the Las Vegas Arts Council to promote economic and artistic development in Las Vegas, New Mexico. In this case, FHLB Dallas member institution Community 1st Bank provided a $1,500 grant, which FHLB Dallas matched with $7,500. more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) has been named Ranking Member for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee for the 119th Congress. The ENR Committee plays a critical role in setting national energy policies and managing our nation's public lands within the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service. The Committee also oversees the U.S. Department of Energy and has jurisdiction over U.S. territories and nuclear waste p more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024: * * * Arrests Result from Joint Task Force Alpha's Expanded Coordination with Colombian Law Enforcement * * * On Dec. 13, Colombian authorities arrested two men charged with human smuggling conspiracy for moving migrants through Colombia en route to the United States. In the course of that conspiracy, the defendants are alleged to have put lives in jeopardy, including by placing some of the 40 migrants and two boat captains on a boat th more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the Senate passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA): "Today, I voted to pass the bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act that makes strong investments in our armed services, National Laboratories, and national defense. With our military installations and National Laboratories, New Mexico plays a critical role in protecting our national security, and this NDAA will  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued a notice in the Federal Register on Dec. 10, 2024, entitled "National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions". Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY: The National Park Service is soliciting electronic comments on the significance of properties nominated before November 30, 2024, for listing or related actions in the National Register of Historic Places. DATES: Comments should be submitted electronically by Dece more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Senator Jon Ossoff's bipartisan bill to crack down on fentanyl trafficking at the Southern Border is headed to the President's desk to become law. Today, Sen. Ossoff's bipartisan DETECT Fentanyl and Xylazine Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives to strengthen the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)'s capacity to detect fentanyl and xylazine at ports of entry and better prevent it from crossing the border. The bipartisan DETECT Fentanyl and Xyl more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: Quiet quitting isn't just for burned out employees. Atoms carrying information inside quantum computers, known as qubits, sometimes vanish silently from their posts. This problematic phenomenon, called atom loss, corrupts data and spoils calculations. But Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico have for the first time demonstrated a practical way to detect these "leakage errors" for n more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, released a first-of-its kind public dataset and accompanying staff report that expose the scale of the climate change-driven crisis in homeowners' insurance. With this release, the Committee makes publicly available--for the first time--an accounting of insurance non-renewals at the county level from all 50 states and the Di more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Bipartisan Bill Now Heads to President's Desk Yesterday, the U.S. Senate passed the Native American Child Protection Act (NACPA), legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine). The bill reauthorizes and reforms three programs that ensure Tribes have the tools needed to treat, prevent, investigate, and prosecute Native American child abuse and neglect. U.S. Representative Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) introduced th more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued the following news release: Today, Administrator Samantha Power welcomed the release of USAID's 2024 Biodiversity Policy, marking ten years since the launch of the Agency's first policy on biodiversity conservation. Biodiversity the enormous variety of all life on Earth is the foundation for human development and survival. But nature is in crisis, with 75 percent of the planet's land and 40 percent of the ocean significantly degraded, and more than an estimated one m more PR