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(Washington, D.C., April 24, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins visited the Hamm Institute at Oklahoma State University (OSU) with Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin for the Powering AI: Global Leadership Summit. The Cabinet members were joined by Representative Stephanie Bice and Representative Frank Lucas.

"President Donald J. Trump is working to get America back on track—and that starts with responsible use of our federal lands for energy and mineral production. We have hit the ground running at USDA. Through bold leadership to prioritize rural prosperity, support biofuels, reform permitting, and streamline regulations, this Administration is putting America First. I am proud to serve alongside a remarkable Cabinet who is determined to ensure America's prosperity for generations to come," said Secretary Rollins.

SANTA FE – The state Supreme Court issued an opinion today underscoring the importance for lenders and mortgage holders to properly notify a homeowner and their heirs about a foreclosure action on property.

In a unanimous opinion, the Court ordered a district court to conduct further proceedings to resolve a long-running dispute over ownership of a Santa Fe home that was subject to a foreclosure judgment and sale in 2017.

 The Court concluded that the foreclosure judgment "may be void" because a Santa Fe woman who is now deceased, her surviving family members and potential inheritance beneficiaries were not properly served with required legal documents to notify them of a lawsuit to foreclosure on the property.

Heinrich, lawmakers: "Field offices provide vital services to Social Security recipients, and beneficiaries need the opportunity to seek assistance from SSA in person…Closing any of these field offices will make it harder for individuals to access their benefits"

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined over 100 congressional Democrats in sending a letter to Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA) Leland Dudek to demand that he keep New Mexico's Social Security field offices open. 

SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed two bills strengthening New Mexico's support for communities near military installations.

House Bill 158 establishes the Military Base Impact Fund to finance critical infrastructure projects in areas surrounding military bases across the state. The fund will provide grants for local infrastructure initiatives, with oversight from the Office of Military Base Planning and Support and the Economic Development Department. This legislation becomes effective June 20, 2025.

ALBUQUERQUE, NM — The Washington Post is reporting this morning ("Trump officials consider shrinking 6 national monuments in the West") that the Trump administration has drafted plans to remove federal protections for at least six national monuments, including Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, in Dona Ana County, New Mexico.

The stated rationale is to open these areas for mining and oil and gas development, activities that are expressly prohibited in national monument proclamations and a significant reason these special places were protected in the first place. The vast majority of public lands in New Mexico are already open to mineral development.

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The 2025-26 license year is underway!

License sales for the 2025-26 license year have begun. Licenses from the 2024-2025 license year are no longer valid. The 2025-26 Fishing Rules and Information Booklet (RIB) is available online in both English and Spanish, and will soon be available in print at Department offices and vendors statewide.

LAS CRUCES, SAN ANTONIO - White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) will block US 70 for approximately one hour and US 380 for approximately two hours on Thursday, April 24, 2025, at 7 a.m.

US 70 will be blocked at 7:10 a.m. for approximately 1 hour. This block will be located at Red Block (top of San. Augustin Pass, mile marker 164) and Yellow Block (White Sands National Park, mile marker 200). Las Cruces Gate, Nike Ave, and Owen Road will also be impacted by this block.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.), and U.S. Representatives Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) and Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) introduced their bipartisan Continental Divide National Scenic Trail Completion Act, legislation that directs the Secretaries of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and U.S. Department of Interior to prioritize the completion of the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail (CDT).

Designated by Congress as part of the National Trail System in 1978, the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail stretches more than 3,000 miles and passes through New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. The trail follows the Continental Divide and transverses some of the nation's most treasured natural, historic, and cultural resources.