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  • — by Andrew Oxford
    Your bank might want you to give up those paper statements sent in the mail in favor of an app on your smartphone, and your doctor might keep your medical records on a computer instead of in a manila folder. But New Mexico wants to keep your vote on a paper ballot, and a growing number of states are following suit, ditching paperless elections...
  • — by U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich
    Amid its clear penchant for ignoring the facts and scientific analysis to promote a political agenda, the Trump administration’s decision to force American consumers to bail out uncompetitive coal-fired and nuclear power plants should come as no surprise. However, the destabilizing consequences and fact-free nature of the...
  • — by KTSM (NBC)
    U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) discusses how the Republican budget will hurt working families in New Mexico. October 23, 2017.
  • — by JACEY FORTIN
    An apparent attempt to water down language about evolution and climate change in the guidelines for science education in New Mexico met with protests this week at an eventful public hearing at the Public Education Department’s offices in Santa Fe. Hundreds of people — some of them demonstrating outside with signs — showed up to...
  • — by U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich
    President Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — or DACA — program is a heartless and grave mistake. We should never be a country that kicks out some of our best and brightest students. Under the DACA program implemented five years ago by the Obama Administration, undocumented immigrants who arrived...
  • — by U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich
    For the past five years, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has allowed some of the brightest young people in our communities to pursue their dreams and deliver significant benefits to the U.S. economy. Thanks to the contributions of DACA recipients — sometimes called Dreamers — our economy is stronger, we have...
  • — by Cody Hooks
    Both of New Mexico's U.S. senators and both Democratic representatives called out the Trump administration's review of national monuments for multiple errors and urged the president to reject recommendations to alter the management strategy for the Río Grande del Norte National Monument. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke's...
  • LAS CRUCES - U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, both New Mexico Democrats, have joined a group of 36 senators calling on the Trump administration to extend the Oct. 5 deadline for individuals eligible for renewals under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. In a letter sent Monday to the acting secretary of...
  • — by U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich
    As senators who proudly represent the world-class scientists at New Mexico’s national laboratories, research universities, military installations and high-tech businesses, we call on policymakers to use science as a guiding light. Our capacity to seize opportunities and face the many challenges ahead rests heavily on our ability to make...
  • — by Kathryn Watson
    Democrats are urging the Federal Election Commission to consider new guidance to prevent foreign entities from buying political ads targeting U.S. election, in the wake of the report that Russians purchased $100,000 in ads during the 2016 presidential election. Twenty Democratic House and Senate members, in a Tuesday letter to FEC Chairman...
  • — by David Carl
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.  What should I know about Heinrich amendments? The Senate approved its 2018 defense authorization bill Monday. In that bill, Sen. Martin Heinrich added amendments that would have a huge economic impact on New Mexico The bill would allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to break ground and begin construction of a $174,000,000...
  • Senator Martin Heinrich is calling for transparency in those advertisements you see on social media. Facebook recently told Congressional investigators that a so-called “Russia Troll Farm” bought about $100,000 in ads, from June 2015 to May 2017. While the content of the ads is not clear, Heinrich says he’s calling on Congress to...
  • — by Michael Coleman
    WASHINGTON – After winning election to the U.S. Senate in 2012, Martin Heinrich was contemplating possible committee assignments when he got a phone call from then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. The longtime Nevada Democratic power broker had good news. He planned to grant Heinrich a plum assignment on the Senate Energy and Natural...
  • — by Susan Montoya
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Tribal leaders, conservationists and elected leaders gathered Thursday to express their frustrations and keep pressure on the White House to ensure two national monument areas in New Mexico remain intact. U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich and several dozen people packed an REI store in Albuquerque while others took...
  • — by Susan Montoya
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Defense Department is making another multimillion-dollar investment in high-energy lasers that have the potential to destroy enemy drones and mortars, disrupt communication systems and provide military forces with other portable, less costly options on the battlefield. U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, a member of...
  • — by Simone Stover
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — On Wednesday afternoon, Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., visited the Girl Scouts of New Mexico to participate in a robotics project with scouts and to talk about the importance of girls in STEM. Last month, the Girl Scouts of the USA announced the introduction of 23 new merit badges for the outdoors and STEM, which stands for...
  • — by Timothy Cama
    A bipartisan group of senators is expressing “deep concern” over a federal agency considering potential trade penalties for imported solar panel technology. The Friday letter spearheaded by Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who both hail from states with growing solar power...
  • — by Scott Turner
    U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich toured the Magdalena Ridge Observatory on Friday after announcing congressional funding for the observatory’s interferometer project. “It’s a facility with enormous promise,” Heinrich said.  “We’re excited to be able to secure some federal funding to keep this moving down the road....
  • — by U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich
    Fall hunting season is just around the corner, and sportsmen in northern New Mexico are eager to finally access the narrow mesas and rugged canyons of the Sabinoso Wilderness — the only legally inaccessible wilderness area in the entire nation. Surrounded by private land and without a legal road or trail to get there, the public has...
  • — by CarlyJo Chavarría and KeShaun Shendo
    Dear Honorable Senator Heinrich,  Thank you for taking the time to meet with us. As you know, Pueblos in New Mexico are faced with increased threats to our sacred lands that are no longer part of our reservations. This is exemplified by the concern of the Pueblos with proposed fracking near Chaco Canyon that is to be addressed in the 2017...