Tom Udall News Archives

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded more than $10 million to explore geothermal energy projects in New Mexico.

The Espanola and Taos school districts will receive more than $2 million in federal funds.

Former U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson said Thursday she won't run for governor next year, preferring instead to continue working as a private consultant.

New Mexico national security initiatives in Los Alamos, Albuquerque and Socorro will receive $43 million in federal funding.

The Navajo Nation will receive $4.9 million in stimulus funding to develop a smart electrical grid.

A Homeland Security Bill awaiting the President's signature will benefit security initiatives in New Mexico.

Sometimes we chide City Council for taking time to hereby resolve something. A resolution? Big deal! The city's intent to be against the border fence is one.

Sen. Al Franken, shown in his Senate office in Washington, says his bill a oerepresents a small but significant step towards reining in unnecessary health care costs.a To the advertising and marketing industry, recently introduced legislation by humorist and U.S. Sen.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar reaches for a pen to sign the Record of Decision, allowing the Navajo-Gallup Pipeline Project to move forward.

Delay by the state government in reimbursing funds spent by Deming Public Schools has created a cash flow problem for DPS.

And that's sort of the magic number--not only is 67 enough votes to pass a climate bill in the Senate without having to worry about a filibuster, but it's just enough to ratify an international climate treaty .

Senator Tom Udall today called on Senate Republicans to stop blocking legislation to extend unemployment benefits to jobless Americans who are struggling to put food on the table as they search for new jobs and train for new careers.

The City Council today got behind a plan to protect more than 300,000 acres of mountains, wilderness and other scenic areas in Dona Ana County, N.M. The council voted 6-0 to back a bill sponsored by U.S. Sens.

Senator Tom Udall announced yesterday that the Albuquerque business Agavue, LLC will receive $1.12 million to build computer centers in Cerillos and Manzano.

Attorney Paul Bloom once got a call from a colleague in the state engineer's office: Could he talk to an old woman being sued over water rights? She wouldn't listen to the co-worker's explanations.

An Albuquerque business, Agavue, will receive $1.12 million to build computer centers in Cerrillos and Manzano that will offer broadband Internet access and provide technical support for rural areas of New Mexico.

Most Deming Public Schools administrators and board members will be spending a good portion of today in Columbus.

It seemed that almost all of the people who attended Monday's town hall meeting hosted by U.S. Sen.

New Mexico will receive $365,000 in federal funding to improve scenic byways throughout the state.

U.S. Senator Tom Udall announced in a statement released on Friday that New Mexico will receive $356,000 in federal funding to improve scenic byways throughout the state.

The Obama administration has thrown its backing behind a bill that would protect the Organ Mountains east of Las Cruces and other scenic areas in Dona Ana County.

An additional 14 Senators at least have expressed support for the public option through a resolution, letter, or by voting for a strong public option during committee markups.

Taking a page from the strong House Progressive Block pushing a robust public option, Roll Call reports that thirty Senate Dems have written to Harry Reid, demanding a public option [sub. req.]. "Support for the public option runs deep in the Senate," Sen.

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall and U.S. Rep Harry Teague, both D-N.M., on Wednesday joined a group of more than 100 veterans from southern New Mexico at the national World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., to welcome them as they visited the memorial.

Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture.

Republican 3rd Congressional District candidate Adam Kokesh of Santa Fe has raised more than $80,000 in the third quarter for his race against incumbent U.S. Rep.

Mayor Martin Chavez asked a judge to overturn a city charter limiting his tenure to two consecutive terms, but voters in the close three-way race may impose their own limit and deny him an unprecedented fourth term.

Your friends use it. Your colleagues and kids do, too. But for the federal government, TWITTER is a phenomenon.

Lawmakers have introduced bills aimed at providing counties in three states $12 million for Navajo Nation school bus route maintenance, but San Juan County is only caring for bus routes that lead to the Nation's borders.

Plans to build a water pipeline that would serve the Navajo Nation are moving forward after approval from the U.S. Department of Interior and $3 million in funding, according to New Mexico lawmakers.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today joined New Mexico's congressional delegation to advance a vital water supply project that will provide clean, safe and reliable water to a quarter of a million people in the Navajo Nation , the City of Gallup and the Jicarilla Apache Nation , according to a statement released by the Interior Department ...

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Thursday signed the final environmental impact statement for a project to supply water to the Navajo Nation, the Jicarilla Apache Nation and the city of Gallup.

Barbara Boxer and John Kerry officially rolled out their climate bill on Wednesday, with a large rally on the Capitol lawn.