SANTA FE, New Mexico, Sept. 11 -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham today announced the appointment of Mariana Padilla as Cabinet Secretary for the New Mexico Public Education Department. Padilla has served as the Director of the New Mexico Children's Cabinet since the start of the administration, leading the Governor's child and family well-being agenda. She also serves as the Governor's senior education  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Sept. 12 -- New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez issued the following news release: Albuquerque, NM - In a letter to Congress, New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez and 41 other attorneys general called on lawmakers to pass legislation requiring a U.S. surgeon general warning on all algorithm-driven social media platforms. The letter comes amidst growing scrutiny of social media companies for their role in generational harm to young people's mental health. The attorn  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) are welcoming $33,494,691from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for upgrades at airports across New Mexico. This federal funding includes grants from the Infrastructure Law legislation passed by Democrats in the N.M. Congres  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Sept. 11 -- Santa Fe Institute issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: "Everybody is talking about AI and everybody is confused about how intelligent or not today's AI systems are," says SFI Professor Melanie Mitchell. "This whole notion of what, exactly, is intelligence is extremely fraught." Views on intelligence have changed over the years. Computing systems were once deemed intelligent based on benchmarks such as skills in games such as chess, Go, or the   more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Sept. 12 -- Santa Fe Institute issued the following news release: SFI External Professor Orit Peleg (CU Boulder) has been named a "Schmidt Science Polymath" by the philanthropic organization Schmidt Sciences. Peleg is one of six awardees this year who will each receive $2.5 million over the next five years to pursue risky, novel ideas. Peleg, a computer scientist at CU Boulder's BioFrontiers Institute, studies how species generate and interpret biological communication s  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, chairwoman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, delivered the following opening remarks at today's hearing for President Biden's nominees, David Capozzi, Samuel Lathem, Ronald Batory and Elaine Clegg, to serve as members on the Amtrak Board of Directors. Read the testim  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Sept. 12 -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's cabinet secretaries will host community events in Mescalero and Ruidoso on September 20-21 to offer crucial assistance and information to residents recovering from the destructive South Fork and Salt fires. "In times of crisis, New Mexicans always come together. My administration is here to ensure that no one goes through recovery alone," said Gov. Lujan  more