REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama, Nov. 9 -- The Army Space and Missile Defense Command issued the following news: By Jason Cutshaw, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command A U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center team's low-cost target served as a search track to test the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor system. A Black Dagger Zombie missile target, designed to fly a ballistic flight path and demonstrate defensive protection capability, launched from Fort Wingate,   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has released the following public communication dated Oct. 28, 2024, from Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund and 70 collaborators: * * * To: The Honorable Rohit Chopra, Director Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 1700 G Street NW Washington, DC 20552 Re: Support for petition to address hidden and unnecessary fees in International Remittance Transactions, Docket No. CFPB-2024-0040-0001 * * * Dear Director Chopra:   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from New Mexico Health Care Authority, Santa Fe: * * * To: Ann Flagg Director, Office of Family Assistance U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 330 C Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201 Re: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Work Outcomes Measures * * * To Whom It May Concern: I am writing on be  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: Today, the Department of the Interior's Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) announced the disbursement of $16.45 billion in revenues generated in fiscal year 2024 from energy production on federal and Tribal onshore lands, and federal offshore areas. This year's overall disbursement is the fourth largest since 1982, with three of the four highest years occurring in the past four years. The disb  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Nov. 2 -- New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2024: Albuquerque, NM -- The New Mexico Department of Justice has announced a series of indictments returned by a grand jury against two defendants, Morgan Ortiz a former New Mexico State Police Officer who previously was charged with a DWI and Dr. Keith Levitt, a doctor who worked with Ortiz. Ortiz faces a series of criminal charges, he is accused of orchestrating an extensive s  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Nov. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico issued the following news release: A Colorado man was sentenced to two years of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $242,210 after pleading guilty to money laundering and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. According to court documents, in 2015, James Matison, the former Restoration Projects Director at WildEarth Guardians, manipulated his co-defendant, Jeffrey Ham, the  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: FARMINGTON, N.M. The completion deadline for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project was extended to December 31, 2029, through an agreement between the U.S. Department of the Interior, Navajo Nation, and State of New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission, collectively referred to as the settlement parties to the Navajo Nation's Water Right Settlement on the San Juan River Basin in   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: FARMINGTON, N.M. The completion deadline for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project was extended to December 31, 2029, through an agreement between the U.S. Department of the Interior, Navajo Nation, and State of New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission, collectively referred to as the settlement parties to the Navajo Nation's Water Right Settlement on the San Juan River Basin in   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) introduced the Veteran Benefits Enhancement Act to expand benefits for veteran railroad workers. This legislation would amend the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA) to clarify the treatment of military retirement pay in relation to unemployment and sickness benefits. "We must always support our veterans. Our service members and their famili  more

LAREDO, Texas, Nov. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas issued the following news release: Another individual has been sentenced for his role in a Laredo human smuggling conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Jesus Aleman-Serrano, 34, Mexican citizen illegally residing in Laredo, and Laredo pleaded guilty May 8. U.S. District Judge Diana Saldana has now imposed a 24-month term of imprisonment for Aleman-Serrano. Not a U.S. citizen, he is ex  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Access Board has released the following public communication dated Nov. 4, 2024, from Francis Energy, Tulsa, Oklahoma: * * * To: Office of General Counsel U.S. Access Board 1331 F Street NW, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20004-1111 Subject: Docket No. ATBCB-2024-0001, RIN 3014-AA48 Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board NPRM of Accessibility of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, 36 CFR Part 1191 * * * Francis Energy is an award-winning lea  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service posted a rule in the Federal Register on Oct. 30 signed by Erin Morris, Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service. Pistachios Grown in California, Arizona and New Mexico; Decreased Assessment Rate AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. ACTION: Proposed rule. SUMMARY: This proposed rule would implement a recommendation from the Administrative Committee for Pistachios (Committee) to   more