... significant challenges managing its water systems in the face of growing population, environmental needs and climate change, a panel of experts told Sen. JeffBingaman, D-N.M., and his Senate colleagues this week. While extended dry periods are the norm in the West, a warming climate appears ... full story
... Costilla, N.M., on July 10. Ute Mountain covers 14,344 acres in Taos County and is one of the proposed wilderness areas in legislation sponsored by Sen. JeffBingaman, D-N.M. The volcano is a foraging and nesting habitat for many species. • Sandia Crest: Test of Endurance and Will, on ... full story
... under a student loan proposal brewing in Congress, and the firm's president is worried even more jobs could be at stake. A spokesman for Sen. JeffBingaman, D-N.M., said the senator is working to protect the firm — New Mexico Student Loans — in the final version of the education ... full story
... thumb your nose at the American people is something that ought to be resisted, " said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. Former Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., said past attempts to use reconciliation originated in budget bills because the process is designed to reconcile congressional ... full story
Thursday, March 11, 2010 Bingaman To Rejoin Senate Armed Services Committee Associated Press U.S. Sen. JeffBingaman has rejoined the Senate Armed Services Committee. The New Mexico Democrat will serve on it until the end of the 111th Congress in December. Bingaman was on the committee ... full story
... LAS CRUCES — The city of Las Cruces has been awarded a $2 million federal loan guarantee to relocate the Museum of Nature and Science. Sen. JeffBingaman, D-N.M., announced the loan guarantee on Monday. He says it will be used to convert a former bank building just north of the old downtown ... full story
... LAS CRUCES - The city of Las Cruces has been awarded a $2 million federal loan guarantee to relocate the Museum of Nature and Science. Sen. JeffBingaman, D-N.M., announced the loan guarantee on Monday. He says it will be used to convert a former bank building just north of the old downtown ... full story
... Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force unit; previously in the Violent Crimes, Narcotics and Criminal Immigration units; legislative assistant to Sen. JeffBingaman from 1996-99; and judicial law clerk to a New Mexico Supreme Court chief justice. The announcement was met with praise from all ... full story
... many of her colleagues Feb. 10 when she announced via an e-mail to the Sandia staff that she was retiring. She will be missed, said Sen. JeffBingaman, D-N.M. "Joan Woodard has been a tremendous asset to Sandia National Laboratories. The lab is a better place because of her leadership," Bingaman ... full story
Friday, March 05, 2010 Bingaman Back on Military Panel By Micheal Coleman Journal Washington Bureau Scott Brown's surprise election in the Massachusetts U.S. Senate race in January continues to reverberate across the country, including in New Mexico. Brown, a Republican, pushed ... full story