Sen. Martin Heinrich

A delegation representing the Gila River is in Washington, D.C. this week to speak to lawmakers about creating new environmental protections for the waterway.

Republican former New Mexico congressman Steve Pearce has cleared the first confirmation hearing on his way to becoming the next director of the Bureau of Land Management.

All of New Mexico’s largest active wildfires have ignited in areas facing the most severe drought conditions in the entire country.

Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján were joined by Representative Teresa Leger Fernández in addressing the State Legislator on Monday, discussing problems the land of enchantment and tha nation are facing, and encouraging finding solutions through working across the aisle and focusing on the everyday New Mexican.

The opioid crisis continues in the U.S., despite a recent decline in overdose deaths, and medically assisted treatment has proven to be one of the best ways to treat opioid use disorder. Now, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich has introduced legislation aimed at making it easier for patients to get one of these medications, buprenorphine.

Investments are likely to take over as New Mexico’s top revenue source in the next 15 years, according to new projections.

On Friday, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., traveled to the Mescalero Apache Reservation to meet with tribal leaders and families devastated by both the South Fork and Salt fires that continue to burn.

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich toured UNM hospital today/Friday to see an internship program there. KUNM reports the Senator says the scheme inspired his own proposed federal legislation aiming to combat health worker shortage by engaging young people.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich has proposed a bill that could close gaps in bilingual education by getting more literacy coaches on the ground in schools.

New Mexico has the third highest rate of gun violence in the nation according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As a way to combat this, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, is proposing a bill that would regulate certain kinds of semi-automatic weapons based on their lethality.