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Pete Buttigieg is the 19th person to serve as the U.S. Secretary of Transportation since the post was created in 1966. On Wednesday, he became the first to visit Deming.
On a city-owned field flanked by farmland with the Florida Mountains as a backdrop, Buttigieg devoted his appearance to highlighting Biden Administration investments in rural America and New Mexico in particular.
From keeping a chile farm up and running to making sure kids can learn virtually, New Mexicans living in rural areas say they need good internet to do it.
On Monday, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited Albuquerque to announce $40 million the federal agency is sending to rural New Mexico communities to expand broadband access.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation are looking for assurances from the U.S. Forest Service that the agency is taking preventative measures to ensure that future prescribed fires don’t turn into disasters.
STATE News:
SANTE FE — Monday, Feb. 13, U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) outlined his top priorities for improving the state of New Mexico in a joint address with Sen. Martin Heinrich and Rep. Teresa Leger-Fernandez at the State Legislature at the New Mexico State Capitol in Santa Fe. In his speech, Vasquez focused on creating good-paying jobs, supporting local energy choices, prioritizing community safety, and promoting conservation.
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Reps Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) are welcoming a total of $485,000 in funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support public engagement strategies for 19 arts organizations across New Mexico.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) are welcoming a total of $74,773,262 in formula funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) that will be made available to transit agencies and communities in New Mexico to support public transportation.
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – As a contentious new U.S. Congress gets underway in Washington D.C., New Mexico’s three representatives in the U.S. House have been assigned seats on some higher profile committees on the Hill. The latest assignments for New Mexico’s three Democratic House members come as Republicans have taken control of the federal legislative chamber with a slim 222 to 214 majority in the 118th Congress.