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SANTA FE, N.M. – The Bureau of Land Management leased 25 parcels totaling 20,334 acres in New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas for $139,021,741 in total receipts during a quarterly oil and gas lease sale. Combined lease bonus bids and rentals are distributed between the federal government and state where parcels are located.

Today's sale is the latest in a series of successful sales in New Mexico, underscoring strong industry demand for domestic energy development on public lands. A record oil and gas lease sale in May generated more than $4 billion in New Mexico and Texas. So far this calendar year, lease sales in New Mexico have generated more than $4.4 billion. That's about 90% of the $4.9 billion in oil and gas leasing revenue this year for all of BLM.

Santa Fe, NM — With a Governor's race, House seats, and statewide offices on the ballot in just weeks, New Mexico Democrats are running from their record instead of running on it.

Rather than talk about the issues New Mexicans actually care about, Democrats have shifted the conversation to hot-button political flashpoints like ICE enforcement and abortion. The timing is no accident. It's a deliberate attempt to scare voters and change the subject before Election Day.

Washington, D.C., August 19, 2026 – The U.S. Forest Service today announced a new shared stewardship agreement with Thunder Basin Grazing Association, the first of its kind specific to grasslands. This agreement establishes a 20-year collaborative framework to strengthen rangeland stewardship, ecosystem health, and sustainable working landscapes across the Thunder Basin National Grassland in northeast Wyoming.

The Thunder Basin National Grassland is one of the nation's most significant mixed‑grass prairie ecosystems, supporting livestock grazing, wildlife habitat, and multiple-use objectives. This agreement formalizes the commitment to this partnership.

State, city investment will help create solid careers and strengthen quantum ecosystem

ALBUQUERQUE – The State of New Mexico and the City of Albuquerque are backing the expansion of Quantinuum, a leading quantum computing company, further establishing Albuquerque as a national hub in quantum technology and advanced research.

The city and state will each contribute $750,000 through their Local Economic Development Act (LEDA) funds for a combined investment of $1.5 million to support Quantinuum's new research and development hub in Albuquerque. 

Quantinuum develops quantum computers and the software needed to operate them. Its technology could eventually transform industries like healthcare, finance and AI by making breakthroughs that aren't possible with today's computing power. 

Santa Fe, NM — The New Mexico Senate Republican Caucus today congratulated Dr. Heidi Overton, a Gallup, New Mexico native, on her nomination by President Donald Trump to serve as Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

"Dr. Overton's nomination is a proud moment for New Mexico," said the Senate Republican Leader Bill Sharer (R-Farmington). "From Gallup to the University of New Mexico to the highest levels of federal health policy, her story reflects the talent our state produces. We wish her the very best through the confirmation process and in this new role heading up the FDA."

Overton holds degrees from the University of New Mexico and the UNM School of Medicine, and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She currently serves as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy.

The Caucus extends its congratulations and best wishes to Dr. Overton and her family as she prepares for Senate confirmation.

(Washington, D.C., Aug. 18, 2026) – Today, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the U.S. Forest Service has filed a proposed rule to rescind in its entirety the national 2001 Roadless Area Conversation Rule, a one-size-fits-all restriction that has frustrated land managers and served as a barrier to wildfire risk reduction work across large swaths of America's national forests.

"Our forests can't afford another decade of inaction. Across the country, we've watched preventable conditions – overgrown stands, insect outbreaks and disease – turn healthy landscapes into tinderboxes," said Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. "For too long, outdated restrictions have kept tens of millions of forested acres off-limits to the very treatments that improve forest health and reduce wildfire risk to our communities. Today, we filed a proposal to restore authority to local forest managers who know the land best, removing the barriers that have kept them from doing the work the land demands. It's time to turn the page on the failed roadless rule and return our forests to health and productivity."

Santa Fe, NM — In light of recent and unfortunate findings that indicate politically-motivated omissions from a report published by Chairwoman Andrea Romero (D-Santa Fe) and the "Survivors' Truth Commission," Senate Republican Leader Bill Sharer (R-Farmington) is publicly renewing his demands for the commission to immediately issue subpoenas for Deb Haaland and Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury. 

After it was revealed that Democrat members of the commission omitted damning information about Deb Haaland, these Democrats failed to acknowledge and correct their intentional deception of the New Mexico public. They have also failed to address the urgent nature of Senator Sharer's demands for accountability and transparency ahead of an upcoming statewide election that will determine our state's future.