Nez named to missing, murdered Indigenous Women Task Force

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz – Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez, Vice President Myron Lizer, and the Office of the First Lady and Second Lady announced the appointment of Navajo Nation First Lady Phefelia Nez by New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to serve on New Mexico’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force Oct. 7.

In March, Gov. Grisham established a task force to investigate the epidemic of

missing and murdered Indigenous women in the state of New Mexico when she signed N.M. House Bill 278 into law.

Nez will assist the task force in assessing and determining how to increase state resources for reporting and...

Udall chairs field hearing on uranium mining legacy

WASHINGTON, D. C. – U.S. Senator Tom Udall, D-N.M., vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, was joined by Representatives Ben Ray Lujan, D- N.M., and Deb Haaland, D-N.M., as he chaired an official Indian Affairs Committee oversight field hearing Oct. 7, entitled “America’s Nuclear Past: Examining the Effects of Radiation on Indian Country” at the Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute in Albuquerque.

The committee examined the unique history and legacy of the atomic age in Indian Country and promoted efforts to ensure that the federal government lives up to its obligations to compensate Native...

Making CORPORATIONS accountable; making workers prosperous

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. House Assistant Speaker Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., and U. S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., announced Oct. 4 they will reintroduce the Accountable Capitalism Act to help eliminate skewed market incentives and return to the era when the success of American corporations translated into success for American workers. The legislation aims to reverse the harmful trends over the last 30 years that have led to record corporate profits, productivity, and CEO pay, but stagnant wages for workers.

For most of our country’s history, American corporations balanced their responsibilities to all of their...

SANTA FE - Former – Former U.S. Army Major Bryan Osterhage has been named Deputy Secretary for the New Mexico Department of Veterans Services.

The native of Belleville, Ill., earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology from Truman State University in 2004, and a law degree from the Saint Louis University School of Law. He enlisted in the Army in 2010 as an officer in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps before completing his active-duty service earlier this year.

During his military service, Deputy Secretary Osterhage was stationed at Fort Bragg, N. C. Fort Campbell, Ky., Fort Knox, Ky., and Fort Belvoir, Va. He was deployed to Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Liberia – earning a...