Press Releases

February 19, 2020 By Chris McKee, KRQE – Could 2020 be the year commercial space flights finally launch from New Mexico’s nearly quarter-billion-dollar Spaceport? A top state official now says takeoff may be a lot closer than you...

Opinion Editorial: By Howie Morales, New Mexico Lieutenant Governor Published in the Albuquerque Journal The time is now for U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich to take a cue from community members in Grant County and introduce legislation designating segments...

By Shelby Perea, Albuquerque Journal, October 24th, 2019 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — About 70,840 children are enrolled in after-school programs in the state and 90,659 are waiting for a place. May Sagbakken, executive director of New Mexico Out-of-School...

By Sylvia Ulloa, New Mexico In Depth October 21, 2019 Lt. Gov. Howie Morales was running late to an interview at the IHOP in Las Cruces.  His job these days puts him on the road a lot, but he still likes to drop his kids off at school in Silver City....

Opinion Editorial by Lt. Governor Howie Morales - October 1, 2019 Progress on improving public education in New Mexico is off to a strong start thanks to the collaborative work of Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and the Democratic-led Legislature. The...

By MIKE COOK - Las Cruces Bulletin, September 13, 2019 New Mexico Lt. Gov. Howie Morales visited with students, staff and volunteers at Hillrise Elementary School Tuesday, Aug. 28, as he came to see first-hand the school’s award-winning after-school...

SANTA FE -- New Mexico Lt. Gov. Howie Morales on Monday condemned last month’s tasing of a 15-year-old special education student from Española Valley High School. The student allegedly had failed to comply with a police search. Lapel...

(Santa Fe, NM) - Today, Alamogordo Police Department Officer Andrew J. Dominguez was honored at the New Mexico Department of Public Safety's (DPS) Law Enforcement Memorial where his name was unveiled on a black marble memorial wall.    "It is...

(Washington, DC) – New Mexico Lieutenant Governor Howie Morales today spoke during a panel discussion in Washington, DC with education leaders from across the United States about the crisis hitting the teacher profession, its negative effects on...

By Xchelzin Peña, Deming Headlight. Lt. Gov. kicks off state tour of schools in Deming. (Deming, NM) – New Mexico Lieutenant Governor Howie Morales visited Deming High School on Thursday to tour its facilities and hold a round-table...