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Every new year, public media reporters across the country bring us some of the new state laws taking effect where they are. Here are six in 2026.
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El Rito Media Publisher Josh Byers covers top stories each week on Alamogordo NOW. -
KC Counts speaks with Steinborn about the amendment that allows data centers to consider power generation as individual sources, skirting environmental law. -
CYFD has requested a 4.7% increase to their budget from the New Mexico state legislature totaling $422.3 million. -
A 28-year-old woman is dead after being shot Friday afternoon in an apparent murder-suicide. -
Cindy Ramirez from El Paso Matters fills in for EPM President and CEO Bob Moore with the top stories this week.
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While decades old, unrestricted readers are now enhanced by artificial intelligence and data integration, which can be used by public law enforcement and private entities. -
The Environmental Protection Agency says its proposed rule change would align with the 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Sackett vs the EPA. -
North Texas (12-2) quarterback Drew Mestemaker was 27 of 47 passing for 250 yards and three TDs to help the Mean Green to a school record for wins. -
American authorities are investigating the the cause, but the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that it could take a week or more to recover the aircraft.
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani took the oath of office in New York City after midnight Thursday. The city's first Muslim mayor, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, has promised to focus on affordability and fairness. -
Survivors of the Eaton and Palisades Fires find healing and community working on a Rose Parade float to honor the lives and communities lost in last year's wildfires. -
The city shut down the station in 1945 on New Year's Eve. Eighty years later, it's a symbolic venue choice for the incoming mayor's private swearing-in ceremony. -
The U.S. military says it struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days. The attacks killed eight people, while others jumped overboard and may have survived. U.S. Southern Command did not reveal where the attacks occurred. -
Former special counsel Jack Smith also described President Trump as the "most culpable and most responsible person" in the criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results, according to a transcript of Smith's closed-door interview with the House Judiciary Committee.
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