W105 News, August 28, 2026

By Blake Ovard

W105 News — New Mexico and West Texas

The Department of Justice is suing New Mexico over a state law granting in-state tuition and financial aid to migrants regardless of immigration status; A federal lease sale brought in about $139 million for oil and gas development on public land in New Mexico’s Permian Basin; The legal fight over the dunes sagebrush lizard continues in the Permian Basin oilfields.

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