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  • KOAT to become Albuquerque’s CBS affiliate on Aug. 1

    KOAT is scheduled to become Albuquerque’s CBS affiliate on Aug. 1, 2026, replacing KRQE in the market’s CBS affiliation arrangement.

    The change was reported by Albuquerque Business First and is set to take effect Aug. 1. It concerns the local station that carries the CBS affiliation; it does not establish that KRQE is leaving the Albuquerque market.

    What is changing

    CBS will move its Albuquerque affiliation from KRQE to KOAT. KOAT will therefore be the Albuquerque station affiliated with CBS once the scheduled change takes effect.

    The Albuquerque switch is part of a broader set of affiliation changes. In addition to Albuquerque, five other markets are affected, according to the available report.

    What viewers should know

    The available reporting does not specify exact channel positions for every local television provider. Viewers may therefore encounter different channel listings depending on their provider, and the reported change should not be read as a confirmation that every viewer will find CBS on the same channel number.

    The confirmed effective date is Aug. 1, 2026. The available information identifies KOAT as the incoming CBS affiliate and KRQE as the station being replaced in that affiliation role.

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  • Trenton highlights Building for Growth partnership in city update

    The City of Trenton highlighted its participation in the Building for Growth program in a municipal update posted July 27, 2026. The update identifies the program as a partnership involving Kean University, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority and the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City.

    The announcement confirms Trenton’s connection to the partnership, but the available source material provides only a limited description of how the program operates in the city.

    Partners named in the update

    Building for Growth brings together Trenton with Kean University, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, commonly called NJEDA, and the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, or ICIC. The city’s update describes those organizations as economic-development partners associated with the program.

    Trenton is the municipality identified in the announcement. The update does not name individual businesses taking part or describe specific services, activities or projects connected to the city’s participation.

    What the announcement establishes

    The July 27 post establishes that the city publicly highlighted Building for Growth and named its partner organizations. It also places the program in an economic-development context, with the stated purpose of supporting business growth and economic development in Trenton.

    That purpose should not be read as a report of completed results. The available material does not provide a total number of participating businesses, a funding amount, job-creation figures or other measured business outcomes. It also does not describe the program as a new investment.

    Why the update matters

    The city’s notice provides public confirmation of a collaboration involving local government, a university, a state economic-development agency and ICIC. For Trenton businesses and residents seeking details about the initiative, however, the update does not identify which businesses are involved or quantify the program’s reach.

    No further program timeline, application deadline or next step is included in the approved source material. Additional information would be needed to assess funding, participation and any results tied to Building for Growth in Trenton.

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  • Maine pay-transparency rules now apply to qualifying Augusta employers

    Maine employers with 10 or more employees, including qualifying employers in Augusta, must now include anticipated pay ranges in advertisements for available jobs. The requirement took effect July 29, 2026, as part of a series of state labor-law changes.

    The statewide rule means Augusta job seekers applying to covered employers should find an anticipated pay range in advertisements for open positions. It does not apply to every employer: the provision is limited to employers with 10 or more employees.

    What covered employers must provide

    Under the new requirements, covered employers must include the anticipated pay range when advertising an available job. The Maine Department of Labor also says current employees of covered employers may request the pay range for their own position.

    The requirements extend beyond job advertisements. Covered employers must retain position and pay-history records throughout a worker’s employment and for three years after the worker separates from employment.

    Those obligations affect both recruiting and recordkeeping for employers that meet the employee threshold. For workers, the provisions address information available during a job search and information current employees may seek about their own positions.

    Effective-date context

    The Maine Department of Labor announced the changes in a July 20, 2026, notice, saying the new laws would take effect July 29. A May 1 legislative report from the Maine House of Representatives had also identified July 29 as the effective date for regular measures from the Second Regular Session.

    July 29 has now passed, so the requirements are in effect rather than proposed. The approved state materials do not identify how many Augusta employers or workers meet the coverage threshold, and they do not provide an Augusta-specific enforcement timetable.

    The materials also do not list local job advertisements that comply with the pay-range requirement. Employers and workers in Augusta therefore remain subject to the statewide rules where the 10-employee threshold is met, but the available state notice does not provide a local count of those affected.

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