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Death row inmate Christa Pike is now able to speak to her lawyers; new analysis finds Energy policies could raise costs and cut Michigan jobs, and the polls show Socialism’s popularity grows in Maryland and across the nation.

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The Public News Service daily newscast, October the 7th, 2026.

I'm Mike Clifford.

Krista Pike is conscious and speaking, her lawyer said in a statement on Tuesday that after a botched execution in Tennessee, she survived two doses of a lethal injection drug last week.

The New York Times knows Pike continues to receive critical medical care at a Nashville hospital.

The lawyer said the prognosis remains unclear.

They added Krista is a survivor and will take recovery one day at a time.

The 50-year-old Pike is believed to be the first person to have survived doses of a lethal injection drug.

And a new analysis warns recent federal energy policy changes could hit Michigan residents in both their wallets and the job market.

Energy Innovation looked at federal energy policies put in place since January of 2025 and rollbacks of clean energy incentives and regulations.

The group projects Michigan households will pay about $700 more a year for energy by 2035, while job losses could peak at 20,000 in 2039.

Daniel O'Brien, senior analyst with Energy Innovation, says Michigan's auto industry makes the state particularly vulnerable.

Reduced federal support for investment in clean vehicles in the United States means that those automotive producers are going to reduce their production. we're going to lose access to other countries' economies.

The Trump administration counters that its energy policies will lower cost by expanding domestic energy production, cutting regulations, and ending federal subsidies for wind and solar.

Crystal Blair reporting.

The analysis also projects gasoline prices could rise by nearly 50 cents a gallon in 2035 and 88 cents by 2040 compared to what they might have been if recent policies had not been overhauled.

And as Democratic, Socialists, and Progressive politicians gain traction in races across the country, Americans' attitudes towards socialism are the most positive in history, while views on big business have declined precipitously.

The Gallup poll finds 43% of Americans hold a positive view of socialism, the highest since polling started gauging Americans' views on economic systems in 2010.

That represents a seven-point increase since Gallup published its first poll on the subject.

Meanwhile, favorability ratings for big business have declined by 23 points.

Only 35% of Americans have favorable views toward them.

Christiane Marguerite with Progressive Maryland says the rising costs of goods, like childcare, housing, and groceries, have made people reconsider their politics.

People are taking a look at all of those critical aspects of life and wondering, why is there such a great divide between the wealthy and the working class?

Why is wealth and power concentrated at the top?

The rise in popularity of socialism is not fueled by those who identify as Democrats.

I'm Zamone Perez.

This is Public News Service.

A regulatory case in Minnesota is drawing a lot of attention.

It's related to tribal sovereignty and the pursuit of clean energy.

The Public Utilities Commission recently found that Minnesota Valley Cooperative Light and Power Association acted unlawfully by threatening to disconnect the Upper Sioux community over its behind-the-meter solar and battery project.

Despite the outcome, Hudson Kingston, with the rule-focused group Cure, says a leftover issue is whether tribal governments have the right to switch utilities.

He says the commission didn't make a call on that question.

It's very unfortunate because utilities are risk-averse and without that sort of clear certainty, there is ambiguity.

He suggests that it harder for all of Minnesota's tribal governments wanting to pursue renewables and still partner with a receptive utility.

Kingston also expects the PUC outcome to be challenged by the cooperative.

I'm Mike Moen.

And ICE agents arrested more than 400 people in Indiana last month.

Many Hoosiers question if the agents will appear at polling sites in the state and across the country at the midterms.

Speaking on an American community media panel recently, some voting rights activists representing Asian, Indigenous, Black, and Hispanic populations discussed President Donald Trump's hints of placing ICE agents and military personnel at voting locations near or in their neighborhoods.

President and Executive Director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice John Yang says he does not want to minimize voters' uneasiness and says there are ways voters can respond if encountered by an ICE agent.

One of the things that generally you can do is just simply ask, am I being detained?

I am being stopped for some reason.

And unless they give you a clear reason for being stopped, you can always ask, am I free to go?

I'm Terry Dee reporting.

Finally, Colorado voters get to decide whether the state constitution should be amended to prioritize hunting over all other wildlife management tools.

Proponents of Amendment 83 on the November ballot say it would protect hunting rights, a practice integral to the state's heritage, cultural identity, and economy.

Aubyn Royal, with the Humane World for Animals Colorado chapter, says she's especially alarmed by the measure's explicit protection of traditional methods.

She says if passed, it would be much harder to restrict trophy hunting, bear baiting, trapping, or chasing wildlife with dogs.

These practices do cause suffering to wildlife, and in some cases, Colorado voters have already outlawed these practices as unsupporting and unethical.

A right to hunt should never become a constitutional shield for cruelty.

Supporters maintain that the right to hunt and fish should not be subject to any future laws, ballot initiatives, or wildlife commission preferences.

I'm Eric Galatas.

This is Mike Clifford for Public News Service.

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