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News · MO
Missouri’s attorney general has directed six prediction-market operators to stop offering contracts tied to sports outcomes.
News · CA
The measures seek to guard California elections from Trump interference and increase transparency in election administration.
News · WI
The U.S. House used its final pre-midterm window to act on major legislation and record members’ votes on high-profile issues.
News · AK
A 14th bill sponsored by Congressman Begich has passed the U.S. House during his first term.
News · LA
A planned billion SpaceX investment, thousands of rocket launches and confidential negotiations are drawing concern.
News · WI
Two Wisconsin sisters with a rare form of hearing loss have received a newly approved therapy.
News · MT
The Senate passed Daines’ measure to preserve a rural water system in Montana, moving it to the president for action.
News · OR
Oregon’s governor says Trump is responsible for a proposed Bonneville rate increase totaling.
Candidate profile · RI
Democratic incumbent Evan Shanley is the only candidate listed in the uncontested 2026 general election race for House District 24.
Candidate profile · PA
Democrat Carol Obando-derstine is running in the contested 2026 general election for Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District.
Candidate profile · OH
Republican Jullie Kelley is one of 10 candidates listed in Ohio’s contested 6th Congressional District race.
Candidate profile · WY
Republican incumbent Joe Webb is running in Wyoming House District 19 in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election.
News · MO
Missouri’s attorney general has issued cease-and-desist orders targeting prediction markets described as operating without licenses.
News · VA
Virginians can begin voting Friday for the Nov. 3 midterms after the Supreme Court kept proposed Postal Service restrictions on hold.
News · OK
The proposed smelter cleared a political hurdle in August, but its next formal step and construction schedule remain unsettled.
News · CA
The governor said the package is intended to protect voting and ballots from interference, citing concerns involving President Trump.
Race preview · VT
Democratic incumbents Thomas Chittenden, Kesha Ram Hinsdale and Ginny Lyons are running in Vermont’s 2026 general election.
Race preview · SD
Josephine Garcia and Matt Roby, both Republican incumbents, are running in South Dakota’s contested 2026 State House District 5 race.
News · KY
A release order directs that Bevin’s custody end, though it does not by itself confirm that he has left the jail.
News · TX
Ken Paxton said De'Ai Postpartum Care Center agreed to end operations permanently after Texas sued the Houston-area business.
News · MO
Prediction market companies have been directed to stop offering sports-related event contracts in Missouri.
News · VA
AP projects Virginia voters approved a referendum to redraw the state’s congressional map with the goal of favoring Democrats.
News · MO
The state attorney general directed prediction markets to stop offering sports wagering in Missouri.
News · WV
The West Virginia Secretary of State announced convictions involving Jan Hite King and another Cabell County resident.
News · CA
The package creates felony penalties for seizing ballots and interfering with election systems before results are certified.
Candidate profile · HI
Democratic incumbent Chris Todd is running in Hawaii House District 3 in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election.
Candidate profile · PR
Torres, a Partido Popular Democrático incumbent, is running in Puerto Rico’s contested State House at-large election.
Race preview · ND
Ty Dressler and Dori Hauck, both Republican incumbents, are running in the contested District 36 general election.
Candidate profile · NM
Democratic incumbent Day Hochman-Vigil is a candidate in New Mexico House District 15 for the 2026 general election.
Candidate profile · NH
Andy Martin is listed as a Republican in the contested 2026 New Hampshire U.S. Senate race, with no biography or policy positions recorded.