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News · AR
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced a settlement valued between and over environmental contamination claims involving PCBs.
News · FL
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation to rename a Palm Beach airport in honor of President Donald Trump.
News · CA
The governor acted on all three California Senate bills on September 30, with no election or candidate directly tied to the measures.
News · IA
An Iowa Republican senator says Gov. Reynolds negotiated a bad deal for a proposed billion steel plant.
News · NY
Attorney General Letitia James will lead a criminal investigation into allegations that a former Cornell student was drugged and assaulted.
News · CA
The new California laws are intended to protect workers from risks associated with artificial intelligence.
News · CA
The new state law is intended to prevent abusers from using legal proceedings to continue harming survivors.
News · SD
Bryon Noem spoke publicly two days after his wife of 34 years, former South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, filed for divorce.
News · PA
The measure would allow independent and third-party voters to participate in Pennsylvania primary elections.
News · SC
South Carolina voters will decide three statewide offices and elections for all seven U.S. House districts on Nov. 3.
News · ND
Voters will choose a U.S. House member, secretary of state and attorney general in North Dakota’s Nov. 3 election.
News · ME
Maine expanded mail voting during a closely watched Senate race, a year after 250 mail ballots ended up in an Amazon package.
News · NV
The Nevada senator’s resolution targets financial benefits for top federal officials and their families when the government trades private-company stakes.
News · MA
The Nov. 3 election includes contests for U.S. Senate, all nine U.S. House seats and statewide constitutional offices.
News · OH
Ohio’s next governor will help shape how, when and under what rules about 8 million registered voters cast ballots.
News · NJ
The statewide map identifies operating and proposed data centers, as well as about 100 towns that have banned AI facilities.
News · MD
Maryland’s 2026 ballot includes races for governor, attorney general and all eight U.S. House seats.
News · KS
Political spending is drawing attention to Kansas as the national Senate map moves toward Republicans despite worsening conditions for the GOP.
News · OR
Oregon’s 2026 ballot includes races for governor, U.S. Senate and all six of the state’s U.S. House seats.
News · VA
Virginia voters will choose a U.S. senator and representatives for all 11 congressional districts on Nov. 3, 2026.
News · TN
Tennessee voters will choose a governor, a U.S. senator and representatives for all nine congressional districts on Nov. 3.
News · OH
After losing his Ohio Senate seat in 2024, Brown is looking to union voters to help return him to Washington.
News · MO
Gov. Kehoe signed an order relaxing fuel and weight rules for Missouri farmers during the harvest period.
News · MN
The complaint targets Minnesota judges’ criticism of Metro Surge and begins a review process rather than deciding the matter.
News · MD
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced funding for an initiative aimed at combating child poverty in the state.
News · AL
The law takes effect Oct. 1 as attention turns to data center contracts, commission reviews and public access to the process.
News · LA
Louisiana’s attorney general says a sheriff faces 30 felony counts following a 2025 jailbreak in New Orleans.
News · AZ
The proposal would change Arizona’s early-voting rules, with its full effect determined by the measure’s legal text.
News · IN
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita alleges disciplinary officials retaliated against him because of political speech.
News · CA
New autonomous-vehicle rules allow fines when robotaxis impede emergency responders in California.