By Greg LaRose | Editor-in-Chief
We are brimming over with election news today, much like a kid’s blood sugar levels at some point tomorrow night. And while we’re sort of on the topic, candy corn is just a disappointing trick — not a treat. There, I said it.
he U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on May 7, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)
By Jennifer Shutt
Communities throughout the country have been inundated with television ads and outside spending as politicians try to spur voter turnout in the most competitive U.S. House races in Tuesday’s midterm elections. The focus on a short list of campaigns highlights how much power voters in a small number of congressional districts have to determine whether Republicans keep control of that chamber for the next two years or Democrats take over.
The “ballot drop” box at the Polk County Election Office in Des Moines, Iowa, on the first day of early voting, Oct. 14, 2026. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)
By Jonathan Shorman
The Trump administration’s sweeping efforts to combat noncitizen voting and assert authority over elections came under intense scrutiny in courtrooms across the country Thursday, as Democrats and voting rights groups alleged federal election interference.
Photo by Elise Plunk/Louisiana Illuminator
By Julie O’Donoghue
The Louisiana Department of Health is urging the public not to use tap water for their sinuses or contact lenses following a fatal infection this year. It’s one of 10 infections of its type in the state reported since 2024, and they are separate from the cases involving the so-called brain-eating amoeba.
By Maya Bell | Verite News
The plaintiffs whose lawsuit led to the dismantling of one of Louisiana’s two majority-Black congressional districts in Louisiana are now targeting the remaining district, a move that could severely dilute Black voting power in the state.
By Shalina Chatlani
Medicaid recipients who are disabled or have a chronic illness will not have to prove they are unable to work to be exempted from new work requirements that take effect next year, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
NEWS FROM THE STATES
Trump OKs FEMA assistance to Florida for hurricane damage | Florida Phoenix
Ballot measure would expand constitutional right to bear arms | Arkansas Advocate
Governor rejects brain scans for inmate ahead of execution | Indiana Capital Chronicle
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