Gov. Roy Cooper touts an aggressive spending plan that Senate Leader Phil Berger doesn't like. Virginia Foxx and Kathy Manning go at it on educational issues. Ashton Clemmons is at top of House Democrats.
Mail-in ballots will soon go out to voters who have requested them ahead of the Aug. 2 primary in Michigan. Municipal clerks across the state are working hard to get ready, reviewing absentee ballot applications and preparing to send out ballots and test voting machines. .
Nevada saw a landslide victory in its Democratic rimary this week for a state lawmaker who says she was targeted by Southwest Gas and other groups for promoting climate-change legislation. Assemblywoman Lesley Cohen, D-Henderson, won the primary with about 70% of the vote. Southwest Gas contributed $10,000 to her primary opponent, Joe Dalia, after Cohen sponsored a bill last year requiring that energy planning be aligned with the state s climate goals. .