DC: District of Columbia public schools will open with on-site rapid testing
District of Columbia Public Schools announced more safety measures at schools for the expected resumption of in-person learning Nov. 9, including a $24 million update to filtration systems and on-site rapid testing for symptomatic individuals.
IN: Record number of Indiana voters requested early ballots
More than 1 million Indiana voters requested early ballots this fall amid worries about the coronavirus, a record number but still lower than officials initially projected.
MD: Rural Maryland county is first to close schools again amid virus surge
A rural Maryland county has closed its schools amid a spike in coronavirus cases, becoming the first county in the state to scale back learning in classrooms after officials there reopened schools. As of Friday, Dorchester County on the Eastern Shore of Maryland had the highest number of confirmed new cases per 100,000 population during the past seven days.
WV: Judge denies injunction over West Virginia school virus map
A West Virginia teachers’ union lost its bid to stop the state from using its color-coded map to decide whether counties can hold in-person public school classes and athletic competitions during the coronavirus pandemic.
WA: Military, police in Washington prepare for civil unrest after election
As tension builds toward Election Day, law enforcement officials in Washington state and elsewhere are preparing for the prospect that this year’s long, hot summer of unrest won’t end Nov. 3. If anything, officials worry that pressure will only build in the coming weeks, faced with the possibility of a contested election, spiking gun sales and ongoing civil unrest.
OR: Oregon lawmakers send $100M to wildfire relief, vote against homeless shelters
Oregon lawmakers dedicated nearly $100 million for wildfire recovery during a five-hour meeting of the Emergency Board committee that some described as one of their hardest days in public office. A $35 million proposal that would have provided money for grants toward purchasing and renovating of hotels and motels for homeless shelters failed amid concerns about how it would function.
ID: Idaho sets new record in case average
Idaho again set a record seven-day moving average with a daily case rate of 889.14 over the past week. The state has consistently broken its record 12 days in a row amid a surge of new cases and record hospitalizations.
HI: To reclaim ancestral land, all Native Hawaiians need is a $300K mortgage and to wait in line for decades
Under state law, anyone who is at least half Hawaiian and 18 or older is considered a beneficiary of the land trust and entitled to get a homestead in a “prompt and efficient manner.” But in reality, only Hawaiians with the financial means and knowledge to navigate the complicated system are able to get homesteads with relative ease while thousands of others continue a generations-long wait for the land that is their birthright.
MS: Mississippi voters to decide on medical marijuana
Mississippi voters will be asked if they approve changing the state constitution to allow medical marijuana. The Mississippi State Department of Health has released a resolution opposing the measure.
NH: Guns will be allowed in most New Hampshire polling places
The New Hampshire attorney general’s office says state and local authorities can’t prevent people from bringing guns into polling places, even those located in school buildings — but they will be on alert to respond to anyone, armed or otherwise, who is interfering with someone else's ability to vote.
CA: Some residents attack COVID-19 measures in Northern California’s ‘state of Jefferson’
In the counties that make up Jefferson — a decades-old movement to break off conservative northern counties from Democrat-controlled California — the sweeping pandemic edicts out of Sacramento are the latest in a long line of grievances about California’s liberal policies, from new gas taxes, to minimum wage hikes, to environmental restrictions, to gun control.
IL: Illinois sets new single-day COVID-19 record
Illinois set a record high number of confirmed daily coronavirus cases as a surge continues. The 6,161 cases announced by state public health officials far surpassed the single-day record of 4,942 from Thursday.
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