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Candice Norwood

Web Producer/Writer

Candice is a St. Louis, Mo., native who received her bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her master's from American University in Washington, D.C. Before joining Governing, she worked as a web producer for Politico, a politics fellow with The Atlantic, and a weekend White House freelancer for Bloomberg. She has covered criminal justice, education and national politics.

Police said Sunday that an officer out on a midnight tour on Saturday before noticed smoke coming out of the bottom of his body camera and removed it immediately.
With less than three weeks to midterm elections in which New Jersey is a congressional battleground, election-security experts warned that the state's voting machines remain vulnerable to hacking.
Gov. Rick Scott's order gives the eight counties the ability to extend early voting days and to designate more early voting locations, even though the deadline to do so has passed.
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker announced Friday he is dropping his bid for re-election, and threw support to Democrat Mark Begich over Republican Mike Dunleavy.
Poll workers can be the difference between a smooth election and long lines, mass confusion and miscounted ballots. But poll workers are older, less prepared and becoming scarcer.
More voters showed up to cast ballots in party primaries than in years past, and polls show more voters say they are enthusiastic about or closely following news about the election than in prior contests.
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States with confirmed cases of a rare, "polio-like" illness that has affected at least 62 children. The mystery condition causes weakness in the arms or legs — and sometimes paralysis.
Massachusetts State Sen. Michael Barrett on natural gas oversight in the state. Last month, a series of explosions and fires destroyed dozens of homes in Massachusetts due to excessive pressure in natural gas lines owned by Columbia Gas.
Thursday's ruling upheld a state Court of Appeals decision in the case of Brian Bassett, who was 16 when he fatally shot his parents with a stolen rifle and drowned his 5-year-old brother in a bathtub at the family's home in McCleary, Grays Harbor County, in 1995.
The state Department of Health this week approved medical marijuana use for people who suffer from some severe manifestations of autism, most of whom are children.