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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.

The secretary of state is tapping the social media site's extensive reach to persuade inactive voters to update their registration in time for the November election. Richardson appears on a video targeted only at the 447,000 names on the state's inactive voters list.
With less than two months until the November election, the Wisconsin Elections Commission has hired several new staff members to help with election security.
The Weinhardt Law Firm based the 35-page report released Thursday on interviews with 29 current and former IFA employees, witnesses not employed by the state and "high-level decision-makers" in state government, including Gov. Kim Reynolds, the report states.
The study also found that mail ballots cast by youngest voters, blacks and Latinos were much more likely to be rejected than mail ballots cast by white voters, and that those voters are less likely to cure problems with their ballots when notified by election supervisors than other voters.
Authorities in the town of Coeymans (KWEE'-mihnz), just south of Albany, say 61-year-old John Allen was arrested and arraigned Wednesday.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is calling for the resignation of the Bergen County sheriff after a New York City radio station obtained a recording of the law enforcement official making racist remarks about African Americans and marijuana.
In a major victory for civil rights groups, a federal judge has banned Dallas County from using a predetermined schedule to set bail without considering other amounts or alternatives that would allow the suspects' release from jail.
The UT Board of Trustees will meet next week to consider hiring Boyd as interim president. The plan, proposed Wednesday morning by the board chair and touted as a "win" by the governor, calls for Boyd to serve for one or two years.
Jon Burge, the disgraced Chicago police commander and felon whose sordid legacy of torture and other misconduct exacted an agonizing price from the city, has died in Florida at age 70, according to police union officials and a Florida funeral home.
Communities across the country are facing similar challenges as more people visit public lands, outdoor recreation becomes more important to rural growth, and federal land managers struggle with tight budgets.