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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.

Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a public health emergency for parts of New York City on Tuesday in the midst of an expanding measles outbreak.
Doctors in California have broad authority to grant medical exemptions to vaccination, and to decide the grounds for doing so.
The agreement, first reported by The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, marks the first time the Trump administration has asked a school to dial back its use of affirmative action and could presage more such efforts.
The new executive order represents a shot from the White House in the ongoing battle between beltway Republicans and Democratic governors opposed to fossil fuel developments in their states.
“I think about it every minute of every day. Now, thinking about it and doing it are two different things,” Manchin said. “I’ll make a decision this fall sometime. I don’t think there’s any hurry at all.”
Robert Foster, a state representative from Hernando, is seeking the GOP nomination against former state Supreme Court Justice Bill Waller Jr. and Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves.
More than 1.4 million people across the Garden State are getting their drinking water from systems that are dealing with high levels of lead.
The Texas Education Agency said Friday that it is discussing solutions with the federal government and the Legislature.
Law enforcement groups are worried about the shifting political climate on this issue.
A bill authorizing the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance to share tax return information with Congressional committees was introduced Monday by state Sen. Brad Hoylman (D-Manhattan).