New Mexico's Democrat Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham declared gun violence a public health emergency in response to multiple recent shooting deaths in the state.
South Dakota saw a victory after the state's Public Utilities Commission (PUC) voted unanimously to reject a carbon-capture pipeline proposal that would have cost farmers thousands of acres.
In response to rising concerns over election fraud, especially prevalent during the 2016 presidential and 2018 midterm elections, entrepreneur Johnny Vieira introduced an app named VotifyNow.