Alexi Giannoulias is unopposed in the Democratic primary while Republicans Diane M. Harris and Walter Adamczyk battle for the GOP nod. Returns will trickle in after polls close at 7 p.m.

A Student Senate poll at UNH found nearly 86% of respondents would be less likely to enroll if lawmakers allowed guns on campus. The bill passed the House and now heads to the Senate.

Missing federal datasets are leaving Honolulu officials with fewer tools to track health, hunger and budgets. Local planners say the gap is making services harder to target.

Will County’s open-seat sheriff primary pits two deputies against two GOP challengers; returns will be posted after polls close Tuesday evening.

A disciplinary panel dismissed the case against an LAPD captain accused of overseeing officers recorded making racist and sexist remarks; she keeps her rank and is reassigned to custody services.

State Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer delivered nominating petitions to the Secretary of State in Denver as the March filing deadline approaches. Her move moves the GOP primary closer to settlement.

A former Dallas police sergeant settled a federal racial-discrimination suit and will receive a full retirement package and incentives, according to reporting.

A former FCUSD HR leader says he was fired after pushing to remove a Cordova High campus monitor who a judge found had violated district policy.

Leqaa Kordia, detained after a Columbia protest, was released from the Prairieland ICE facility in Texas on a $100,000 bond after more than a year in custody. Her case had drawn legal challenges and public pressure from officials and advocates.

Minnesota importers who paid Trump-era tariffs are owed refunds, but Customs says it needs weeks to stand up an automated system — leaving Twin Cities firms in limbo.

Israel says it killed the head of Iran’s Basij militia in a strike as the wider U.S.–Israel campaign presses into Iran and Gulf attacks roil energy markets.

Finalist lists for Hawaii’s chief justice and a Maui circuit judgeship landed on Gov. Josh Green’s desk, starting a roughly 30‑day clock for his pick.

Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a law creating the PreK Promise Account to accept private donations for ECEAP, unlocking a Ballmer Group pledge to add thousands of preschool seats.