Oklahoma’s next election is the Aug. 25, 2026 runoff primary. The State Election Board lists an Aug. 10, 5 p.m. deadline to request an absentee ballot and 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. polling hours.
The City of Memphis said its Treasury Division was receiving an unusually high volume of calls about 2026 property-tax bills and related property-tax information.
Vermont’s primary election is scheduled for Aug. 11, 2026, setting up party nominations before the Nov. 3 general election. Vermont Public has announced debate and interview programming for candidates in major statewide contests.
Gov. Dan McKee has signed Rhode Island’s fiscal 2027 budget, a balanced $15.2 billion plan described by state officials as including economic relief, added education and hospital support, government reforms and no broad-based tax or fee increases.
Massachusetts’ annual statewide sales-tax holiday is scheduled for Aug. 8-9, 2026, suspending the 6.25% state sales tax for most retail items priced under $2,500.
Construction began July 29, 2026, on a planned 14-story, 295-room hotel in Charlotte’s South End.
The Port of Cleveland board approved financing actions for Gateway 66, a planned mixed-income development expected to include 80 affordable housing units on East 66th Street in Hough.
New York has launched a one-year statewide moratorium on new hyperscale data-center projects reported to be larger than 50 megawatts after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed S10642.
Rhode Island’s K-12 education council approved an order transitioning Providence Public Schools to local control, effective July 1, 2026. The transition follows state intervention that began in 2019 and includes municipal-funding expectations.
Gov. Tim Walz declared a peacetime emergency effective July 11, 2026, and mobilized the Minnesota National Guard as wildfires and dry conditions affected northern Minnesota.