The Minnesota Secretary of State has certified candidates for federal and state offices for the Aug. 11, 2026, state primary, setting the official candidate field ahead of the Nov. 3 general election.
Christine Erickson became Sioux Falls’ 33rd mayor and its first woman elected mayor on July 17, as the City Council prepares for August budget hearings and September consideration of a proposed nearly $1.1 billion capital program.
Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon has highlighted public accuracy testing of voting equipment ahead of the Aug. 11 primary. The state election calendar also sets an Aug. 6-11 notification process for certain rejected absentee or mail-ballot envelopes.
Milwaukee County has launched Destined for Greater, a 2026 public-safety initiative supported by $1.5 million in Wisconsin violence-prevention grants.
A connection involving the Aldridge Creek Greenway has completed an approximately 17-mile continuous pedestrian and bicycle loop across a large portion of South Huntsville, including an area just north of Ditto Landing.
Portland’s Elections Division lists a July 9 preliminary decision involving Mayor Keith Wilson that identifies one campaign-finance violation. The available record does not describe the conduct or show a final outcome.
Candidates seeking to withdraw from South Dakota’s Nov. 3, 2026, general election have until 5 p.m. local time Tuesday, Aug. 4, under the Secretary of State’s official calendar.
The City of San Antonio is seeking bids for its 2026 Task Order Contract Transportation Construction Contract Package 3. Submissions are due Aug. 11 at 2 p.m. Central time through CivCast.
A settlement announced July 22 protects two Montana State University graduate students whose student status was effectively revoked in 2025, following federal court intervention that halted their threatened deportation.
A pending Metro Council proposal would prohibit right turns on red across most of Nashville, but it has not been enacted and key details have not been established.