Indiana carries out its first lethal injection execution in 2026, high utility bills, Big Oil profits helped drive midterm voter turnout, Iowa farmers' finances are wobbling under tariffs, and diesel prices, a Washington tort report slammed for missing child abuse focus.

Democrats flipped at least 12 state legislative chambers and won trifectas in five states, taking control of more state governments than they have held in years after sweeping Tuesday's midterm elections.

After devastating flooding disrupted travel, 244 San Juan County voters cast ballots through an emergency electronic system that Utah Election Director Ryan Cowley says worked well.

Utah Democrats are poised to flip 15 seats in the state House and two in the Senate, a surge that could break the Republican supermajority for the first time since 1993.

Robin Patrick Martin, 67, of Oklahoma City has been charged federally after allegedly mailing more than 700 threatening letters and white-powder packages to election officials, lawmakers and the FBI.

Opponents of Arizona Proposition 144 declared victory Tuesday night as early returns showed voters rejecting the measure, which would require mail voters to show state-issued identification every time they vote.

Democrats and a Democratic-endorsed nonpartisan led in three key Nebraska legislative districts Wednesday, ending the Republican supermajority that will not return when the new Legislature convenes January 6.

Nebraska voters appeared poised to reject Initiative Measures 440 and 441, which would have legalized and regulated online sports betting, according to unofficial results from Tuesday night.

Nebraska voters rejected Constitutional Amendment 1 on Tuesday, keeping state senators limited to two consecutive four-year terms, with 290,202 no votes to 69,100 yes votes in unofficial results.

Democrat Cindy Holscher leads Republican Ty Masterson by 5,557 votes in the Kansas governor's race, and Masterson is asking for a closer look at the results.