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Five states have primary elections today, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Virginia, and Washington
could help decide control of Congress, and many of the Democratic primaries establishment back to candidates or being challenged from the left. NPR's Sage Miller has more on how that's playing out in the Michigan Senate race. That heated up match in Michigan puts Congresswoman Haley Stevens against Abdul Elfayette. Stevens is taking the more establishment, moderate approach, she flipped her suburban house
district in 2018, that was the last wave year for Democrats, and Elfayette's performance is rooted in progressive populism, and I'm talking Medicare for all, getting corporations out of politics and taxing the rich.
“The Senate race is also important for Democrats if they want to take control of the chamber”
in November. NPR's Sage Miller reporting, Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott has issued a more atorium on new data centers until the state can complete an audit of the facilities from member station Houston Public Media Natalie Weber reports. The governor says Texas Energy Agency's must collect information about data centers water and
energy usage, as well as their financing and impact on nearby communities. No new data centers can connect to the Texas Power Grid until that audit is complete. Rice University Political Scientist Mark Jones says the governor may be trying to increase turnout in November among rural voters who tend to be skeptical of data centers. They see data centers bringing little in the way of financial or economic benefit to their
county. In a statement, the data center coalition urged state regulators to quote "move swiftly" to complete the audit.
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The LA County Fire Department has released the results of an investigation into the source of the deadly 2020-5-eaten fire, as NPR's Liz Baker reports it appears that power utility equipment caused the fire that killed 19 people and damaged thousands of homes in Altsadina. The report confirmed what was long suspected, that the fire was sparked by equipment owned by the utility company Southern California Edison.
Not long after the firestorm swept through neighborhoods, driven by high winds, video surface of arcing from an out-of-service transmission tower and lawsuits piled up against the utility. In filings to the California Public Utility Commission, the company previously admitted that it detected a fault in a transmission line coinciding with the fire's ignition and it established
a compensation fund for victims. A so-called Edison spokesperson told NPR that its reviewing the investigations findings, but believe it is likely that the equipment was associated with the ignition of the in-fire. Liz Baker and PR News U.S. job openings fell slightly in June, but the labor market continued to show resilience
in the face of an economic shock from the fighting in Iran. The U.S. job market has remained sturdy despite a surge in energy prices, rebounding from a 20-25 slump. And the U.S. stock market rallied today, year listening to NPR News from Washington. Missouri's top election official has rejected a petition for a referendum on new Republican
leaning congressional districts backed by President Trump, opponents of the new maps submitted hundreds of thousands of signatures to try to force a November election on the plan passed by the Republican-led state legislature, but Republican Secretary of State, Denny Hoskins, says the petition is unconstitutional, because redistricting plans cannot be subject to voter referendums.
Recent Russian attacks on printing facilities in Ukraine have destroyed millions of books, NPR's Hannah Palmarenko reports.
According to Ukraine's Ministry of Culture, more than one-and-a-half million books and
text books were destroyed in July. In early August, Russia attacked two more major book printing facilities in Harkiv, as a result more than eight million books, including school text books were burned. Deputy Minister of Culture, Bhavdana LaYuksev, and Ukraine, and television that, as a result, some of the text books will be late in reach and students this school year.
The Russians targeted strikes on warehouses and printing plans are not only continuing, but are becoming increasingly intense, she says. Ukraine and government is currently formulating two long-term programs to bolster the sector and provide sustainable support to publishers on the Palmarenko and Pair News leave. The William Sisters are back playing doubles tennis ahead of the U.S. Open later this month.
Serena and Venus Williams are set to take part in the Cincinnati Open. That begins next week after receiving a wild card entry, they last played a doubles match together in the 2022 U.S. Open, you're listening to NPR News from Washington. The midterms are coming and if you think the news cycle feels intense now, just wait until the fall.
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