The small midwestern cities that could play a pivotal role in this year’s elections by Alec MacGillis, Propublica
Does Elon Musk’s $1 million sweepstakes run afoul of the federal prohibition on paying voters? by Peter Hall, Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Right-wing activists pushed false claims about election fraud. Now they’re recruiting poll workers in swing states by Phoebe Petrovic, Wisconsin Watch
Happening in Springfield: New immigrants offer economic promise, health system challenges by Stephanie Armour, KFF Health News
VOICES: Poll shows effort needed to calm Pennsylvanians’ worries about voter fraud by Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, former US Rep. Melissa Hart, former US Rep. Jim Gerlach, and former Pennsylvania House Speaker Keith McCall
Fossil fuel interests are working to kill solar in one Ohio county. The hometown newspaper is helping by Miranda Green, Floodlight, Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, and Priyanjana Bengani, Tow Center for Digital Journalism, and photography by Sarahbeth Maney, ProPublica
From Tourism To Trauma: East Tennessee travel officials help coordinate hurricane recovery by Alec Castro
How a new museum in Indianapolis is preserving the history of one historically Black neighborhood by Joanna Taft
Election skeptics are running some county election boards in Georgia. A new rule could allow them to exclude decisive votes by Doug Bock Clark and Heather Vogell, ProPublica
Neighbors helping neighbors takes many forms in Western North Carolina by Sarah Melotte, The Daily Yonder
Trump ramps up personal attacks on Harris during Erie rally, and says he ‘hated’ paying overtime by Kim Lyons, Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Kamala Harris navigates race, origin, and accent beautifully – it is her allies and the press who struggle with this and make it an issue by Mark Yonkman
How North Carolina made its hospitals do something about medical debt by Noam N. Levey and and Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer Illustration by Oona Zenda
Did a Georgia hospital break federal law when it failed to save Amber Thurman? A Senate committee chair wants answers by Ziva Branstetter, ProPublica
Ohio teachers connect presidential election to classroom curriculum by Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal
Georgia senator seeds fortunes of state’s Black farmers as gridlock stalls federal farm bill by Chaya Tong, Georgia Recorder
Harris speaks on earning Black men’s votes, abortion rights and gun control in Philly interview by Kim Lyons, Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Georgia’s top GOP lawmaker seeks tougher action against students who make threats. But it may not make schools safer by Aliyya Swaby, Propublica
Same Brain Siblings: A trio of Appalachian artists are making waves in West Virginia and Tennessee by Lindsay Fleuriet
Good Question: Does campaigning in rural America actually work for Democrats? by Claire Carlson, The Daily Yonder
Trump and Harris to meet in long-anticipated debate Tuesday night in Philadelphia by Ashley Murray, Pennsylvania Capital-Star
