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Voters decide pot in Arkansas, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Maryland : NPR

Voters in five states, including four that are among the most conservative in the country, are deciding on whether to legalize recreational marijuana this election. If passed in each state, Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota would join 19 other states and the District of Columbia where cannabis has already been legalized for personal use.

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D.C., Maryland and Virginia Sue EPA Over Failure To Enforce Chesapeake Bay Cleanup : NPR

In 2014, the six states in the watershed plus D.C., signed an agreement with the EPA that was supposed to be different. Under this agreement, the EPA would have enforcement powers to hold states accountable. But according to the lawsuit, the agency has failed to do this.

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring said the EPA's lack of action is "potentially erasing decades of progress that we have made in reducing pollution levels and restoring the bay."