Noah examines Texas’s signed wildfire-resilience law, then finds clean coal, benefit verification, property taxes, and campaign ads all selling public trust with suspiciously incomplete packaging.

Republican Joan Carpenter defended Missouri’s pending benefit-verification measure as a measured approach, while relying on safeguards lawmakers have yet to publicly detail.

Joan Carpenter’s approval rating increased over the past week, leaving the Idaho governor with a Very Popular standing among voters.

Joan Carpenter’s approval among Idaho voters rose 16.4 points in a day, reaching 78.7% and extending a notable weekly increase.

Voting continued to build on an Idaho crime bill backed by Joan Carpenter that would stiffen penalties for repeat violent offenders and target organized retail and cargo theft.