As former President Jimmy Carter was memorialized on Thursday, courts were weighing in and deciding that President-elect Donald Trump would still be sentenced today for his felony hush money convictions and that the special counsel’s report into his 2020 election interference could be released. We’ll also visit with two Courier Newsroom reporters on other stories making news around the country this week. And we’ll have an update on a well-funded state Supreme Court races already breaking records.

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