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WTA CEO Steve Simon sits for an interview during the WTA Finals tennis tournament in Fort Worth, Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. Saudi Arabia will host the WTA Finals as part of a three-year deal announced Thursday, April 4, 2024, by the women’s professional tennis tour that will increase the prize money for this November’s season-ending championship to a record $15.25 million, a 70% increase from 2023. (AP Photo/Tim Heitman, File)

Saudi Arabia will host the women’s tennis WTA Finals for the next three years

By Howard Fendrich - Associated Press

WTA CEO Steve Simon sits for an interview during the WTA Finals tennis tournament in Fort Worth, Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. It took more than three decades after the founding of the Women’s Tennis Association for all four Grand Slam tournaments to agree to give the same prize money to female and male players. Now the women’s tour is pledging to make sure its athletes also get identical paychecks at some other top-tier events in the coming years. (AP Photo/Tim Heitman, File)

Saudi Arabia is being considered by the women’s tennis tour for possible business

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China's Peng Shuai serves to Japan's Nao Hibino during their first round singles match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 21, 2020. The women’s professional tennis tour is ending its suspension of tournaments in China that was initiated in late 2021 over concerns about Grand Slam doubles champion Peng Shuai’s well-being. The WTA announced Thursday, April 13, 2023, that it will return to competition in China this season, even though two of its key requests were never met: a chance to meet with Peng, and a thorough, transparent investigation of her sexual assault accusations against a high-ranking Chinese government official. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill, File)

Women’s tennis tour ends Peng Shuai-inspired China boycott

By Howard Fendrich - Associated Press

Election worker Ramona Ortiz places a sign outside a polling station at Fire Station 3 on E. Rio Grande Ave in El Paso, Texas, just before polls open on Nov. 8, 2022. Next year is shaping up to be another busy for state legislatures seeking to change voting laws. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

New year expected to bring more changes to state voting laws

By Nicholas Riccardi and Acacia Coronado - Associated Press

Dakota County resident Mark Davis, left, raises his concerns about election integrity to Secretary of State Steve Simon, right, and Press Secretary Cassondra Knudson, center, in Burnsville, Minn., on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, at an event for public accuracy testing of voting machines. Simon visited a suburban Minneapolis elections office on Wednesday for a public display of tests on voting equipment, part of a continuing effort to persuade voters that they can have confidence in the accuracy and security of elections as the state's primary looms next Tuesday. (AP Photo/Trisha Ahmed)

Steve Simon visits Minneapolis suburb to tout election security

By Trisha Ahmed - Associated Press

Peng Shuai of China reacts after scoring a point against Monica Niculescu of Romania during their women's singles match of the China Open tennis tournament at the Diamond Court in Beijing, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. The head of the women’s professional tennis tour announced Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, that all WTA tournaments would be suspended in China because of concerns about the safety of Peng Shuai, a Grand Slam doubles champion who accused a former high-ranking government official in that country of sexual assault.(AP Photo/Andy Wong, File) **FILE**

Women’s tennis could teach NBA, IOC about guts with stand on China

By Paul Newberry - Associated Press

Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai reacts during a tennis match in Beijing, China on Oct. 6, 2009. When Peng disappeared from public view this month after accusing a senior Chinese politician of sexual assault, it caused an international uproar. But back in China, Peng is just one of several people, activists and accusers alike, who have been hustled out of view, charged with crimes or trolled and silenced online for speaking out about the harassment, violence and discrimination women face every day. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

WTA suspends China events over concerns for Peng’s safety

By Howard Fendrich - Associated Press

FILE - China's Shuai Peng plays a shot against Romania's Sorana Cirstea during their first round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris, France. Tuesday, May 30, 2017. Chinese authorities have squelched virtually all online discussion of sexual assault accusations apparently made by the Chinese professional tennis star against a former top government official, showing how sensitive the ruling Communist Party is to such charges. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Doubts over China tennis star’s email raise safety concerns

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon visits with poll workers as he toured the Brian Coyle Center, on Election Day Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Minnesota’s election law fight heats up over voter ID bill

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

Minnesota formally casts its 10 electoral votes for Biden

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

Minnesota Democrats ramp up push for absentee ballot turnout

By AMY FORLITI and MOHAMED IBRAHIM - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 29, 2020, file photo, Lisa Finander, right, checks that each ballot has the voter's name on the ballot and mailing envelope and Laurie Mattila, left, checked that it was correct at Minneapolis Elections &amp; Voter Services in Minneapolis. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020 that Minnesota absentee ballots that arrive after Election Day should be separated from other ballots in case they are later invalidated by a court.(Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)

Minnesota SOS: Too late to mail ballots — but not to vote

By AMY FORLITI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2020 file photo voters line up outside of the Minneapolis early voting center as Minnesota opened early voting for the general election. Like political contests around the country, Minnesota's general election is expected to be like none other. The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a record number of Minnesota's eligible voters to seek absentee ballots, and early voting has been taking place at a breakneck pace. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski, File)

Some things to know about Minnesota’s atypical election

By AMY FORLITI - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 16, 2018 file photo, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon discusses election security issues in his St. Paul, Minn. office. Minnesota will waive its witness requirements for absentee ballots for the statewide primary election in August under the settlement of two lawsuits sparked by the health threat from the coronavirus pandemic. The lawsuits were filed by political arms of the League of Women Voters of Minnesota and the Minnesota Alliance for Retired Americans. A Ramsey County judge signed off on the consent decree with the retirees Wednesday, June 17, 2020 while a federal judge scheduled a hearing for Thursday on the league's case. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski,File)

Minnesota waives absentee ballot witness signature mandate

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

Minnesota Supreme Court rules some voter data private

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A line of voters waits for the polls to open outside St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Mankato, Minn. (Pat Christman/The Free Press via AP)

The Latest: Chutich wins full term on Supreme Court

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Election judges testing Minnesota ballot machines

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Simon asks lawmakers to free up election security funds

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FILE- In this March 16, 2018, file photo, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon discusses election security issues in his office in St. Paul, Minn. Minnesota’s chief elections officer says he’s been working closely with the Department of Homeland Security to protect the integrity of the state’s balloting process from outside attackers, as concern grows about Russian targeting of election infrastructure in the U.S. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski, File)

Minnesota’s elections chief gets ‘secret’ security clearance

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

Simon says he won’t give data to Trump voting commission

By KYLE POTTER - Associated Press