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2296 items · updated Nov 3, 2026, 5:05 AM ET
MN HF 1471, requiring a copy of the landlord-tenant guide at issuance or renewal of rental license, was laid on table on 2025-04-10.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
MN HF 1914 would appropriate money for emergency services grants, innovative homelessness response grants, and provider capacity building; author Momanyi-Hiltsley added 2025-04-03.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
MN HF 1383 would establish a program to assist families with the cost of child care; latest action on 2025-04-10 added authors Momanyi-Hiltsley and Pérez-Vega.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
MN HF 689 authorizes county attorneys to use administrative subpoenas in wage theft investigations; on 2025-04-02 it was re-referred to Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
MN HF 687 creating a Task Force on Mandatory Minimum Sentences: introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety Finance and Policy.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
Presentation of Proposal 26-1360, related to algorithmic price fixing of rental units, before the Budget and Policy Committee.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (denver.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Minnesota HF 1812 would guarantee health care for every Minnesotan through a Minnesota Health Plan and request an Affordable Care Act 1332 waiver; it was referred to Health Finance and Policy.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
The Christian Science Monitor reports experts say President Trump's decision not to invite international election observers for the midterms could send a troubling message.
Source: Christian Science Monitor USA (csmonitor.com)
A Denver resolution amends a contract with Volunteers of America Colorado Branch to add $627,200.00, supporting rapid rehousing for families experiencing homelessness and fleeing domestic violence.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (denver.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Texas child care quality control measures played a role in enrollment cuts this fall, putting financial strain on the system and shutting thousands of children out of affordable care.
Source: States Newsroom (News From The States) (newsfromthestates.com)
Lawmakers are calling for the release of Maria Alejandra Valero Brinez, a pregnant woman with complications detained at Eloy Detention Center in Arizona.
Source: The 19th (19thnews.org)
The Trump administration claims thousands of noncitizens are on California's rolls and is pressuring the state to disenfranchise them, offering scant details on how it drafted the list.
Source: Democracy Docket (news alerts) (democracydocket.com)
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to halt investigations in nine states into whether noncitizens are registered to vote.
Source: ABC News (abcnews.com)
Billionaires including Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt are funding a $304 million effort to defeat California's Proposition 40 wealth tax measure.
Source: Capital & Main (capitalandmain.com)
Fossil fuel companies and wealthy industry backers spend millions pushing for looser regulations and protections from climate lawsuits.
Source: Capital & Main (capitalandmain.com)
US secretary of defense Pete Hegseth reportedly signed a memo permitting DHS to test the Active Denial System 'heat ray' for potential use at the US southern border.
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
Order 2026-1601 for a hearing to explore raising the percentage of Community Preservation Act funds dedicated to affordable housing is pending in the Committee on Community Preservation Act.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (boston.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
The Trump-Vance administration abandoned its appeal in a case that stopped a new rule allowing the Secretary of Education to disqualify government and nonprofit employers.
Source: Common Dreams (commondreams.org)
Rabbi Jill Jacobs says Israeli forces detained her in the occupied West Bank while she observed and supported the Palestinian olive harvest.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
Brazil's Workers' Party supporters are rallying support behind the president days before the runoff election.
Source: The Nation (thenation.com)