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2296 items · updated Nov 3, 2026, 5:05 AM ET
HB 1593 in Pennsylvania, amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses), repealing provisions relating to sale or transfer of firearms, was referred to Judiciary on 2025-10-03.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
PA SB 599, an act amending the Pennsylvania Election Code in county boards of elections and in voting by absentee and mail-in electors, was laid on the table on 2026-10-20.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Information item Inf 2996 on the Office for Civil Rights has status Committee Agenda Ready, with Central Staff as the body.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (seattle.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Poland's lower house of parliament approved two bills to loosen a near-total ban on abortions, which campaigners called a small-scale step.
Source: The Guardian: Abortion (theguardian.com)
Experts say the public charge rule expands the benefits immigration officials can consider and gives them greater discretion to determine whether an applicant could face a public charge.
Source: Borderless Magazine (borderlessmag.org)
U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes, who has demanded the Trump administration explain its treatment of transgender troops, says she is receiving death threats.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
More unions oppose ICE and Israel, and the right is trying to gain access to labor unions' minutes, membership lists, and Zoom chats.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
Appointment of Justice Geddes as member of the Seattle LGBTQ Commission for a term to April 30, 2028, was confirmed.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (seattle.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
The Supreme Court will soon hear argument for a third time on the federal government's power to send migrants to countries where they have no ties, likely deciding on technical grounds.
Source: SCOTUSblog (scotusblog.com)
NJ A 5489 would eliminate automatic voter registration, restore an opt-in process, and require proof of citizenship for voter registration at MVC.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
A sweeping permitting bill is gaining allies and facing resistance as Congress prepares for a post-midterms showdown.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
NJ A 5565 requires video surveillance and recording of mail-in ballot drop boxes and counting of voted mail-in ballots; it was introduced and referred to committee.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
NJ A 846 requires the Secretary of State to establish a voter list maintenance and crosscheck program; it was introduced and referred to the Assembly State and Local Government Committee.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
The Transgender Education Network says it is being impersonated in a campaign mailing unsolicited flyers about transgender identity across Texas, prompting threats against its staff.
Source: them (them.us)
A transgender rights advocacy group in Texas says someone is impersonating it in a campaign mailing unsolicited flyers about transgender identity, prompting threats against its staff.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
Headlines include Israeli strikes in Gaza killing seven Palestinians, Brad Lander detained by the IDF in the Occupied West Bank, and Tlaib calling on the DOJ to arrest an Israeli commander.
Source: Democracy Now! (democracynow.org)
IL SB 3139 on pretrial detention added Sen. Craig Wilcox as co-sponsor on 2026-10-20.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
Anti-trans backlash to James Talarico has spread in the Texas Senate race, where Republican nominee Ken Paxton defeated a 24-year incumbent in the primary.
Source: The 19th (19thnews.org)
The Trump administration has killed, arrested, deported, and demonized Somalis at home and abroad, beyond targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar.
Source: The Intercept (theintercept.com)
Mahmoud Khalil appeals to the Supreme Court over his deportation case, and Democratic lawmakers want to restore contracts for groups representing unaccompanied migrant children.
Source: Documented (documentedny.com)