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1682 items · updated Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM ET
MS HB 563, on automatic scheduling of psilocybin after federal scheduling, died on calendar on 2026-03-11.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
MS HB 4058, on a tax credit for employers providing child care for employees, died in committee on 2026-02-25.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
MS SB 2227 (violent habitual offender, require jury determination) died in committee; latest action 2026-02-03.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
MS SB 2359, the Mississippi Civil Rights Act, died in committee on 2026-02-03.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
MS SB 2389 to expand Medicaid eligibility to individuals entitled to benefits under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act died in committee.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
MS SB 2364 to provide the right to obtain and engage in contraception died in committee on 2026-02-03.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
MS HC 23, which would amend the constitution to restore voting rights to certain qualified electors once meeting sentencing requirements, died in committee on 2026-02-03.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
MS SB 2465 would transfer the first $40 million of unspent TANF funds from the prior FY to CCDF for child care vouchers; latest action: Died In Committee.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Voter turnout is up over 60% in Shelby County as voters headed to the polls on the first day of early voting, with lines of voters spotted in multiple locations.
Source: MLK50 (mlk50.com)
The Cobb County, Ga. elections office will send absentee ballots via priority express mail to voters who never received them despite applying weeks ago, after a lawsuit.
Source: Democracy Docket (news alerts) (democracydocket.com)
The Trump administration argued DOJ letters to states about alleged illegal voters have no real effect, in a bid to block an election interference lawsuit filed by Democrats.
Source: Democracy Docket (news alerts) (democracydocket.com)
President Trump heads to Ohio Wednesday to rally GOP voters and campaign for Sen. Jon Husted, who is facing former Sen. Sherrod Brown, ahead of next week's midterm elections.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
Justice Dept. turned an informant against the Southern Poverty Law Center, whose lawyers say prosecutors capitalized on the informant's money problems and exposure to indictment.
Source: The New York Times Politics (nytimes.com)
Democracy Docket reports court filings suggest the list of alleged noncitizens on California's voter rolls in the DOJ lawsuit stems from a process a federal whistleblower disclosed.
Source: Democracy Docket (news alerts) (democracydocket.com)
Ms. Magazine argues one week before the midterms that showing up to vote for a more just future and equal rights for all has never mattered more.
Source: Ms. Magazine (msmagazine.com)
The parents of Alex Pretti, a Minneapolis nurse shot and killed by federal immigration agents earlier this year, accused the DOJ of protecting those responsible and refusing to provide answers.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
ICE is facing criticism over its 'Fake & Gay!' response to a news story about a man deported to Mali whose family said they missed him, The Independent reports.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
Ahead of midterms, tenants call Trump's housing policy a catastrophic failure, and housing justice advocates say new proposals would empower landlords while squeezing struggling tenants.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
Former NFL player Chris Kluwe, running for office, says the Democratic Party has been cowering in the corner when it comes to defending the trans community.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
Truthout reports 98 percent of Trump's refugee admissions have been white South Africans; the administration has said the policy is poised to continue through 2027.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)