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1899 items · updated Nov 1, 2026, 5:07 AM ET
MN SF 3596 to establish onetime emergency rental assistance aid for counties and Tribal governments had its Senate first reading and was referred to Housing Finance and Policy.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Liechtenstein's hereditary prince Alois has used his veto for the first time in his reign to quash a parliament-approved bill aimed at bringing abortion laws in line with much of Europe.
Source: The Guardian: Abortion (theguardian.com)
The DOJ asked an appeals court to intervene in its lawsuit to block California from counting more than 20,000 mail-in ballots cast by people the Trump administration claims are non-U.S. citizens.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
The MTA proposes a Metro tunnel under calle 125 in Harlem that could connect seven líneas; how to participate in the consultation.
Source: El Diario NY (eldiariony.com)
Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Justice Department could intervene in states' midterm elections verification processes and could block the certification of votes in hypothetical scenarios.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
H.R. 10869, the Protect Clean Water Act, was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Source: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
H.R. 10856, the LIHTC Security Act, was referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Source: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for New Hampshire to fully ban student IDs for voting during the midterm elections.
Source: ABC News (abcnews.com)
A federal judge in California has blocked a Department of Homeland Security effort to identify noncitizens on voter rolls, with the midterm elections less than two weeks away.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
An Oakland ordinance would allow Affordable Housing Trust Funds for rental subsidies for housing serving people experiencing homelessness and remove a 2027 sunset date on anti-displacement services.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (oakland.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
The Supreme Court ruled New Hampshire's top election official can fully stop voters from using their student IDs at the polls in the midterms, a request backed by the RNC.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
A Texas transgender rights organization filed a petition in state court to uncover who is behind an impersonation campaign it says reached thousands of residents ahead of the November 3 election.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
The Transgender Education Network of Texas filed a petition in state court seeking to uncover who is behind an impersonation campaign it says reached thousands of Texas residents.
Source: them (them.us)
The Supreme Court allows a New Hampshire directive that prevented election officials from considering student IDs to prove a voter's identity.
Source: The New York Times Politics (nytimes.com)
New Jersey Senate passed SR 96 recognizing the NJ-Taiwan sister-state relationship and the Taiwan Relations Act anniversary.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
The Advocate reports the Trump administration has all but erased transgender people from reports about sexual violence in prisons and jails, except as perpetrators of violence.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
Georgia gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson (R) says he is concerned about rural voter turnout in his election as early voting is underway.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
The U.S. Supreme Court granted New Hampshire Republicans' emergency request to fully block the use of student IDs for voting ahead of the November election.
Source: Democracy Docket (news alerts) (democracydocket.com)
Ohio Republicans including Gov. Mike DeWine and Sen. Jon Husted denounced GOP gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy's ad featuring Democratic opponent Amy Acton's mother.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
Trump administration and Texas urged the Supreme Court to leave in place their agreement abolishing a Biden-era regulation that had allowed immigration judges to suspend some deportation proceedings.
Source: SCOTUSblog (scotusblog.com)