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251 items of 1822 · updated Oct 30, 2026, 6:10 AM ET
Sen. Roger Marshall is embracing anti-abortion activists' support in his reelection pitch, including the leader of an organization the outlet says promoted violence against providers.
Source: The 19th (19thnews.org)
A biweekly Ms. Magazine roundup reports record-breaking midterm early voting turnout in several Texas counties and hundreds of women charged with pregnancy-related 'crimes'.
Source: Ms. Magazine (msmagazine.com)
An analysis by Resources for the Future finds the Senate permitting plan would cut emissions from power plants in the near term and help keep electricity prices down.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
Missourians voted to enshrine reproductive rights into the state constitution in 2024; this year they will be asked if they want to repeal that measure.
Source: Rewire News Group (rewirenewsgroup.com)
Dominion Energy asks the SCC to recoup Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative costs from customers, adding up to $13 to bills monthly after Virginia's return to the program.
Source: States Newsroom (News From The States) (newsfromthestates.com)
Virginia voters to decide on constitutional protections for abortion and reproductive health care, with more headlines on a congressional race and cuts to $156 million in solar funding.
Source: States Newsroom (News From The States) (newsfromthestates.com)
Trump backs the proposed Constitution natural gas pipeline; New York rejected its water quality permit application in 2016 and courts upheld that decision.
Source: Inside Climate News (insideclimatenews.org)
Missouri voters could ban abortion after they just removed a ban two years ago, and California voters could tax billionaires 5% of their wealth.
Source: NPR (npr.org)
Candidates spar over fossil fuels in Texas' 9th Congressional District, where Democratic candidate Leticia Gutierrez lived six miles from a Petrobras refinery in Pasadena that accrued fines.
Source: Inside Climate News (insideclimatenews.org)
Grist reports that the Bridger pipeline would carry tar sands oil in eastern Montana, promising landowners money while tribal leaders are worried about a spill.
Source: Grist (grist.org)
Pennsylvania SB 1048, providing for issuance of permits in environmental justice areas, was referred to Environmental Resources & Energy on 2025-10-15.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
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
The Grand Canyon Trust reports three of four Grand Canyon region wells with arsenic levels above the Environmental Protection Agency's safe drinking water standard are at a uranium mine.
Source: Inside Climate News (insideclimatenews.org)
MD SB 26, Public Utilities - Off-Grid Electricity Providers - Exemption, latest action 2026-02-09: hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
MD HB 695 would establish the Green and Renewable Energy Efficiency for Nonprofits (GREEN) Loan Program and Fund, with a hearing 2/17 in Environment and Transportation.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
MD SB 302, Criminal Law - Causing Ingestion of an Abortion-Inducing Drug - Prohibition (Women's Freedom From Coercion Act), has a hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
This year's state votes include billionaire taxes, trans rights, abortion and voting rights, and at least $400 million has been spent on TV ads for ballot initiatives this cycle.
Source: Politico (politico.com)
IL SB 3717 on low-income utility rates was re-referred to Assignments on 2026-05-22.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
WA SB 6270, establishing a passenger rail advisory committee, had a first reading and was referred to Transportation on 2026-01-21.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
WA HB 2367, eliminating preferential treatment related to a coal-fired electric generating plant, has an effective date of 3/11/2026.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators