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194 items of 1682 · updated Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM ET
WI AB 1154, relating to firearm transfers and possession that are prohibited under federal law, failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Latest action on DC B 26-0052, the Evidence-Based Gun Violence Reduction and Prevention Act of 2025: Public Hearing on 2025-12-04.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
PR RC 467, to express the Puerto Rico House of Representatives' repudiation of United States government and president Donald J. Trump campaign canceling content of expressions, referred to committee.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
H.R. 1773, the Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2025, was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary (2025-03-03).
Source: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov)
H.R. 2898, the Secure Background Checks Act of 2023, was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov)
H.R. 2648, the Secure Background Checks Act of 2025, was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary on 2025-04-03.
Source: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov)
Latest action (2022-11-01) on H.R. 5080, the Secure Background Checks Act of 2021: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Source: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov)
Ordinance 2715-2026 would authorize returning unused $15,000.00 in HUD CDBG-CV funds to the State of Ohio for granting to a local non-profit providing harm reduction services.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (columbus.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Ordinance 2803-2026 would authorize the expenditure of $249,012.38 from the general fund for a contract with the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform to reduce gun violence amongst youth.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (columbus.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Press freedom groups argue Trump's media bans 'deprive the public'; plaintiffs allege they are no longer able to do their work without reliable access to White House information.
Source: BBC News US & Canada (bbc.co.uk)
Voters in Idaho and Massachusetts face contrasting gun-related ballot questions, one to restrict guns and the other to honor them.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
Ms. Magazine reports on women leading the resistance against what it calls Israel's authoritarian turn; on Oct. 27 Israelis go to the polls in the first national election since the Hamas attack.
Source: Ms. Magazine (msmagazine.com)
A No Kings Protest post by Peter Guttman, Oct. 17 2026, appeared first on The Nation.
Source: The Nation (thenation.com)
Pennsylvania HB 1859 would amend firearms statutes and add provisions relating to risk protection orders; latest action: motion to reconsider final passage.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
PA HB 1604, amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) and providing for mandatory firearms training for certain officers, was referred to Law & Justice.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
At least 11 people, some of them children, were shot in a mass shooting near Florida A&M's campus in Tallahassee; police are searching for a gunman.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
Democracy Docket reports: Blanche blames Alaska's ranked choice voting in the latest justification for a lawsuit to toss out a Democratic win.
Source: Democracy Docket (news alerts) (democracydocket.com)
Todd Blanche defended the justice department's pre-emptive lawsuit to block certification of Alaska's US Senate results during an interview on Sunday
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
Axios reports Trump's DOJ has shattered the traditional calm of a pre-election period with a barrage of politically sensitive investigations and prosecutions, nine days until the midterms.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
VT S 329, an act relating to criminal procedures involving firearms, was read first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary on 2026-05-13.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators