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168 items of 1682 · updated Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM ET
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
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)
The Guardian US reports candidates like Democratic US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan are backing Medicare for All as a campaign issue in the midterms.
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.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)
Democrats across battleground districts are hammering Republicans in advertisements and on debate stages over their support for a law that will reduce Medicaid funding by nearly $1 trillion.
Source: The Hill (thehill.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
MT LC 324 to revise firearm accessories and firearm laws shows latest action Draft in Edit as of 2026-10-23.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
New body camera footage shows a cop firing into a car's passenger side as it passed, in shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley; Mississippi investigators said the shooting was justified.
Source: The Intercept (theintercept.com)
A bodycam clip was released in the fatal police shooting of a Mississippi one-year-old; the family lawyer says an allegation of shoplifting does not warrant the death of a child.
Source: BBC News US & Canada (bbc.co.uk)
VA HB 863 on the elimination of mandatory minimum sentences for certain offenses was continued from last session as of 2026-07-21.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
VA HB 919, Retail Sales and Use Tax, would impose a firearm and ammunition tax; latest action (2026-07-21): Continued from last session.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
VA HB 926 on outdoor shooting of firearm on property without reasonable care; prohibition, penalty; latest action 2026-07-21: continued from last session.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
VA SB 763 imposes a firearm and ammunition tax under the retail sales and use tax; its latest action on 2026-07-21 was continued from last session.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
VA HB 127, on a person not free on bail, court appearance and right to counsel, was continued from last session as of 2026-07-21.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
AK SB 206, relating to harassment, intimidation, or bullying in schools, parental notification of incidents and threats of suicide by students, and establishing the firearm safe storage grant fund.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
A committee approved IA HSB 705, a bill establishing drug-free homeless service zones and providing penalties, renumbered as HF 2584.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators