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162 items of 1682 · updated Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM ET
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)
PA SB 478, an act establishing an Office of Employee Ownership and providing technical and financial assistance to employee-owned enterprises, was referred to Commerce on 2026-10-05.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
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)
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
PA HB 135, an Act amending the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes in workers' cooperative corporations, has latest action Act No. 63 of 2026.
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
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Task Force on Mandatory Minimum Sentences: consensus recommendations Minnesota's task force adopted recommendations to shift mandatory gun-related minimums into the sentencing guidelines, with proposed statutory changes taking effect in 2027. Source: Minnesota Department of Corrections mn.gov/doc/assets/TFMMS-ConsensusRecsStatLangua… (link to mn.gov)
Links: mn.gov
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Christa Pike’s botched execution exposes the cruelty of the death penalty Prism reports Christa Pike's botched execution exposes the cruelty of the death penalty, tying the fight against it to ending state violence and building alternatives to policing and incarceration. Source: Prism prismreports.org/2026/10/14/christa-pike-execut… (link to prismreports.org)
Links: prismreports.org
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Markey and Pressley expand push to end qualified immunity for ICE agents and federal officers After a fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis, lawmakers reintroduced a bill to abolish qualified immunity and allow civil-rights suits against federal officers as well as state and local ones. Source: Office of Sen. Ed Markey markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/following… (link to markey.senate.gov)
Links: markey.senate.gov