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268 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)
The search for whoever sent deceptive transgender advocacy mailers across Texas has reached Illinois printing company Three Z Printing, which the U.S. Postal Service identified as the permit holder.
Source: them (them.us)
The search for whoever sent deceptive transgender advocacy mailers across Texas has reached an Illinois printer; the campaign triggered threats against LGBTQ+ advocates and a criminal investigation.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
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
Anti-trans ballot measures in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska and Washington could restrict trans people's access to sports and bathrooms and limit gender-affirming healthcare.
Source: Ms. Magazine (msmagazine.com)
Activists have gone around lawmakers to put proposed bans on transgender girls in school sports on Colorado and Washington ballots.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
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)
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)
Iowa Dem Josh Turek released an anti-trans ad calling for a federal funding ban on trans care, which the outlet says would be profoundly harmful for transgender people.
Source: Erin in the Morning (erininthemorning.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
Voters in 7 states will decide ballot measures impacting LGBTQ+ rights this election, including how trans youth can participate in school sports, access gender-affirming health care, and more.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
Mother Jones reports Missouri's GOP has a new strategy to ban abortion—attack trans kids; Dr. Jennifer Smith canvasses so her home state doesn't ban abortion again.
Source: Mother Jones (motherjones.com)
NH HB 1376, relative to a parent's ability to raise their child in a manner consistent with the child's biological sex and to breast surgeries for minors, signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2026.
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
Resolution HR 674 recognizing November 20, 2026, as Transgender Day of Remembrance in Pennsylvania was referred to Judiciary.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
The Pentagon wants trans troops gone, but U.S. Navy and USMC review boards keep finding reasons to keep them.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
Police in Germany raided a transgender and queer community health center in Berlin during a weekly gathering for transfeminine people, according to the organization.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)