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268 items of 1682 · updated Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM ET
Doctors and nurses in Washington warn that an anti-transgender sports ballot measure would subject girls to invasive sex-verification requirements to participate in school athletics.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
A Republican district attorney has launched a criminal investigation into mailers sent to thousands of Texas voters posing as guides from a transgender rights organization.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
A Republican district attorney has launched a criminal investigation into mailers sent to thousands of Texas voters posing as guides from a transgender rights organization.
Source: them (them.us)
Washington Republican state lawmaker John Braun, running for a U.S. House seat, is campaigning for a ballot measure that would ban transgender girls from girls' school sports.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
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
Florida gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds repeatedly misgenders a transgender woman who challenges him, facing criticism for calling her sir after she corrected him.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
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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Streisand effect? The GOP’s constant attack ads may be teaching Texas kids the word ‘transgender’ GOP attack ads in Texas may be teaching kids the word 'transgender', in a story that mentions Ken Paxton. Source: The Advocate advocate.com/politics/james-talarico-ads-transg… (link to advocate.com)
Links: advocate.com
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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
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Cashless bail, explained: what it is, how it works and why Trump is targeting it Explains how states like Illinois and New Jersey scaled back or ended cash bail and why a federal executive order threatens funding for jurisdictions that have done so. Source: Pennsylvania Capital-Star (Stateline) penncapital-star.com/2025/09/23/repub/cashless-… (link to penncapital-star.com)
Links: penncapital-star.com
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Organizers Are Pushing to Reach “Forgotten” Black Voters Ahead of the Midterms Organizers are pushing to reach Black voters, including college students, first-time voters, and the formerly incarcerated, ahead of the midterms. Source: Truthout truthout.org/articles/organizers-are-pushing-to… (link to truthout.org)
Links: truthout.org