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120 items of 1682 · updated Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM ET
Voters will weigh in on several key midterm ballot measures including billionaire tax, transgender rights and voter access.
Source: ABC News (abcnews.com)
Missouri voters could ban abortion after they just removed a ban two years ago, and California voters could tax billionaires 5% of their wealth.
Source: NPR (npr.org)
State workers went on a one-day unfair labor practice strike across California October 21, with picket lines in Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and other cities, demanding better pay.
Source: Labor Notes (labornotes.org)
MD SB 6 on State Personnel Collective Bargaining for Nontenure Track Faculty was approved by the Governor on 2026-05-26.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Axios reports that private equity has become a rhetorical punching bag for many Democratic House and Senate candidates as many polls suggest Democrats could gain full control of Congress next week.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
This year's state votes include billionaire taxes, trans rights, abortion and voting rights, and at least $400 million has been spent on TV ads for ballot initiatives this cycle.
Source: Politico (politico.com)
After kratom industry lobbying, the Trump administration backs down on an opioid ban; health officials will now allow some levels of a powerful substance to remain in products marketed as natural.
Source: The New York Times Politics (nytimes.com)
New NEA President Princess Moss wants to move the teachers union, the nation's largest labor union, toward issue-based advocacy and away from party politics.
Source: NPR (npr.org)
IL HB 4425 on gender-affirming health care was re-referred to the Rules Committee on 2026-03-27 under Rule 19(a).
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
IL HB 5525 on the estate tax-exclusion amount was re-referred to the Rules Committee on 2026-03-27 under Rule 19(a).
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
WV HB 4652 would exempt a municipal Utility in which the members are elected from local taxes and fees; its latest action on 2026-01-23: To House Local Governments.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
WV HB 5671: increasing the minimum wage based upon increases in the consumer price index; latest action (2026-02-17): to House Judiciary.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
WI AB 788 relates to ratification of the agreement negotiated between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee for the 2025-26 fiscal year,
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
WI AB 786: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the State of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee for the 2025-26 fiscal year; published 2-7-2026.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
WI SB 1123, relating to a state minimum wage and allowing the enactment of local minimum wage ordinances, 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
The New York Times reports Nithya Raman, a Democratic Socialist drawing comparisons to Zohran Mamdani, has mounted a strong challenge to incumbent Karen Bass.
Source: The New York Times Politics (nytimes.com)
CA SB 1365 on price gouging was chaptered by the Secretary of State on 2026-09-30 as Chapter 1028, Statutes of 2026.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
CA SB 1174 on public contracts, Department of Transportation bid preferences and employee stock ownership plans was held in committee and under submission at an August 13 hearing.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
The Intercept reports that tech investors are spending millions against the leading candidate for LA city attorney, who is backed by the local DSA and vows to regulate Big Tech.
Source: The Intercept (theintercept.com)
IA HF 2380, a bill providing for a community-based wage enforcement program for state wage payment collection and minimum wage laws, was rereferred to State Government.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators