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140 items of 1822 · updated Oct 30, 2026, 6:10 AM ET
The New York Times reports economist Natasha Sarin believes there are better ways than California's billionaire wealth tax to make billionaires pay up.
Source: The New York Times (nytimes.com)
The Federal Trade Commission told a data company it could no longer sell data collected when people visited hospitals, dialysis clinics, or abortion clinics; some states are passing their own rules.
Source: KFF Health News (kffhealthnews.org)
MT LC 859 would revise minimum wage laws; its latest action on 2026-10-29 is a drafter assigned.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
The Federal Trade Commission has ordered nine major companies to turn over information on whether they use users' personal data to charge them more or pay their employees less.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
KY HB 124, an act relating to a living wage, has latest action 2026-01-14: to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H).
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Columbus ordinance 2560-2026, requiring the Columbus Water and Power director to establish peak rates and fees for large industrial and manufacturing users, has passed.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (columbus.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Truthout reports that Vancouver socialists won big and describes Vancouver as the next battleground for municipal socialism in North America.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
Groundwork Collaborative released a report saying corporate consolidation and a lack of price transparency in the funeral industry are driving up costs and forcing families into debt.
Source: Common Dreams (commondreams.org)
Greg Casar and Maxine Waters co-led the introduction of a resolution opposing a bailout of corporations impacted by the collapse of an artificial-intelligence-related asset bubble.
Source: Common Dreams (commondreams.org)
In The Guardian US, Jerel Ezell writes that Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is calling for public ownership and other reforms.
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
The battle over the billionaire tax proposal is playing out on social media, where influencers including parents and senior citizens are getting paid to post videos to inform and sway voters.
Source: Los Angeles Times Politics (latimes.com)
Support dwindles for wealth tax and voter ID ballot measures; a UC Berkeley/Los Angeles Times poll finds 50% of likely voters oppose Proposition 40's one-time billionaire tax.
Source: Los Angeles Times Politics (latimes.com)
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 26, Public Utilities - Off-Grid Electricity Providers - Exemption, latest action 2026-02-09: hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
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)
IL SB 3717 on low-income utility rates was re-referred to Assignments on 2026-05-22.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators