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763 items of 1822 · updated Oct 30, 2026, 6:10 AM ET
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New Orleans guts renters' right-to-counsel lifeline New Orleans cut funding for tenants' eviction legal representation from about $2.3 million to $1.3 million, raising fears more renters will face court without a lawyer. Source: Hoodline hoodline.com/2026/07/new-orleans-guts-renters-r… (link to hoodline.com)
Links: hoodline.com
A motion by Padilla, Bass, and Sandoval to direct the Chief Executive Officer to prepare a First/Last Mile plan for the Sun Valley Metrolink Station was withdrawn.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (metro.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Truthout reports Todd Blanche won't rule out DOJ disruption of midterm elections certification; the outlet says seven in 10 Americans don't believe President Donald Trump will accept the results.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
Los Angeles County agenda: presentation, discussion and action on the HSH Measure A spending plan for FY 2027-28, including revenue projections and LACAHSA and LACDA spending plans.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (lacounty.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for New Hampshire to fully ban the use of student IDs for voting during the midterm elections.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
Boston ordinance 2026-1958, establishing a 'Bad Landlords List' and extending rental property code enforcement against chronic offenders, was referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (boston.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Wealth tax backers plan an ad attacking Newsom in early presidential primary states for opposing Proposition 40, which would impose a 5% tax on California billionaires' assets.
Source: Los Angeles Times Politics (latimes.com)
In a brief unsigned order, the US supreme court has cleared the way for New Hampshire to prohibit student IDs as a form of voter identification ahead of November's midterm elections.
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
A new Ballotpedia report finds 2026 statewide ballot measures on issues as varied as abortion and firearms are written on average at a graduate-school reading level, and readability varies by state.
Source: Stateline (stateline.org)
The DOJ asked a federal judge Friday to immediately block California from counting ballots from 20,000 alleged noncitizens, appealing its lawsuit before the lower court had ruled.
Source: Democracy Docket (news alerts) (democracydocket.com)
The New York Times reports Republicans cut taxes to win the midterms, and whether tax cuts can shape how people vote among the stakes in next month's election.
Source: The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Truthout reports tenant unions anticipate new housing policy after progressives win in RI, and Reclaim Rhode Island shows tenant organizing effecting change in politics.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
Westmoreland County accidentally sent voters 157 duplicate ballots for the 2026 midterm elections; the Department of State said "human error."
Source: Votebeat (votebeat.org)
The Cook Political Report has shifted 19 House seats in Democrats' direction less than two weeks before the midterm elections, according to its latest report.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
Elon Musk has spent more than $442 million in the midterm elections, after pouring another $76.8 million into his super PAC over the past month, campaign finance filings show.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
Mother Jones reports Putin is meddling in the midterms to help Trump by spreading false sex abuse claims.
Source: Mother Jones (motherjones.com)
Many states are offering ballot measures in November focused on conservation and wildlife, habitat protection, and mitigating the impacts of climate change.
Source: Vox (vox.com)
A total of 21 states and Washington, D.C., allow voters to register on Election Day for the midterms.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
Military reinforcements are heading to the Middle East, pointing to a potential attack on Iran, and millions of Americans have already voted in the midterms, NPR reports.
Source: NPR (npr.org)
A New York Times/Siena poll reports most voters believe the midterm elections will be accurate, but about half expressed concerns that Republicans could try to overturn the results.
Source: The New York Times Politics (nytimes.com)