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583 items of 1822 · updated Oct 30, 2026, 6:10 AM ET
CA SB 684, the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025, was returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56 on 2026-02-02.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
CA SB 466 on a drinking water primary standard for hexavalent chromium and an exemption was chaptered by the Secretary of State as Chapter 320, Statutes of 2025.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
CA SB 34 on air pollution, the South Coast Air Quality Management District, mobile sources and the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles had its veto sustained on 2026-03-02.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
CA SB 352 on environmental justice and community air monitoring was chaptered by the Secretary of State as Chapter 120, Statutes of 2025, on 2025-09-19.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
The U.S. military says 5 were killed by a strike on an alleged drug smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific; Trump says the attacks stem the flow of drugs, and critics have questioned their legality.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
CA SB 10, a bill on climate change plans and gender impacts, was held in committee and under submission at its August 13 hearing.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
President Trump makes a third pre-midterms trip to Texas this month to defend his party's majority in Congress, while left-leaning politicians have seen recent triumphs in international elections.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
Axios reports President Trump has increasingly singled out Muslim politicians and communities before the midterms in a bid to rally his base.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
Vice President JD Vance accuses El-Sayed of 'anti-white racial hate' at a rally in Howell, Michigan, where he says Michigan is the most important election in the United States of America.
Source: Mother Jones (motherjones.com)
The Border Chronicle reports: will the predicted blue wave foster a shift away from the enforcement-heavy status quo or perpetuate decades-long alignment on border militarization?
Source: The Border Chronicle (theborderchronicle.com)
The Advocate reports Democrats are increasingly confident an economic message can help them win control of Congress but are divided over how to approach transgender rights.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
Capital B reports a new nationwide election dashboard from the NAACP and the Memphis, Tennessee-based Black environmental organization about where candidates stand on data centers.
Source: Capital B (capitalbnews.org)
PBS NewsHour reports its politics crew takes a closer look at what to watch in the 2026 elections and takes questions around election security and voting rights.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
Democratic Senate candidate Josh Turek has released an anti-transgender ad days before the midterm elections, drawing criticism from fellow Democrats and his Republican opponent.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
The DCCC is pushing for advertising targeting Republican candidates over their record on AI and data centers in dozens of key House races in the midterm elections.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
NV SB 6 revises the Windsor Park Environmental Justice Act; the bill was enrolled and delivered to the Governor and approved by the Governor as Chapter 7.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
There are seven days until the final votes will be cast in the 2026 midterms, and tens of millions of voters have already cast ballots for Senate, House, governor and state legislature races.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
The Appeal reports private prison companies are pouring money into GOP coffers ahead of midterms, calling Trump's second term a financial boon to the industry.
Source: The Appeal (theappeal.org)
With a week until the midterm elections, Trump is expected to rally supporters in Corpus Christi to boost Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who faces Democrat James Talarico in a Senate race.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
Truthout reports private prison companies are pouring money into GOP coffers ahead of midterms.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)