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343 items of 1822 · updated Oct 30, 2026, 6:10 AM ET
DE SB 186, an act to amend Title 25 relating to the Landlord-Tenant Code, was introduced and assigned to the Housing & Land Use Committee in the Senate on 2025-06-12.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
Truthout reports Trump's Justice Department ditches civil rights and school desegregation cases; a former agency official points out walking away doesn't mean the discrimination has been addressed.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
MS SB 2012 would increase the justice court jurisdictional limit for residential evictions; latest action on 2026-02-03 was Died In Committee.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
MN HF 2687 would restrict single-family home ownership for corporate entities, increase deed tax rates, dedicate state revenue to a homeownership program, and create a statewide landlord database.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Prosecutors filed over 900 cases of pregnancy-related crimes since Dobbs, most from laws never meant to apply to pregnancy.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
Conservative parents lament that anti-trans ads are teaching their kids trans people exist.
Source: Erin in the Morning (erininthemorning.com)
A federal judge ruled that DHS's practice of knocking on doors and asking about immigration status and voting likely violates the Voting Rights Act.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
26-4036, update by the Racial Justice Committee, is on the agenda of the Los Angeles County Commission for Children and Families.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (lacounty.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
MN HF 997: landlords required to provide just cause for terminating tenancy; latest action (2026-03-09): author added Momanyi-Hiltsley.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
MN HF 1471, requiring a copy of the landlord-tenant guide at issuance or renewal of rental license, was laid on table on 2025-04-10.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
Presentation of Proposal 26-1360, related to algorithmic price fixing of rental units, before the Budget and Policy Committee.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (denver.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
A Boston committee recommended an order authorizing the city to accept a $500,000 MOIA Mayors Migration Council grant for city-led programs for underserved communities; it passed.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (boston.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Communication received from Councilors Culpepper and Worrell regarding civil rights concerns with the Blue Hill Avenue Transportation Action Plan; status filed.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (boston.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
GOP attack ads in Texas may be teaching kids the word 'transgender', in a story that mentions Ken Paxton.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
GOP-aligned ads targeting Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico highlight his advocacy for transgender people, upsetting some parents.
Source: them (them.us)
The Trump administration's expansion of its global gag rule threatens to derail NGOs' land mine removal work.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres pressed HUD Secretary Scott Turner over the agency's retreat from LGBTQ+ housing protections as it shrinks its backlog of discrimination complaints.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
University of Georgia students in the toss-up governor's race between Keisha Lance Bottoms and Rick Jackson say affordability beats abortion.
Source: Rewire News Group (rewirenewsgroup.com)
CA AB 2186, on personal income tax law exclusions for reparations programs, was vetoed by the Governor; latest action 2026-09-30.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
CA SB 934 on sexual orientation or gender identity change efforts was chaptered by the Secretary of State, Chapter 469, Statutes of 2026, on 2026-09-26.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators