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637 items of 1682 · updated Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM ET
The New York Times reports that its three new Senate polls show South Carolina seems like a serious race, Minnesota may not be, and Florida still appears out of reach for Democrats.
Source: The New York Times Politics (nytimes.com)
In Ohio, many people are displeased with the state's rapid buildout of data centers, a hot issue in the midterms as candidates from both parties try to ease voter concerns.
Source: NPR (npr.org)
NPR reports student voters studying outside their hometown have a right to choose where to register, and advocates say a Montana legal fight is a reminder of a misunderstanding of those rights.
Source: NPR (npr.org)
IL HB 3489 on pharmacists and contraceptives shows its latest action on 2025-08-15 as Public Act 104-0312.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.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 1553 (Election Day Waiver) latest action on 2026-03-27: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c), re-referred to Rules Committee.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Two years after Hurricane Helene, North Carolina voters are frustrated with a slow recovery that could carry a political price, Grist reports.
Source: Grist (grist.org)
Grist reports that Lula's reelection in Brazil kept an ally in the presidency but a rightward shift in Congress leaves Indigenous leaders facing more battles.
Source: Grist (grist.org)
Republicans have spent an estimated $183 million on television ads focused on transgender-related attacks against Democrats in the final phase of this year's midterm elections
Source: ABC News (abcnews.com)
WV HB 5275, providing the circumstances that a qualified voter is authorized to vote an absentee ballot by mail, latest action 2026-02-05: to House Judiciary.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
WI AB 103 on school board policies related to changing a pupil's legal name and pronouns failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
WI SB 1160 on attorney general enforcement authority for civil rights violations failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 on 2026-03-23.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
WI AB 1056, relating to firearm transfers and possession, law enforcement and prosecution, and hate crimes reporting portal, failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 on 2026-03-23.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
WI SB 597, allowing voters to automatically receive absentee ballots for every election and eliminating the indefinitely confined voter status, 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
WI SB 380, eliminating criminal defenses if the claim is based on the victim's gender identity or sexual orientation, 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
WI SJR 31, proclaiming March 31, 2025, as Wisconsin's Transgender Day of Visibility, failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
WI SB 518, relating to polling place accessibility, 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
AK SB 64, an act relating to elections, voting, voter registration, election administration and campaign contributions; latest action 2026-05-12: (H) Minutes (HSTA).
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski endorsed Democratic candidate Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins over Trump-backed Bernadette Wilson in the Alaska governor's race a week before Election Day.
Source: NBC News (nbcnews.com)
President Trump and Texas Senate candidate James Talarico held dueling rallies in Texas one week before the midterm elections; Trump held rallies in Corpus Christi and Lubbock.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)