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293 items of 1682 · updated Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM ET
VA SB 353 on consultation with federally recognized tribes for permits and reviews was continued from last session, latest action 2026-07-21.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Latest action 2026-07-21: VA SB 422, Virginia Conservation Easement Act, definition of federally recognized tribe, continued from last session.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Virginia HB 134 on the Virginia Conservation Easement Act and the definition of federally recognized tribe was continued from last session on 2026-07-21.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
VA HB 858 would replace Columbus Day, the second Monday in October, with Indigenous Peoples' Day as a legal holiday; latest action 2026-07-21: continued from last session.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
VA HB 368, on American Indians, Virginia and federally recognized tribes, establishes definitions and sovereignty; latest action (2026-07-21): continued from last session.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
VA SB 356, which establishes definitions and sovereignty for American Indians, Virginia and federally recognized tribes, was continued from last session.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
VA SB 481 on emergency services and disaster preparedness programs and inclusion of federally recognized tribes: latest action 2026-07-21, continued from last session.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
The U.S. Department of Justice will send monitors to three Oklahoma counties for the Nov. 3 elections, monitoring compliance with federal voting rights laws including the Voting Rights Act.
Source: States Newsroom (News From The States) (newsfromthestates.com)
Florida gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds repeatedly misgenders a transgender woman who challenges him, facing criticism for calling her sir after she corrected him.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
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Streisand effect? The GOP’s constant attack ads may be teaching Texas kids the word ‘transgender’ GOP attack ads in Texas may be teaching kids the word 'transgender', in a story that mentions Ken Paxton. Source: The Advocate advocate.com/politics/james-talarico-ads-transg… (link to advocate.com)
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Task Force on Reparations Boston's reparations task force posted a 2026 update on its phased study, which will end with recommendations on truth, reconciliation and reparations for the city's role in slavery. Source: City of Boston boston.gov/departments/equity-and-inclusion-cab… (link to boston.gov)
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Wyden, colleagues introduce bill to raise national minimum wage to a $25 living wage Senators introduced the Living Wage for All Act, which would lift the federal minimum to $12 immediately and phase it up to $25 an hour, with later increases tied to the national median wage. Source: Office of Sen. Ron Wyden wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-coll… (link to wyden.senate.gov)
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The Supreme Court may be about to make America’s prisons much crueler The Supreme Court released a brief order on October 21 that ruled against the Trump administration's request to deny gender-affirming care to transgender prisoners. Source: Vox vox.com/politics/506261/supreme-court-trump-kin… (link to vox.com)
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As Trump’s Wall Closes in, DHS Intimidates a Border Tribe With Surveillance, Masked Agents and Drones DHS is intimidating a border tribe with surveillance, masked agents and drones as Trump's wall closes in, per ProPublica. Source: ProPublica propublica.org/article/tohono-oodham-nation-ari… (link to propublica.org)
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Gay congressman presses HUD Secretary Scott Turner over agency’s retreat from LGBTQ+ housing protections 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/politics/national/ritchie-torres-h… (link to advocate.com)
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The Supreme Court Is Coming for Affirmative Action—Again The Supreme Court has accepted a case that takes aim at efforts to increase diversity at high-performing public schools. Source: The Nation thenation.com/article/society/supreme-court-aff… (link to thenation.com)
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How Idaho's abortion ban reshaped reproductive care and fueled a fight for change Voters in Virginia, Nevada, Missouri and Idaho will decide on reproductive rights in November, as a citizen-led initiative in Idaho seeks to restore some abortion rights. Source: PBS NewsHour pbs.org/newshour/show/how-idahos-abortion-ban-r… (link to pbs.org)
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Your Guide to LGBTQ+ Ballot Measures in 2026 Voters in seven states will decide ballot measures on trans youth school sports participation and access to gender-affirming health care. Source: Rewire News Group rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/10/20/lgbtq-ballot-mea… (link to rewirenewsgroup.com)
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Supreme Court rejects Trump’s ‘dangerous’ push to cut off medical care for transgender prisoners The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's bid to restrict gender-affirming care for transgender people in federal prisons, preserving access while a legal challenge continues. Source: The Advocate advocate.com/breaking-news/supreme-court-transg… (link to advocate.com)
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African Feminist Care Academy report Reports on an inaugural academy in Lusaka that framed care work as a core political and economic issue rather than a peripheral social one. Source: FEMNET femnet.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AFRICAN-F… (link to femnet.org)
Links: femnet.org