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Wyoming SF 58, the Wyoming Indian Child Welfare Act sunset repeal, was assigned Chapter Number 57 on 2026-03-06.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
IL HR 622 condemns ICE excessive force; latest action on 2026-01-21 added co-sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
IL HR 621 (CHILDCARE FUNDS-CUTS) added co-sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons in its latest action on 2026-01-21.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes continues to block Trump from cutting down trees at a D.C. golf course, writing that the court speaks only for the rule of law.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
IL HR 946, the SUPPORT-HIGH SPEED RAIL ACT, had its latest action on 2026-06-01: resolution adopted.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
IL HR 1027 condemns socialism; its latest action on 2026-09-21 added co-sponsor Rep. Jennifer Sanalitro.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
King Charles will confront calls for reparations and apologies for his country's colonial past as he attends the Commonwealth heads of government meeting.
Source: The New York Times (nytimes.com)
AK SB 271, an act relating to abortion, civil enforcement of abortion laws, and abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat; latest action 2026-02-25: cosponsors Tilton, Cronk, Myers.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
Alaska HB 357, an act relating to abortion, civil enforcement of abortion laws, and abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat; cosponsor Allard removed 2026-05-01.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
AK HB 326, an act relating to abortion-inducing drugs, latest action 2026-02-25: cosponsor St. Clair.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
AK HJR 18 supports a state natural gas pipeline project and urges the federal government to take all necessary actions to expedite the project; it was permanently filed 9/22.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
AK SB 243 is an act removing devices designed, made, or adapted to muffle the report of a firearm from the definition of 'prohibited weapon'; latest action (2026-05-02): (S) Minutes (SSTA).
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
Record early voting in key states as Trump and Obama appeal to voters on the campaign trail, and President Trump is campaigning in traditionally red states as voters worry about rising prices.
Source: ABC News (abcnews.com)
Rev. Edward Nalwamba spent over a year in ICE detention; at his release last week, fellow detainees had to carry him to a car because officials wouldn't let him take his wheelchair that far.
Source: Common Dreams (commondreams.org)
WI AB 1169, relating to a state minimum wage and allowing the enactment of local minimum wage ordinances, failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
WI SB 1132, relating to medical debt abolition and making an appropriation, received a fiscal estimate on 2026-04-08.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
WI SJR 98 on equality of rights on the basis of sex, gender identity, race and sexual orientation failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
WI AB 470, relating to eliminating the right-to-work law, failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 (latest action 2026-03-23).
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
WI SB 621, relating to use of public lands to provide temporary residence for the homeless and providing a penalty, failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
WI SB 167, relating to possession of a firearm on school grounds by school employees and fees for licenses to carry a concealed weapon, failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor