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MN SF 3596 to establish onetime emergency rental assistance aid for counties and Tribal governments had its Senate first reading and was referred to Housing Finance and Policy.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
Liechtenstein's hereditary prince Alois has used his veto for the first time in his reign to quash a parliament-approved bill aimed at bringing abortion laws in line with much of Europe.
Source: The Guardian: Abortion (theguardian.com)
The DOJ asked an appeals court to intervene in its lawsuit to block California from counting more than 20,000 mail-in ballots cast by people the Trump administration claims are non-U.S. citizens.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
The MTA proposes a Metro tunnel under calle 125 in Harlem that could connect seven líneas; how to participate in the consultation.
Source: El Diario NY (eldiariony.com)
Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Justice Department could intervene in states' midterm elections verification processes and could block the certification of votes in hypothetical scenarios.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
H.R. 10869, the Protect Clean Water Act, was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Source: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov) · Status and sponsor
H.R. 10856, the LIHTC Security Act, was referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Source: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov) · Status and sponsor
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for New Hampshire to fully ban student IDs for voting during the midterm elections.
Source: ABC News (abcnews.com)
A federal judge in California has blocked a Department of Homeland Security effort to identify noncitizens on voter rolls, with the midterm elections less than two weeks away.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
An Oakland ordinance would allow Affordable Housing Trust Funds for rental subsidies for housing serving people experiencing homelessness and remove a 2027 sunset date on anti-displacement services.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (oakland.legistar.com) · Status and sponsor
The Supreme Court ruled New Hampshire's top election official can fully stop voters from using their student IDs at the polls in the midterms, a request backed by the RNC.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
A Texas transgender rights organization filed a petition in state court to uncover who is behind an impersonation campaign it says reached thousands of residents ahead of the November 3 election.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
The Transgender Education Network of Texas filed a petition in state court seeking to uncover who is behind an impersonation campaign it says reached thousands of Texas residents.
Source: them (them.us)
The Supreme Court allows a New Hampshire directive that prevented election officials from considering student IDs to prove a voter's identity.
Source: The New York Times Politics (nytimes.com)
New Jersey Senate passed SR 96 recognizing the NJ-Taiwan sister-state relationship and the Taiwan Relations Act anniversary.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
The Advocate reports the Trump administration has all but erased transgender people from reports about sexual violence in prisons and jails, except as perpetrators of violence.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
Georgia gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson (R) says he is concerned about rural voter turnout in his election as early voting is underway.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
The U.S. Supreme Court granted New Hampshire Republicans' emergency request to fully block the use of student IDs for voting ahead of the November election.
Source: Democracy Docket (news alerts) (democracydocket.com)
Ohio Republicans including Gov. Mike DeWine and Sen. Jon Husted denounced GOP gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy's ad featuring Democratic opponent Amy Acton's mother.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
Trump administration and Texas urged the Supreme Court to leave in place their agreement abolishing a Biden-era regulation that had allowed immigration judges to suspend some deportation proceedings.
Source: SCOTUSblog (scotusblog.com)