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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)
A federal judge restricted DHS investigations into suspected noncitizen voting in nine states, citing concerns that the tactics could intimidate eligible voters.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
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)
A federal judge restricted DHS field operations looking for noncitizen voters; the judge found the operations likely violated the Voting Rights Act, which bars voter intimidation.
Source: NPR Politics (npr.org)
Boston City Council passed a resolution declaring Election Day a holiday for City Council employees and calling upon Boston and Massachusetts to follow.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (boston.legistar.com) · Status and sponsor
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 and sponsor
Calley Means, a health entrepreneur and the Trump administration's most vocal advocate of the MAHA agenda, resigned from his senior adviser post on Thursday.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
MS HB 50 would require a study on the impacts of mandatory work requirements in any enacted Medicaid expansion program; it died in committee.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
MS HB 113 would authorize an income tax credit for certain child care expenses, child care centers and child care teachers and directors; latest action 2026-02-25: died in committee.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
MS HB 108, which would establish a $10.00 minimum wage with requirements for exemptions and overtime, died in committee on 2026-02-03.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
MS HB 125 would transfer 30% of each year's TANF block grant to CCDF for child care vouchers; latest action: Died In Committee.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
MS HB 126 would provide child care and transportation for TANF applicants during initial orientation meetings; its latest action on 2026-02-03 was Died In Committee.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
MS HB 123 would expand Medicaid eligibility under the federal Affordable Care Act; its latest action on 2026-02-03 was Died In Committee.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
Sen. Bernie Sanders and AIPAC feuded online over donations from the PAC to Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers; Sanders says AIPAC is spending as much as $9 million against Abdul El-Sayed.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
MS bill HB 788 to allow an affidavit ballot to serve as voter registration in certain situations died in committee on 2026-03-03.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
The City Council passed a resolution urging Congress to reverse cuts to the Federal Public Housing and Voucher Budgets.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (boston.legistar.com) · Status and sponsor
DC B 26-0851, the Homeless Services Contract Adjustment Temporary Amendment Act of 2026, received its latest action, a final reading, on 2026-10-20.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
MS HB 109 would exclude drug and nonviolent offenses when computing prior offenses under the habitual offender law; it died in committee.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
MS SB 2202 on economic development incentives, to require agreements to secure employee freedom and privacy regarding unionization decisions, was approved by the Governor on 2026-03-13.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
MS HB 131, to authorize parole eligibility if offender served 10 years of a sentence of 40 years or more, died in committee on 2026-02-03.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor