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Who is moving the causes CSWH follows forward, who is pushing back, and where: from the news, bills and events the daily update finds, and what members share. Every number opens the items behind it, and every item links to its source.

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Last 14 days: Oct 16, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026 · updated Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM ET

Totals

Advancing a cause7
Working against a cause3
Neutral reports0
All items10

No comparison: we don't have data for all of the 14 days before.

Over time

Items advancing and working against the causes, per day, Oct 16, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026. Each column opens its items.

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Items per day, by direction
Day	Advancing	Working against	All
Oct 29	0	0	0
Oct 28	6	3	9
Oct 27	0	0	0
Oct 26	0	0	0
Oct 25	0	0	0
Oct 24	0	0	0
Oct 23	1	0	1
Oct 22	0	0	0
Oct 21	0	0	0
Oct 20	0	0	0
Oct 19	0	0	0
Oct 18	0	0	0
Oct 17	0	0	0
Oct 16	0	0	0

By cause

Each cause group, busiest first; open one for its causes and their newest items either way. An item about several causes counts once in each.

Political institutions and democratic restructuring
4 items
Advancing: 4Working against: 0Neutral: 0
2 causes with items
- Government overreach
  3
  Advancing: 3Working against: 0Neutral: 0
  Newest advancing
  - WV SB 531: Establishing First Amendment Preservation ActOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Oct 28, 2026 · WV
  - WV HB 4797: To create the Charlie Kirk Memorial First Amendment Freedom Act.Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Oct 28, 2026 · WV
- Elections 2026
  1
  Advancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
  Newest advancing
  - WV HB 5275: Providing the circumstances that a qualified voter is authorized to vote an absentee ballot by mailOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Oct 28, 2026 · WV
Climate, energy and environmental policy
3 items
Advancing: 3Working against: 0Neutral: 0
2 causes with items
- Fossil fuel phaseout
  2
  Advancing: 2Working against: 0Neutral: 0
  Newest advancing
  - WV SB 935: Eliminating business and occupation tax exemption for certain coal-fired merchant power plantsOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Oct 28, 2026 · WV
  - West Virginia Attorney General McCuskey issues subpoenas on environmental groupsStates Newsroom (News From The States) (newsfromthestates.com) · Oct 23, 2026 · WV
- Public ownership of energy
  1
  Advancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
  Newest advancing
  - WV HB 4652: Exempts from local taxes and fees for a municipal Utility in which the members are electedOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Oct 28, 2026 · WV
Economic systems, wealth and labor
2 items
Advancing: 2Working against: 0Neutral: 0
2 causes with items
- Living minimum wage
  1
  Advancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
  Newest advancing
  - WV HB 5671: Increasing the minimum wage based upon increases in the consumer price indexOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Oct 28, 2026 · WV
- Public ownership of industries
  1
  Advancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
  Newest advancing
  - WV HB 4652: Exempts from local taxes and fees for a municipal Utility in which the members are electedOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Oct 28, 2026 · WV
Criminal justice, policing and public safety
1 item
Advancing: 0Working against: 1Neutral: 0
1 cause with items
- Gun violence
  1
  Advancing: 0Working against: 1Neutral: 0
  Newest working against
  - WV SB 78: Prohibiting financial institutions from discriminating against firearms businessesOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Oct 28, 2026 · WV
Immigration and border policy
1 item
Advancing: 0Working against: 1Neutral: 0
1 cause with items
- Broad immigration amnesty
  1
  Advancing: 0Working against: 1Neutral: 0
  Newest working against
  - WV HB 4099: To disallow the recognition of a drivers license issued by another state to any undocumented immigrantOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Oct 28, 2026 · WV
Radical structural and revolutionary positions
1 item
Advancing: 0Working against: 1Neutral: 0
1 cause with items
- Abolition of capitalism
  1
  Advancing: 0Working against: 1Neutral: 0
  Newest working against
  - WV HB 4583: Victims of Communism DayOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Oct 28, 2026 · WV
Foreign policy, military and international affairs
0 items
Advancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Healthcare, education and social welfare
0 items
Advancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Race, identity and social justice
0 items
Advancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0

Newest advancing

WV HB 4652: Exempts from local taxes and fees for a municipal Utility in which the members are electedOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Oct 28, 2026 · WV
WV SB 935: Eliminating business and occupation tax exemption for certain coal-fired merchant power plantsOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Oct 28, 2026 · WV
WV SB 531: Establishing First Amendment Preservation ActOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Oct 28, 2026 · WV
WV HB 5671: Increasing the minimum wage based upon increases in the consumer price indexOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Oct 28, 2026 · WV
WV HB 5275: Providing the circumstances that a qualified voter is authorized to vote an absentee ballot by mailOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Oct 28, 2026 · WV

Newest working against

WV HB 4583: Victims of Communism DayOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Oct 28, 2026 · WV
WV HB 4099: To disallow the recognition of a drivers license issued by another state to any undocumented immigrantOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Oct 28, 2026 · WV
WV SB 78: Prohibiting financial institutions from discriminating against firearms businessesOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Oct 28, 2026 · WV

Where

In the United States, a state counts its own items and local items in it. Colour the map by activity or balance.

Balance per U.S. state, last 14 days: advancing against working against. Select a state to open its items.

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Leaning against
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Mostly advancing
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U.S. states

State	Adv.	Against	Neutral	All
West Virginia	7	3	0	10

Federal (Congress, the courts, agencies)

Advancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0 · 0 in all

Around the world

No international items in this period.

Cities and counties

No local items in this period.

By level

FederalAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
StateAdvancing: 7Working against: 3Neutral: 0
LocalAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
InternationalAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0

By kind of item

Meetings and hearingsAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Protests, rallies and marchesAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Legal newsAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Company newsAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
General newsAdvancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Bills and lawsAdvancing: 6Working against: 3Neutral: 0
Other events and actionsAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0

Bills moving

No bills on these causes had an action dated Oct 16, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026 (of 577 bills tracked).

Coming up

2 events on these causes in the next 30 days: rallies, marches, town halls and meetings. All events.

Candidate Sign-waving - costumes optional, and encouragedSat, Oct 31, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT · Charles Town, WV · Rallies, marches and vigils · Mobilize
MOVE Wheeling Weekly Saturday Stand OutSat, Oct 31, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT · Wheeling, WV · Rallies, marches and vigils · Mobilize

What members are posting

Posts have no level or place, so they aren't counted when one is chosen.

About these numbers

Every morning CSWH's update reads public news, bills and events and judges each one: which causes it is about, whether it advances a cause or works against it, or is a neutral report, and where it happens. The newest 14 days are in Your feed; a daily record keeps every day's items for 400 days so trends can be followed (it holds 23 days, from Oct 10, 2026).
Each number is a count of items and opens exactly those items, each with a link to its source. Days with no data are hatched, not counted as zero.
"Advances" and "works against" are judged per item against each cause it is about, by an AI model that is asked to stay neutral and to cite; the source is always one click away to check.
Members' posts are those shared with everyone, counted by their topic hashtags; posts have no direction or place.
Map: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Cartographic Boundary File, States, 1:20,000,000 (public domain), drawn here; no map service is contacted.