The big picture
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.
Last 14 days: Oct 15, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026 · updated Oct 28, 2026, 3:33 PM ET
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Totals
No comparison: we don't have data for all of the 14 days before.
Over time
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.
- Advancing: 5Working against: 0Neutral: 1
4 causes with items
- Advancing: 2Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Newest advancing
- VT H 938: An act relating to establishing the Vermont Homelessness Response ContinuumOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · VT
- VT H 91: An act relating to the Vermont Homeless Emergency Assistance and Responsive Transition to Housing ProgramOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · VT
- Advancing: 2Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Newest advancing
- VT H 248: An act relating to supplemental child care grants and the Child Care Financial Assistance ProgramOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · VT
- VT S 214: An act relating to the provision of prekindergarten education in geographically isolated school districtsOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · VT
- Advancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Newest advancing
- VT S 27: An act relating to medical debt relief and excluding medical debt from credit reportsOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · VT
- Advancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 1
- Advancing: 2Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Advancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 3
2 causes with items
- Advancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 2
Newest advancing
- VT H 606: An act relating to firearms relinquishment and storage proceduresOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · VT
- Advancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 1
- Advancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 2
- Advancing: 2Working against: 0Neutral: 0
2 causes with items
- Advancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Newest advancing
- VT H 740: An act relating to the greenhouse gas inventory and registryOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · VT
- Advancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Newest advancing
- VT S 138: An act relating to commercial property-assessed clean energy projectsOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · VT
- Advancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Advancing: 0Working against: 1Neutral: 1
2 causes with items
- Advancing: 0Working against: 1Neutral: 0
Newest working against
- VT H 556: An act relating to exceptions to applicability of State minimum wageOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · VT
- Advancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 1
- Advancing: 0Working against: 1Neutral: 0
- Advancing: 2Working against: 0Neutral: 0
3 causes with items
- Advancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Newest advancing
- VT H 956: An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington relating to the Office of Racial Equity, Inclusion, and BelongingOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · VT
- Advancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Newest advancing
- VT JRS 15: Joint resolution supporting Vermont’s transgender and non-binary community and declaring Vermont’s commitment to fighting discrimination and treating all citizens with respect and dignityOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · VT
- Advancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Newest advancing
- VT JRS 15: Joint resolution supporting Vermont’s transgender and non-binary community and declaring Vermont’s commitment to fighting discrimination and treating all citizens with respect and dignityOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · VT
- Advancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Advancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 1
1 cause with items
- Advancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 1
- Advancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
1 cause with items
- Advancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Newest advancing
- VT H 541: An act relating to interference with voters and election officialsOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · VT
- Advancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Advancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Advancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Newest advancing
- VT H 938: An act relating to establishing the Vermont Homelessness Response ContinuumOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · VT
- VT H 606: An act relating to firearms relinquishment and storage proceduresOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · VT
- VT H 956: An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington relating to the Office of Racial Equity, Inclusion, and BelongingOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · VT
- VT H 248: An act relating to supplemental child care grants and the Child Care Financial Assistance ProgramOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · VT
- VT JRS 15: Joint resolution supporting Vermont’s transgender and non-binary community and declaring Vermont’s commitment to fighting discrimination and treating all citizens with respect and dignityOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · VT
Newest working against
- VT H 556: An act relating to exceptions to applicability of State minimum wageOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · VT
Where
In the United States, a state counts its own items and local items in it. Colour the map by activity or balance.
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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
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: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Bills and lawsAdvancing: 11Working against: 1Neutral: 6
- Other events and actionsAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Bills moving
No bills on these causes had an action dated Oct 15, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026 (of 540 bills tracked).
Coming up
18 events on these causes in the next 30 days: rallies, marches, town halls and meetings. All events.
- Rally Our Neighbors to VOTE EARLY! Kennedy Dr. in South BurlingtonThu, Oct 29, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT · South Burlington, VT · Rallies, marches and vigils · Mobilize
- Westminster Overpass Banner BrigadeFri, Oct 30, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM EDT · Westminster, VT · Rallies, marches and vigils · Mobilize
- Defend Democracy - Weekly Honk & WaveFri, Oct 30, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT · South Hero, VT · Rallies, marches and vigils · Mobilize
- VOTE EARLY & STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY in Malletts Bay with Champlain Valley IndivisibleFri, Oct 30, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT · Colchester, VT · Rallies, marches and vigils · Mobilize
- ICE OUT and NO KINGSFri, Oct 30, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM EDT · Richmond, VT · Rallies, marches and vigils · Mobilize
- Rally for DemocracySat, Oct 31, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDT · Rutland, VT · 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 22 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.