A new bill would exempt invited campus speakers from Utah’s 2024 anti‑DEI restrictions after campuses’ strict compliance prompted cancellations and center changes.

DFL lawmakers in St. Paul rolled out bills this week to ban so‑called 'surveillance pricing' — limiting retailers' use of shoppers' data and biometric tech to set individualized prices.

A federal class-action in Los Angeles says ICE is deporting noncitizen survivors pursuing U and T visas. Plaintiffs want a judge to pause a 2025 guidance they say stripped protections.

A Denver judge refused to bar Eileen Laubacher from the Democratic assembly process, keeping a high‑stakes primary fight with Rep. Lauren Boebert alive.

Incumbent Glenda McDonald and community activists Shamayim “Mama Shu” Harris and Joshua Lamere have filed campaign committees, launching Highland Park’s 2026 mayoral contest. The filings set the stage for an August primary and a November general election.

ICE has posted a federal notice seeking roughly 17,800 T10 Tasers in a five‑year, $220M procurement — a step that has lawmakers and safety advocates raising red flags.

At a Lansing hearing, Matt DePerno urged GOP lawmakers to review state spending on the tabulator tampering prosecution and questioned the attorney general’s motives.

Rep. Nancy Mace has moved to subpoena AG Pam Bondi after finding audio, video and other Epstein‑related materials missing or removed from the DOJ release.

A Miami traffic law firm says Florida's updated tag‑obscuring statute is unconstitutionally vague and has asked a federal judge to block enforcement and clear past citations.

Sen. Amanda Cappelletti introduced SB1193 to bar civil ICE arrests inside or within 1,000 feet of Commonwealth and local government facilities unless agents have a judicial warrant. The bill would also let people subjected to unlawful arrests sue for damages.

Miami‑Dade’s tax collector says nearly 1,000 disabled‑parking placards were revoked after a county audit flagged hundreds of questionable applications. Letters are being mailed to holders.

KIPP St. Louis announced it is ending its agreement with St. Louis Public Schools. The move follows months of state scrutiny and could affect local school operations.

The Georgia House voted down a GOP plan to phase out property taxes on primary homes, a defeat that leaves billions in local revenue and school budgets in question.