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      {
       "label": "Texas Tribune \u2014 Lt. Gov. Patrick rips Gov. Abbott for vetoing THC ban (threat was real)",
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       "label": "ACLU of Washington \u2014 Gov. Ferguson signs SB 6002, the Driver Privacy Act, into Law",
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       "label": "MRSC \u2014 What to Know About the New Restrictions on Flock and Similar Camera Systems",
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      {
       "label": "WA House Democrats / Rep. Mia Gregerson \u2014 Governor Signs Landmark Right to Repair Bills into Law",
       "url": "https://housedemocrats.wa.gov/gregerson/2025/05/20/governor-signs-landmark-right-to-repair-bills-into-law-expanding-consumer-protections-access-to-repairs/"
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     "slug": "washington-forfeiture-reform",
     "title": "Washington raises the bar for forfeiture and shifts the burden onto the government",
     "summary": "Washington HB 1440 raises the standard of proof for civil asset forfeiture to clear, cogent, and convincing evidence, shifts the burden of proof from property owners onto the government, and consolidates the state's scattered forfeiture laws into one statute.",
     "date": "2025-05-17",
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     "state": "Washington",
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       "label": "Washington State Senate Democrats (Sen. Bob Hasegawa) \u2014 More consistency, transparency, and justice in civil asset forfeiture signed into law",
       "url": "https://senatedemocrats.wa.gov/hasegawa/2025/05/17/more-consistency-transparency-and-justice-in-civil-asset-forfeiture-signed-into-law/"
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      {
       "label": "MRSC \u2014 More Process and Proof: 2025 Legislative Changes to Civil Asset Forfeiture Procedures",
       "url": "https://mrsc.org/stay-informed/mrsc-insight/july-2025/civil-asset-forfeiture-changes"
      },
      {
       "label": "Institute for Justice \u2014 Washington state profile, Policing for Profit",
       "url": "https://ij.org/report/policing-for-profit-4/state-profile/washington/"
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  {
   "slug": "federal-medical-cannabis-schedule-iii",
   "title": "Federal government reschedules state-licensed medical cannabis to Schedule III",
   "summary": "A DOJ Final Order placed state-licensed medical marijuana in Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act, ending Schedule I treatment and removing the 280E tax penalty on state-licensed medical cannabis businesses.",
   "date": "2026-04-23",
   "type": "executive-action",
   "level": "federal",
   "state": "Federal",
   "issues": [
    "drug-policy"
   ],
   "featured": false,
   "sources": [
    {
     "label": "Federal Register \u2014 Schedules of Controlled Substances: Rescheduling of Marijuana (DOJ Final Order)",
     "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/28/2026-08177/schedules-of-controlled-substances-rescheduling-of-marijuana"
    },
    {
     "label": "Federal Register \u2014 Executive Order 14370, Increasing Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research",
     "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/23/2025-23846/increasing-medical-marijuana-and-cannabidiol-research"
    },
    {
     "label": "Gibson Dunn \u2014 DEA Downschedules State Medical Marijuana to Schedule III; Expedited Hearing Set for Broader Rescheduling",
     "url": "https://www.gibsondunn.com/dea-downschedules-state-medical-marijuana-to-schedule-iii-expedited-hearing-set-to-consider-broader-rescheduling/"
    }
   ]
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  {
   "slug": "washington-driver-privacy-act",
   "title": "Washington enacts first comprehensive statewide rules for license-plate-reader surveillance",
   "summary": "Washington's Driver Privacy Act caps ALPR data retention at 21 days, requires a warrant for law-enforcement access, bans buying and selling the data, and bars immigration-enforcement and First-Amendment-monitoring uses.",
   "date": "2026-03-30",
   "type": "legislation-passed",
   "level": "state",
   "state": "Washington",
   "issues": [
    "surveillance"
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   "featured": false,
   "sources": [
    {
     "label": "Washington State Legislature \u2014 SB 6002 bill summary and history",
     "url": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=6002&Year=2025"
    },
    {
     "label": "ACLU of Washington \u2014 Gov. Ferguson signs SB 6002, the Driver Privacy Act, into Law",
     "url": "https://www.aclu-wa.org/press-releases/gov-ferguson-signs-sb-6002-the-driver-privacy-act-into-law/"
    },
    {
     "label": "MRSC \u2014 What to Know About the New Restrictions on Flock and Similar Camera Systems",
     "url": "https://mrsc.org/stay-informed/mrsc-insight/april-2026/restrictions-flock-cameras"
    }
   ]
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  {
   "slug": "new-york-medical-aid-in-dying",
   "title": "New York legalizes medical aid in dying for terminally ill adults",
   "summary": "New York becomes the 13th state to authorize medical aid in dying, allowing mentally capable adults with a terminal prognosis of six months or less to request a prescription to end their lives.",
   "date": "2026-02-06",
   "type": "legislation-passed",
   "level": "state",
   "state": "New York",
   "issues": [
    "end-of-life-autonomy"
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   "featured": true,
   "sources": [
    {
     "label": "New York State Senate \u2014 S138, Medical Aid in Dying Act (2025-2026 session)",
     "url": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S138"
    },
    {
     "label": "Office of the Governor \u2014 Governor Hochul Signs Medical Aid in Dying Act into New York State Law",
     "url": "https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-signs-medical-aid-dying-act-new-york-state-law"
    },
    {
     "label": "Compassion & Choices \u2014 New York's Medical Aid in Dying Act Signed into Law",
     "url": "https://compassionandchoices.org/news/ny-governor-signs-medical-aid-in-dying-law/"
    }
   ]
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  {
   "slug": "california-sb-79-transit-housing",
   "title": "California legalizes mid-rise apartments near transit, preempting local single-family-only zoning",
   "summary": "SB 79 legalizes multi-story multi-family housing within a half-mile of major transit stations across California's largest counties, overriding the single-family-only zoning that covers most of that land.",
   "date": "2025-10-10",
   "type": "legislation-passed",
   "level": "state",
   "state": "California",
   "issues": [
    "housing"
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   "sources": [
    {
     "label": "California Legislative Information \u2014 SB-79 Housing development: transit-oriented development",
     "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB79"
    },
    {
     "label": "CalMatters \u2014 Gavin Newsom signs law overhauling local zoning to build more housing",
     "url": "https://calmatters.org/housing/2025/10/newsom-signs-massive-california-housing-overhaul/"
    },
    {
     "label": "Bloomberg \u2014 Los Angeles Preps for Building Boom After YIMBY Housing Reforms",
     "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-11-11/los-angeles-preps-for-building-boom-after-yimby-housing-reforms"
    }
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  {
   "slug": "california-ceqa-infill-reform",
   "title": "California exempts most urban infill housing from CEQA environmental review",
   "summary": "A pair of budget trailer bills creates a clean CEQA exemption for urban infill housing up to 20 acres and 85 feet, with a 30-day deadline for agency action \u2014 the most consequential CEQA reform in decades.",
   "date": "2025-06-30",
   "type": "legislation-passed",
   "level": "state",
   "state": "California",
   "issues": [
    "housing"
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   "featured": false,
   "sources": [
    {
     "label": "California Legislative Information \u2014 AB 130 (Committee on Budget), CEQA infill exemption",
     "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB130"
    },
    {
     "label": "California Legislative Information \u2014 SB 131 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review)",
     "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB131"
    },
    {
     "label": "Office of the Governor \u2014 Newsom signs groundbreaking reforms to build more housing, boost affordability",
     "url": "https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/06/30/governor-newsom-signs-into-law-groundbreaking-reforms-to-build-more-housing-affordability/"
    },
    {
     "label": "Holland & Knight \u2014 California Legislature Enacts Major CEQA Reforms for Housing-Rich Infill Projects",
     "url": "https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2025/07/california-legislature-enacts-major-ceqa-reforms-for-housing-rich"
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   ]
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  {
   "slug": "texas-hemp-thc-ban-vetoed",
   "title": "Texas hemp-THC ban vetoed, preserving legal access to consumable hemp products",
   "summary": "Governor Abbott vetoed Senate Bill 3, which would have banned the sale of most consumable hemp-derived THC products in Texas. The bill had passed the Senate 30-1; the veto kept legal access intact.",
   "date": "2025-06-22",
   "type": "legislation-blocked",
   "level": "state",
   "state": "Texas",
   "issues": [
    "drug-policy"
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   "featured": false,
   "sources": [
    {
     "label": "Office of the Texas Governor \u2014 Governor Abbott Vetoes Senate Bill 3 (89R)",
     "url": "https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-vetoes-senate-bill-3-89r"
    },
    {
     "label": "Texas Tribune \u2014 Lt. Gov. Patrick rips Gov. Abbott for vetoing THC ban (threat was real)",
     "url": "https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/23/texas-thc-ban-veto-dan-patrick-greg-abbott-sb-3/"
    },
    {
     "label": "Cannabis Business Times \u2014 Texas Governor Vetoes Ban on Hemp Products (special session failed; threat now dead)",
     "url": "https://www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com/us-states/texas/news/15749075/texas-governor-vetoes-ban-on-hemp-products-calls-for-special-session-to-regulate-thc"
    }
   ]
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  {
   "slug": "texas-multifamily-by-right",
   "title": "Texas legalizes multifamily housing by-right on commercially zoned land in major cities",
   "summary": "Senate Bill 840 requires Texas's largest cities to allow multifamily and mixed-use housing by right on commercially zoned land \u2014 bypassing the rezoning and public-hearing processes that constrain supply.",
   "date": "2025-06-20",
   "type": "legislation-passed",
   "level": "state",
   "state": "Texas",
   "issues": [
    "housing"
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   "featured": false,
   "sources": [
    {
     "label": "Texas Legislature Online \u2014 SB 840, 89(R)",
     "url": "https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=SB840"
    },
    {
     "label": "Pew Charitable Trusts \u2014 Pew Applauds Texas Lawmakers for Passage of Much-Needed Housing Legislation",
     "url": "https://www.pew.org/en/about/news-room/press-releases-and-statements/2025/06/23/pew-applauds-texas-lawmakers-for-passage-of-much-needed-housing-legislation"
    },
    {
     "label": "Goldwater Institute \u2014 Unlocking the Dream: Texas Paves a Path to More Attainable Housing",
     "url": "https://www.goldwaterinstitute.org/unlocking-the-dream-texas-paves-a-path-to-more-attainable-housing/"
    }
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  },
  {
   "slug": "texas-right-to-repair",
   "title": "Texas enacts right-to-repair law for consumer electronics",
   "summary": "Texas requires consumer-electronics makers to provide replacement parts, tools, and documentation on fair terms \u2014 the eighth state and the first Republican-led state to enact a right-to-repair law for electronics.",
   "date": "2025-06-20",
   "type": "legislation-passed",
   "level": "state",
   "state": "Texas",
   "issues": [
    "right-to-make"
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   "featured": false,
   "sources": [
    {
     "label": "Texas Legislature Online \u2014 HB 2963, 89(R)",
     "url": "https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB2963"
    },
    {
     "label": "Texas Public Policy Foundation \u2014 TPPF Applauds Establishment of a Right to Repair",
     "url": "https://www.texaspolicy.com/press/tppf-applauds-establishment-of-a-right-to-repair"
    },
    {
     "label": "Consumer Reports \u2014 Consumer Reports applauds Texas governor for signing Right to Repair bill into law",
     "url": "https://advocacy.consumerreports.org/press_release/consumer-reports-applauds-texas-legislature-for-passing-right-to-repair-bill-2"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "texas-starter-home-act",
   "title": "Texas bans large-minimum-lot-size mandates on new starter-home subdivisions",
   "summary": "SB 15 caps the minimum lot size Texas cities may require on new single-family subdivisions of five acres or more, removing a common municipal mechanism for blocking smaller, more affordable starter homes.",
   "date": "2025-06-20",
   "type": "legislation-passed",
   "level": "state",
   "state": "Texas",
   "issues": [
    "housing"
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   "featured": false,
   "sources": [
    {
     "label": "Texas Legislature Online \u2014 SB 15, 89(R)",
     "url": "https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=SB15"
    },
    {
     "label": "Office of the Texas Governor \u2014 Governor Abbott Signs Laws To Combat Statewide Housing Crisis In Austin",
     "url": "https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-signs-laws-to-combat-statewide-housing-crisis-in-austin"
    },
    {
     "label": "Foley & Lardner \u2014 Texas Enacts Critical Real Estate Reforms: Senate Bills 15, 17, 840",
     "url": "https://www.foley.com/insights/publications/2025/07/texas-enacts-critical-real-estate-reforms-senate-bills-15-17-840/"
    }
   ]
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  {
   "slug": "delaware-end-of-life-options-act",
   "title": "Delaware legalizes medical aid in dying for terminally ill adults",
   "summary": "Delaware becomes the 12th U.S. jurisdiction to authorize medical aid in dying, allowing mentally capable adults with a terminal prognosis of six months or less to request a self-administered prescription.",
   "date": "2025-05-20",
   "type": "legislation-passed",
   "level": "state",
   "state": "Delaware",
   "issues": [
    "end-of-life-autonomy"
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   "featured": false,
   "sources": [
    {
     "label": "Delaware General Assembly \u2014 HB 140, Ron Silverio/Heather Block End of Life Options Act",
     "url": "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail/141725"
    },
    {
     "label": "Compassion & Choices \u2014 About the Ron Silverio/Heather Block End of Life Options Law",
     "url": "https://compassionandchoices.org/about-the-ron-silverio-heather-block-end-of-life-options-act/"
    },
    {
     "label": "Delaware Public Media \u2014 Gov. Matt Meyer signs medical aid in dying into law after decade's worth of effort",
     "url": "https://www.delawarepublic.org/politics-government/2025-05-20/gov-matt-meyer-signs-medical-aid-in-dying-into-law-after-decades-worth-of-effort"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "washington-right-to-repair",
   "title": "Washington enacts right-to-repair laws for consumer electronics and mobility devices",
   "summary": "Washington's Right to Repair Act makes consumer-electronics manufacturers provide parts, tools, and documentation on fair terms and bans parts-pairing software locks; a companion bill covers mobility devices.",
   "date": "2025-05-19",
   "type": "legislation-passed",
   "level": "state",
   "state": "Washington",
   "issues": [
    "right-to-make"
   ],
   "featured": false,
   "sources": [
    {
     "label": "Washington State Legislature \u2014 HB 1483, Digital electronics right to repair",
     "url": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1483&Year=2025"
    },
    {
     "label": "Washington State Legislature \u2014 SB 5680, Mobility devices right to repair",
     "url": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5680&Year=2025"
    },
    {
     "label": "WA House Democrats / Rep. Mia Gregerson \u2014 Governor Signs Landmark Right to Repair Bills into Law",
     "url": "https://housedemocrats.wa.gov/gregerson/2025/05/20/governor-signs-landmark-right-to-repair-bills-into-law-expanding-consumer-protections-access-to-repairs/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "washington-forfeiture-reform",
   "title": "Washington raises the bar for forfeiture and shifts the burden onto the government",
   "summary": "Washington HB 1440 raises the standard of proof for civil asset forfeiture to clear, cogent, and convincing evidence, shifts the burden of proof from property owners onto the government, and consolidates the state's scattered forfeiture laws into one statute.",
   "date": "2025-05-17",
   "type": "legislation-passed",
   "level": "state",
   "state": "Washington",
   "issues": [
    "criminal-justice"
   ],
   "featured": false,
   "sources": [
    {
     "label": "Washington State Senate Democrats (Sen. Bob Hasegawa) \u2014 More consistency, transparency, and justice in civil asset forfeiture signed into law",
     "url": "https://senatedemocrats.wa.gov/hasegawa/2025/05/17/more-consistency-transparency-and-justice-in-civil-asset-forfeiture-signed-into-law/"
    },
    {
     "label": "MRSC \u2014 More Process and Proof: 2025 Legislative Changes to Civil Asset Forfeiture Procedures",
     "url": "https://mrsc.org/stay-informed/mrsc-insight/july-2025/civil-asset-forfeiture-changes"
    },
    {
     "label": "Institute for Justice \u2014 Washington state profile, Policing for Profit",
     "url": "https://ij.org/report/policing-for-profit-4/state-profile/washington/"
    }
   ]
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   "slug": "texas-school-choice-esa",
   "title": "Texas enacts the nation's largest day-one school choice program",
   "summary": "Texas Senate Bill 2 creates an education savings account program letting families use state funds for private-school tuition, therapy, transportation, and other approved costs \u2014 the largest first-year school-choice launch in the country.",
   "date": "2025-05-03",
   "type": "legislation-passed",
   "level": "state",
   "state": "Texas",
   "issues": [
    "parental-authority"
   ],
   "featured": false,
   "sources": [
    {
     "label": "Office of the Texas Governor \u2014 Governor Abbott Signs Landmark School Choice Legislation Into Law",
     "url": "https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-signs-landmark-school-choice-legislation-into-law"
    },
    {
     "label": "KUT \u2014 Amid cheers and protests, Gov. Abbott signs $1 billion Texas school voucher bill into law",
     "url": "https://www.kut.org/politics/2025-05-02/abbott-billion-dollar-school-voucher-esa-law"
    }
   ]
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  {
   "slug": "louisiana-welcome-home-act",
   "title": "Louisiana enacts one of the nation's broadest licensing-recognition laws",
   "summary": "Louisiana's Welcome Home Act grants universal recognition of out-of-state occupational licenses, letting workers who held a license elsewhere in good standing for at least a year work in Louisiana without repeating training or testing.",
   "date": "2024-12-13",
   "type": "legislation-passed",
   "level": "state",
   "state": "Louisiana",
   "issues": [
    "occupational-licensing"
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   "sources": [
    {
     "label": "Goldwater Institute \u2014 Louisiana Governor Signs Landmark Universal Licensing Reform into Law",
     "url": "https://www.goldwaterinstitute.org/louisiana-governor-signs-landmark-universal-licensing-reform-into-law/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "massachusetts-statewide-adu",
   "title": "Massachusetts legalizes accessory dwelling units statewide",
   "summary": "The Massachusetts Affordable Homes Act requires every municipality to allow accessory dwelling units of 900 square feet or less by right in single-family zoning districts, ending local bans and discretionary permitting for small secondary homes.",
   "date": "2024-08-06",
   "type": "legislation-passed",
   "level": "state",
   "state": "Massachusetts",
   "issues": [
    "housing"
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   "featured": false,
   "sources": [
    {
     "label": "Boston Globe \u2014 Legislature passes zoning reform, funds affordable housing",
     "url": "https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/08/01/business/housing-bill-passes-at-11th-hour/"
    },
    {
     "label": "McGregor Law Group \u2014 Massachusetts' New ADU Law Now in Effect with Final Regulations",
     "url": "https://www.mcgregorlaw.com/attorney-blog/item/143:massachusetts-accessory-dwelling-unit-adu-law-now-in-effect-final-regulation"
    }
   ]
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  {
   "slug": "nra-v-vullo",
   "title": "Supreme Court rules unanimously against government coercion of private speech",
   "summary": "In NRA v. Vullo, the Supreme Court held 9\u20130 that a government official violates the First Amendment by pressuring private intermediaries \u2014 here, banks and insurers \u2014 to cut ties with an advocacy organization because of its protected speech.",
   "date": "2024-05-30",
   "type": "court-ruling",
   "level": "federal",
   "state": "Federal",
   "issues": [
    "free-speech"
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    {
     "label": "U.S. Supreme Court \u2014 National Rifle Association of America v. Vullo, opinion (No. 22-842)",
     "url": "https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-842_8n5a.pdf"
    },
    {
     "label": "ACLU \u2014 Supreme Court Sides With NRA in Free Speech Case Argued by the ACLU",
     "url": "https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/supreme-court-sides-with-nra-in-free-speech-case-argued-by-the-aclu"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "austin-home-phase-2",
   "title": "Austin cuts its minimum residential lot size by two-thirds",
   "summary": "Austin's HOME Phase 2 ordinance reduced the city's minimum residential lot size from 5,750 square feet to 1,800, allowing more \u2014 and smaller, more attainable \u2014 homes on land previously restricted to a single house.",
   "date": "2024-05-16",
   "type": "local-ordinance",
   "level": "local",
   "state": "Texas",
   "issues": [
    "housing"
   ],
   "featured": false,
   "sources": [
    {
     "label": "Texas Tribune \u2014 Austin enacts sweeping reforms to cut down housing costs",
     "url": "https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/17/austin-lot-size-housing-affordability/"
    },
    {
     "label": "Community Impact \u2014 Austin cuts minimum residential lot size by more than two-thirds under HOME Phase 2",
     "url": "https://communityimpact.com/austin/south-central-austin/government/2024/05/17/austin-cuts-minimum-residential-lot-size-by-more-than-two-thirds-under-home-phase-2/"
    },
    {
     "label": "City of Austin \u2014 HOME Phase 2 adopted ordinance",
     "url": "https://speakupaustin.org/r6817"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "kansas-civil-forfeiture-reform",
   "title": "Kansas overhauls civil asset forfeiture with a unanimous bipartisan vote",
   "summary": "Kansas SB 458 raises the burden of proof for civil asset forfeiture, requires judicial review to establish probable cause, makes the government pay attorney fees when an owner successfully challenges a seizure, and closes the federal equitable-sharing loophole.",
   "date": "2024-04-24",
   "type": "legislation-passed",
   "level": "state",
   "state": "Kansas",
   "issues": [
    "criminal-justice"
   ],
   "featured": false,
   "sources": [
    {
     "label": "Kansas Reflector \u2014 Gov. Laura Kelly signs civil asset forfeiture reform unanimously passed by Legislature",
     "url": "https://kansasreflector.com/2024/04/24/gov-laura-kelly-signs-civil-asset-forfeiture-reform-unanimously-passed-by-legislature/"
    },
    {
     "label": "Reason \u2014 The Kansas Legislature unanimously passed a civil asset forfeiture reform bill",
     "url": "https://reason.com/2024/04/17/the-kansas-legislature-unanimously-passed-a-civil-asset-forfeiture-reform-bill/"
    },
    {
     "label": "Americans for Prosperity \u2014 How AFP Sparked Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform in Kansas",
     "url": "https://americansforprosperity.org/blog/rewriting-the-rules-how-afp-sparked-civil-asset-forfeiture-reform-in-kansas/"
    }
   ]
  }
 ]
}