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San Luis
The lower house approved the province's adaptation to Law 27,801 by 27 votes to 10 and sent the bill to the Senate. The measure combines new judicial powers, alternative sanctions, specialized institutions and identity protection; the opposition demands details on infrastructure, training and funding.
Santa Fe
The provincial government wants eleven bills delayed since May approved before year-end and blames Socialist objections. Searches, evidence, trials in absentia and high-profile prisoners dominate negotiations in which the executive accepts drafting changes but not alterations to the core reforms.
Tucumán
The governor rejected the opposition lawsuit against Article 90 of the constitution and said he will call the senator who chaired the 2006 convention as a witness. Jaldo claims a right to one reelection; opponents seek to block his candidacy as the Peronist split moves into court.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
The militant teachers' union will take a strike and march proposal to its October 28 assembly. It links the detention of subway delegates with the 5% wage settlement, education reforms, the health-sector conflict and the 2027 city budget.
Formosa
The Radical lawmaker criticized the Legislature for not debating her proposal to revise a code enacted during the dictatorship and challenged its use against journalists. She also predicted a ruling against unlimited re-election, although the Supreme Court has not decided and the province has until November 26 to respond.
San Juan
The Abogacía por la Libertad candidate seeking to represent lawyers on the Council of the Magistracy visited San Juan ahead of the 20 October election. He proposed a common evaluation matrix, explicit interview scores and greater openness of the judicial system to outside professionals.
Santa Fe
National senator Carolina Losada is considering both re-election and heading a list for Santa Fe's Chamber of Deputies. Her closer alignment with Maximiliano Pullaro's provincial project comes as an electoral reform changes the distribution of the chamber's 50 seats and reshapes internal competition.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
The Buenos Aires City Legislature began discussing changes to Law 2,451. La Libertad Avanza is seeking a rapid process, while Peronism demands the full involvement of the Children's Committee and stresses prevention, state care and procedural safeguards.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
The city administration presented tax changes for 2027, confirmed MotoGP's return to the Gálvez circuit and deployed a security operation in fifteen neighborhoods. The measures remain at different stages: some require legislative approval, others construction work, and others have already been implemented.
San Juan
Judges, lawyers and officials are debating whether council members should publish each vote and its reasons when selecting judicial shortlists. Proposals also include streamed interviews, public scores and additional assessments. Minister Laura Palma defends the collegiate process and notes that the final choice belongs to the legislature.
Buenos Aires
The cabinet chief is at the center of talks to assemble a coalition between libertarians and the PRO, with an invitation to the UCR still open. No candidacy has been formalized, and the outcome depends on electoral rules, a provincial agreement and implementation across 135 municipalities.
National
The former cabinet chief's defense answered twenty points raised by prosecutor Gerardo Pollicita in an alleged illicit-enrichment case. It attributed more than US$500,000 in cash to earlier bitcoin transactions and addressed accounting differences, a house purchase and subsequent renovations.
San Juan
The governor reaffirmed his intention to eliminate the party-list aggregation system and adopt a single paper ballot. The province is watching the national primary debate before deciding whether to align calendars; the vice governor expects rules by October or November.
Formosa
The lawmaker said the opposition wants courts to exclude the governor and noted that he has not announced another candidacy. The Supreme Court only accepted jurisdiction and gave Formosa 60 days to respond; it has not ruled on the challenged clause.
Chubut
The governor attacked what he described as ideologized leniency and called for victims to take priority. He cited disputes over prison phones and detention conditions, but presented no concrete reform or institutional mechanism for changing the judiciary.
San Luis
Faculty and students from UNSL and the Catholic University of Cuyo took part in the seventh joint committee meeting. The project proposes term limits, a runoff, judicial changes, digital rights, constitutional protection of water and new federal rules.
