Polkadot News
Referendum 1339, proposing to set the code for the Parallel parachain, is passing with 99.3% in favor. Critical Runtime Upgrade to Prevent Further Exploitation | Polkassembly
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Kusama News
Referendum 484, proposing to increase the number of parachain validators from 500 to 600, is now up for vote. [Whitelisted Caller] Increase max_validators to 600 | Polkassembly
Note that Ref 484 does not increase the number of validators in the active set (which stays at 1000), but the number of validators used for parachain validation.