Polkadot News
With the passing of Referendum 121 and the upgrade of the relay chain to runtime v9420, Polkadot OpenGov is now running on Polkadot. Web3 and Polkadot - Polkadot Wiki
The Polkadot Delegation Dashboard is now available to easily delegate your votes. https://delegation.polkadot.network/
Among the first referenda is the upgrade the Bridge Hub to runtime v9420 on the Whitelisted track. Polkassembly - Referendum #3
There are seven other Referenda already up for vote by all DOT holders. Polkadot/Substrate Portal
The Gov1 pallet remains active for now, with a few remaining democracy referenda, but it is not encouraged to use it. It is likely to be phased out in a future runtime upgrade.
For details on the testing and roadmap for the Polkadot-Kusama bridge, see this Polkadot Forum post. Polkadot <> Kusama Bridge
Kusama News
With ~ 36 hours left, Kintsugi is in the lead in the current parachain lease auction, although three other teams have been in the lead during the Ending Period. https://parachains.info/auctions/kusama
There is a Referendum on the Whitelisted track to upgrade the Kusama relay chain to runtime v9430. https://kusama.subsquare.io/fellowship/referendum/41
Note that all Referenda on the Whitelisted track also require the sign-off of the Polkadot Technical Fellowship. Web3 and Polkadot - Polkadot Wiki
The staking rate on Kusama continues to slowly increase and is now at 53.42%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard