commissioner
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The parliamentary commissioner for standards has been investigating whether Tice broke rules requiring MPs to be "open and frank in declaring any relevant interest" during debates in Parliament.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners should direct you to the insurance commissioner in your state.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 12, 2026
Police commissioner Jessica Tisch said an anti-drone team would be deployed as a precaution, but stressed there was no intelligence of a specific threat to the gathering.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
About 15 years after it ended, a former Texas labor commissioner and ranking Labor Department official overseeing the program went public.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Then he organized a committee of black leaders to meet downtown with the police commissioner.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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If the city ultimately decides a physical barrier is necessary, commissioners suggested a lower and more temporary fence, pointing to the chain-link fencing installed around Echo Park in 2021 and removed two years later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
It is also unclear whether the final fence will be approximately 8 feet tall throughout the park or reach as high as 11 feet in some areas, as commissioners were told in July.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland said the ruling made "the position of the current commissioners untenable".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Part of the challenge related to a WhatsApp chat group where commissioners were allegedly urged to reflect on any opinions about Drumcree expressed by an online commentator who used the pseudonym 'Choyaa'.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The two commissioners and the mayordomo shrugged, remaining self-consciously silent.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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