penalties
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Police and Fire Departments would have more power to conduct audits, and it would increase the penalties for campaign finance violations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
A study commissioned by the California Primary Care Assn. found that clinics could face up to $1.7 billion in collective penalties in the first year of the measure’s implementation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Try to fill the gap by withholding more from a paycheck or taxable IRA payout because these moves can wipe out or reduce penalties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
South Korea will file criminal complaints against students caught cheating on a national university entrance exam with smart glasses and toughen penalties for their use, a government official told AFP Friday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
His lawyers argued that the law is arbitrary and irrational, because it imposes such vastly different penalties on two forms of the same substance.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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