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"My family members were swept away by the flood in front of my eyes," Kalpana Malla from Nepal's Nuwakot district told the BBC.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Department of Justice, eight attorneys general and 12 district attorney’s offices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the lower court’s injunction and returned the case to district court with instructions on how to reconsider it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
South Korea officials confirmed eight hydropower workers were out of contact in the Rasuwa district following the floods.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
She waltzed away, her chunky necklace clanking as she waved up at the district superintendent, who sort of half waved back.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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As rescue teams scoured for survivors in the flood-ravaged districts, families moved between hospitals and police helpdesks, desperately hoping for word on those missing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
The company is also staring down lawsuits from people and school districts that predated the settlement and are set to go to trial soon, the Times reports.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
They are paying particular attention to districts with competitive congressional races and where past problems have arisen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
SAT and AP tests now offer free digital graphing options for students, but it’s harder than it seems for school districts to look beyond Texas Instruments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
“What do you think they’ll do, Haymitch? To the districts that are rebelling?”
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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“Plaintiffs’ novel proposal is that we dismantle Georgia’s statewide PSC system and replace it with an entirely new districted system,” the court wrote.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2023
As school districted switched to distance learning in March, the nonprofit Partnership for Connecticut spent $24 million to provide 60,000 laptops to high school students.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 2, 2020
Is choosing a more diverse school worth requesting the transfer, or should we stick with our districted school?
From Slate ● Jan. 19, 2020
Less important but still a concern: Only one of our daughter’s friends from day care will attend the school that we are districted for.
From Slate ● Jan. 19, 2020
After having finished this, he caused the Territory to be districted, and ordered the election of a delegate to Congress.
From The Middle Period 1817-1858 by John William Burgess
The justices further acknowledged the emergence of robust two-party competition and the increasing sophistication of computer-generated districting maps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
In 1986, the court articulated a test for determining when election districting is racially discriminatory.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2023
“A districting plan must comply with the broader constitutional standard of upholding the right to vote on equal terms and to substantially equal voting power,” Associate Justice Robin Hudson wrote in the prevailing opinion.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 16, 2022
“I see the argument on the other side — a state interest in independent districting commissions. But as I read this, it is about districting in Los Angeles,” Chemerinsky said via email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2022
This done, each State passes a law, districting the State according to the number of members assigned it, and each district elects its own representative for Congress.
From Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada by Henry A. Murray
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