controversial issue

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Addressing the controversial issue of data-center power needs and their impact on residential bills, PG&E said each gigawatt of data-center demand could save the average customer 1% on their monthly bill, under certain conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Then Julie Spilsbury was elected to the Mesa City Council and a few months later, her first controversial issue reached the agenda: an ordinance prohibiting discrimination in public accommodations, employment and housing.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2024

Called a “retreat,” the closed-door meeting traditionally takes up any controversial issue any leader would like to raise.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2023

They'd both been divorced already, which was seen as far a more scandalous and controversial issue than it is now.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2021

This proposition is undisputed so far as questions of law are concerned, but the extent to which the courts should and will go in reviewing determinations of fact has been a highly controversial issue.

From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Corwin, Edward Samuel