council
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The Times: The council did re-up the funding in January.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
The Times: What do you feel, since you joined the council, has been your biggest accomplishment?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
It has been sitting in his back garden ever since and he does not know when council collections will resume.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
"We are supporting all emergency services involved in the response and their efforts to get people to safety", said the council.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
“Setting up for tonight’s council meeting,” Talis said, and got back to his sewing.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
The London councils Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster and Hammersmith & Fulham are considering joining Wandsworth in using the Sustainable Communities Act to challenge the cuts.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
These ranged from coffee shops, bakeries and laundry services, to lawyers, councils and holiday parks.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Experts say capacity shortfalls during busy times, housing developments and planning regulations are partly to blame, with rules varying across London's 33 councils - creating more challenges for network providers.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
That goal was agreed at Xi's last meeting with Trump in Beijing in May, during which they also agreed to establish trade and investment councils intended to manage friction.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
They chose the men who would represent their clans in the governing councils, and they held the power to recall unsatisfactory representatives.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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