amendment
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Florida voters took a big step toward cutting their own taxes, passing a constitutional amendment to significantly slash local property-tax bills.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
The amendment also would make smaller changes to how the city governs, including giving more power to independent inspectors to conduct audits of the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Alderney representative Alex Snowdon said the timing of the amendment was "important".
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
There is precedent for this; after the 18th Amendment, which banned the sale of alcohol, was ratified, it took another amendment, the 21st, to overturn Prohibition.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
“Land Developer Wilfrido Pipo of Pipo Place submitted an additional amendment concerning the property on 426 East Main Street and the adjacent half acre of city-owned property....”
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
Ministers first published the proposed policy in September and this week politicians debated a number of amendments proposed by backbenchers.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
Jefferson originally contemplated seeking amendments, Mr. Mikaberidze writes, but decided the purchase was allowable under the executive’s treaty-making power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
He argued for the need to construe these amendments in the light of humanity, “in the light of progress and civilization” that we want to see.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
Advocates are also ready to seek amendments if need be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Constitutional amendments guaranteeing African Americans “equal protection of the laws” and the right to vote proved as impotent as the Emancipation Proclamation once a white backlash against Reconstruction gained steam.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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