district
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On a recent Sunday in Tuskegee, parishioners gathered outside Butler Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, grappling with the Supreme Court ruling and their future in the district.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The warnings have sent shockwaves through the district and angered employee unions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Under the proposal, two new unitary authorities will be created, with an expanded City of Lincoln Council and a Lincolnshire authority replacing seven existing district councils and the county council.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
There is no better illustration of Shanghai’s paradoxical place in modern Chinese history than a museum in the city’s Xintiandi district.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
But Washington's district attorney, George Corkhill, wasn't ready to take the case before the grand jury.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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Step outside the museum, however, and everything is Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Lululemon; the museum sits in the middle of one of Shanghai’s most expensive shopping districts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
In several districts across the country, organizations reported they were relying less on the federal government amid changes to rules and funding levels.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Grottland clarified the NTS was not an academy nor a centralised school, such as the famed Clairefontaine in France, but "a national development structure connecting grassroots clubs, districts, top clubs and the federation".
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
At the end of the year, L.A.’s 15-member City Council will have two Black representatives, down from three, all in South L.A.-based districts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
“And as the Mockingjay, your primary goal of unifying the districts against the Capitol has been achieved. Don’t worry—if it goes well, we’ll fly you in for the surrender.”
From "Mockingjay" 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
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
Is choosing a more diverse school worth requesting the transfer, or should we stick with our districted school?
From Slate ● Jan. 19, 2020
They have been divided into judicial districts for the holding of district and circuit courts of the United States, as States of the Union only can be districted.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 6, part 2: Andrew Johnson by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)
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
“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
The districting committee will host four virtual town hall meetings to collect public input on the proposed maps before voting on a final draft.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2021
"Better say a Gerrymander," returned the editor, alluding to Elbridge Gerry, the Republican governor who had signed the districting act.
From A School History of the United States by McMaster, John Bach
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