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In the short term, more data-center bans like New York’s—or like the one Maine only failed to enact due to a gubernatorial veto—might push developers to places seen as less politically risky.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Australia will enact laws to regulate how artificial intelligence data centres use power and water, and to protect creative copyright, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

With court challenges, such a process can take years to enact.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

Ultimately, pro-democracy Americans will need to learn and enact what can be described as political grit — an antidote to despair that combines practical, spiritual and emotional approaches to political action.

From Salon ● May 28, 2026

In March, the German parliament endorsed the Enabling Act, granting Hitler unprecedented power to enact laws without parliamentary involvement.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The greater risk is that Washington, preparing for the wrong labor-market shock, enacts policies that make it more difficult to adapt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

The true danger lies not only in what the state enacts, but in what the public comes to accept as normal, even necessary.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025

UC will adjust its plan depending on what the state ultimately enacts in June.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2024

The Taoiseach said he had waited until now because he wanted the Finance Bill, which enacts the Budget changes and contains new tax provisions, to be passed.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2024

In a separate act, the Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance, which outlaws slavery in the territories north of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi Rivers.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

In 2025 it enacted SB15, which provided for lot size flexibility in new residential subdivisions by overriding some minimum local lot-size requirements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Three years after it was enacted, 96% of people over 65 had hospital insurance.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

While dozens of US cities and counties have enacted local restrictions on data centers, New York's is the first statewide pause.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

The ruling essentially upholds similar bans enacted in 25 other states.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

State legislatures enacted harsh new punishments for crimes, naming statutes after particular victims.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Shortly after, the state parliament pushed back, enacting a law that allowed such shops to operate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

“At the same time, we are encouraged that Congress can prevent similarly situated taxpayers from facing the same unfair result by enacting the Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

They do so by enacting new constitutional text via Article 5.

From Slate ● May 26, 2026

The trade deal was struck by von der Leyen and Trump in July last year, but progress on enacting it stumbled on Wednesday after talks between EU lawmakers and governments ended without an agreement.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

After riding Sunshine, a group of us played at Civil War games, enacting the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, skirmishing with wooden swords and firing log cannons.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly