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
The panel worked with Le Hegarat on an amendment to address that, external.
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
The suffragists started their state ratification campaigns by reaching out to governors and urging them to consider the amendment.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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
Byers said at Tuesday’s City Council meeting that she would pursue amendments to the ordinance to clarify that, beyond partnerships of three or more, multiple twosomes can also be registered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 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
Polanski had previously said he would not have voted for the motion without amendments.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
The Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution, is ratified, or approved, by the states in December.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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