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Despite the opposition, the planning commission voted unanimously to advance the project.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
By David Baerwald Spiegel & Grau: 624 pages, $32 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
A new legislative proposal would create a bipartisan commission to strengthen the finances of Social Security and Medicare at a time when the programs are under pressure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
At that same meeting, county commissioners reviewed a recommendation by the development commission, a citizen advisory group, to pause data center projects while they studied their impacts and their accompanying power plants.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
The other two men on the diplomatic commission were Deane and Arthur Lee, who, as a lawyer in London, had spied, at great risk, for the Patriots.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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