legislator
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I come to this debate as both a former Big Ten football player and a state legislator who wrote one of the country’s early NIL laws.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The final vote came on Monday on a consent calendar, the place for matters considered so routine that no legislator even wishes to discuss them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Douglass may not have held a role as a judge, legislator, or even enfranchised citizen, yet he nonetheless played a pivotal role in shaping the nation’s understanding of equal citizenship in the Civil War era.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
He is also set to meet Chinese Premier Li Qiang and top legislator Zhao Leji.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
Stephen Clark, the legislator who brought the bill to ban texting to the Utah House, eventually was honored by being named an LDS mission president in Missouri.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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So you had legislators in Texas that talked about that ruling and said, “We can’t have an electrocution in someone’s living room.”
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
Martinez told legislators at a hearing this year how his wife had found a lump in her breast and asked for an appointment with her longtime caregiver at Kaiser to examine it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Mythos also showed the ability to independently escape what is known as the sandbox environment, setting off a debate among regulators, legislators and businesses about AI's potential dangers.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
It’s up to legislators to solve problems in a way that serves society’s interests, including protecting both our children and American innovation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
“When you are grown up, and able to prepare a speech, you must go down to Albany and talk to the legislators; tell them all you have seen in this office,” her father said.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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