legislature
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Like Rauch he will need the backing of 42 MPs in the 83-seat legislature.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
The group tried to push the state legislature to adopt bills aimed at stopping steep rent increases and protecting tenants’ rights to organize.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
In the legislature, she said, Hinojosa was among the Democrats who “would listen to the moms and the parents.”
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
Had asbestos manufacturers announced in 1950 that their product might kill hundreds of thousands, no legislature would have said their owners should have limited liability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
He ran for the Nevada legislature and failed again.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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On social media and in state legislatures, they are plugging portable anti-choking devices, designed to suction stuck food or other objects from a person’s airway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
In response, tech executives are clearly realizing that city councils and state legislatures can do a lot to constrain them.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Local council elections, local and combined-authority mayoral elections, devolved legislatures, European Parliament elections and London Assembly elections were excluded.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
We made ourselves seen and heard, mounting a sustained, affirmative campaign in the states, in the legislatures, and in the courts of law alongside, most crucially, the court of public opinion.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
Just as Southern legislatures had passed the black codes in response to the early steps of Reconstruction, in the years immediately following Brown v.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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