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The Democratic governor “shut down six different electricity generation plants. He put an unofficial moratorium on natural gas. He didn’t expand our nuclear capabilities.”

A state of emergency is a precursor to enacting an eviction moratorium for households that have lost income due to the raids, an action supervisors are interested in pursuing.

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But, in response to questions from Salon, Dunlap did say that he would support a moratorium on weapons sales to Israel.

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Planning Commission placed a six-month moratorium on the project pending an environmental impact assessment to be drafted by the property developers.

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The new authorities swiftly loosened Assad-era restrictions, deluging the market with cheaper imports and lifting a moratorium that made dealing with dollars a criminal offense.

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