ordinance
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The ordinance, approved Tuesday and introduced by Mayor John Heilman, allows people to register their multi-partner relationships with the city, giving them rights to hospital visitation and additional tenant protections, among other benefits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Under the ordinance, all healthcare facilities will be required to allow the partners of a patient to visit, as will jails in the city’s jurisdiction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Taylor’s intervention suggests “that Memphis voters don’t know what their best interests are,” said Martavius Jones, who was chair of the Memphis City Council when the city ordinance passed.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
The council voted unanimously on the ordinance, which halts new oil and gas drilling in the city and phases out existing production over the next 20 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
“Would you say your loud music was in violation of this ordinance, Mr. McAllister?”
From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone
She pointed to Durazo’s Senate Bill 716, which increased the amount local governments could fine property owners who violate health and safety ordinances in non-residential structures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026
Camarena's company uses electric tools where they're required to, in cities with ordinances banning petrol tools.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
In 2020 Pennsylvania’s state legislature overrode local ordinances and expanded the definition of “pedestrian” to include robots weighing up to 550 pounds and traveling up to 12 miles an hour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
As the ecology director at the nonprofit Climate Revolution Action Network, the 20-year-old has helped put a stop to multiple data centers across New Jersey and pushed for ordinances to ban their construction altogether.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
Gray challenged the laws themselves, contending that the provisions of Alabama’s laws and Montgomery’s city ordinances requiring racial segregation were unconstitutional.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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