commission

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A lack of quorum in some weeks was a factor in the commission canceling roughly a third of its meetings last year.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 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

In one of its most important roles, the commission retreats behind closed doors every week to decide whether police shootings and other serious uses of force were appropriate.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

The bill would create an independent, bipartisan commission of experts tasked with identifying solutions to ensure the long-term financial stability of both Medicare and Social Security and providing recommendations to Congress for action.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

“How is it that a commission can be awarded without seeing the work?”

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park