commissioner
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Shana M. Broussard, the commissioner and acting chair of the Federal Election Commission, explains in Slate just how much money is being let into America’s federal elections.
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026
The commissioner regulates the state’s insurance industry and has the authority to approve or reject rate increases and investigate fraud.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
The EU's food and agriculture commissioner, Christophe Hansen, said the bloc was taking the incidents very seriously and warned of further disruption in the future.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
The EU food and agriculture commissioner, Christophe Hansen, said on Monday the bloc was taking the incidents "very seriously".
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
At a lectern between them stood the commissioner of education of the state of New York.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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Soon, Hinojosa will be able to appoint commissioners who can act as more of a check on corporate power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
He and other commissioners said the structure fulfils a 100-year plan to build a monumental work on Columbia Island, just as Congress and various commissions intended.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Each discussion item drew questions from the commissioners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Utility commissioners: Most interesting is Georgia, a data-center hot spot where two seats are up on the state’s utility regulator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Twenty years earlier, at the request of Chicago’s South Park commissioners, Olmsted had studied both Jackson Park and, to its west, Washington Park, and the broad boulevard that connected them, called Midway.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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