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[stayt] / steɪt /






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County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 5% in August from 5.3% in July, according to the state Employment Development Department.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

It also sets up a scheme by which the Environmental Protection Agency can regulate pollution emitted in one state that harms downwind states.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

In September, Jamaica's government said it would raise a petition on the subject of slavery reparations with the King, the country's head of state.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

In Antigua and Barbuda, a state named after its two main tropical islands, the royals will attend a parade to mark 45 years of independence.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Even though the drumbeats of war were pounding from state to state.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Production workers in Los Angeles have felt a double whammy as other states and countries have offered generous tax subsidies that have pulled productions from L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

It is one of around 40 similar lawsuits brought by cities, states, tribes and other local jurisdictions, modeled on successful litigation against tobacco and opioid producers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The Journal obtained those figures for 14 individual departments in five states and compared them with per-officer payout amounts and program requirements published by DHS.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

It states that people are more likely to experience institutions as legitimate when they believe they have been heard, treated with dignity, and given meaningful information about the process.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

The term conveyed the political fear, so potent among the Antifederalist critics of the constitutional settlement of 1788, that the states would be absorbed by the new federal government.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Cornell has stated that the Cornell University Police Department, rather than the Ithaca Police Department, had jurisdiction to investigate the case.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

They don’t know her history or her life or why she was even at the party, beyond her stated desire to have some fun.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

The stated ambition of the Department of Government Efficiency was huge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The Attorney General's Office stated in a press release that, given Mariaca's "definitive absence," the next most senior public prosecutor, Luis Montano Morales, would replace him on an interim basis.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

One story, headed “Class in Cryptology,” stated that Elizebeth “had conducted a class in solving code messages,” showing “how experts translate into plain language the most complex of code and cipher.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

Borussia Dortmund president – and Bundesliga chairman – Hans-Joachim Watzke added his influential voice, stating: "Champions must go up and we think the compass model with four regional leagues is the best option."

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Remarks from Williams have particular weight because as vice chairman of the Fed’s rate-setting committee, he has usually sought to reflect the views of the committee’s center of gravity rather than stating his own position.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

"I am writing to inform the parties that Justice Alito has determined that he will not continue to participate in this case," the clerk said, without stating a reason.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Catholic Archbishop of Armagh Eamon Martin and Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh John McDowell called for an "urgent" and inclusive initiative to resolve the crisis, stating: "Too much is at stake."

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

I received a letter stating that before the court would grant my requests they would need to know the nature of my defense.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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