district
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She said her team is very familiar with homeless individuals in the district and knows many by name.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Democrat Frederick Haynes III, who is running to replace Rep. Jasmine Crockett in her Dallas district, is the sole potential incoming member who has not filed a financial disclosure.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
Carole Powell, manager for local business improvement district This is Clapham, tells me that while the incident caused concern for businesses and residents, it was also "quite weird".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
La Guaira and the district encompassing the capital Caracas were the hardest hit, accounting for roughly half of all damage, according to the World Bank.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
It wasn’t until Jenna’s family moved into our school district and Jenna started going to our school in the third grade that Jenna and Audrey finally met.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
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Some, like Democrats Johnny Garcia and Katy Padilla Stout, both running in Republican-leaning districts in South Texas, have maximum net worths of under $250,000.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
A total of 29 states are involved in the broader litigation consolidated in the Northern District of California, along with thousands more from school districts and individuals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
According to Klitschko and local authorities, the nighttime strikes sparked fires and damaged buildings across multiple districts in the capital.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
“For far too long, it has been expected that school districts balance their budgets on the backs of students and teachers, when in reality school funding is determined at the state level.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Soon he entered one of the mill districts bordering the river.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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“Plaintiffs’ novel proposal is that we dismantle Georgia’s statewide PSC system and replace it with an entirely new districted system,” the court wrote.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2023
As school districted switched to distance learning in March, the nonprofit Partnership for Connecticut spent $24 million to provide 60,000 laptops to high school students.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 2, 2020
Is choosing a more diverse school worth requesting the transfer, or should we stick with our districted school?
From Slate ● Jan. 19, 2020
Less important but still a concern: Only one of our daughter’s friends from day care will attend the school that we are districted for.
From Slate ● Jan. 19, 2020
They have been divided into judicial districts for the holding of district and circuit courts of the United States, as States of the Union only can be districted.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 6, part 2: Andrew Johnson by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)
In Allen, the post-Callais case concerning Alabama’s effort to undo Black representation, and in an early Texas districting case, Abbott v.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026
The justices further acknowledged the emergence of robust two-party competition and the increasing sophistication of computer-generated districting maps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
“A districting plan must comply with the broader constitutional standard of upholding the right to vote on equal terms and to substantially equal voting power,” Associate Justice Robin Hudson wrote in the prevailing opinion.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 16, 2022
“I see the argument on the other side — a state interest in independent districting commissions. But as I read this, it is about districting in Los Angeles,” Chemerinsky said via email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2022
This done, each State passes a law, districting the State according to the number of members assigned it, and each district elects its own representative for Congress.
From Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada by Murray, Henry A.
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