governor

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Recent Examples of governor Cleveland rose from mayor of Buffalo to governor of New York to the White House in a few years. Jacob Lane The Chicago Tribune, Arkansas Online, 17 Mar. 2026 His office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday, though a spokesman for the governor previously signaled support for the bill. Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2026 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and a host of Democratic officials and donors urged Mills to challenge Collins, even though the governor would be 79 at the start of her Senate term. Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026 Kansas’ affordable housing tax credit program is expected to sunset in 2028 following legislation passed and signed by the governor last year. Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 16 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for governor
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Noun
  • The House later approved House Bill 1182 on Wednesday, allowing parents of autistic children and children with other disabilities to share tracking device data with their child’s school so administrators can help locate a child in the event of elopement.
    Danielle J. Brown, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Payments frozen, licenses revoked CMS recently froze payments to 10 tenants inside the building and has demanded records before those payments will resume, according to a hospice administrator who received one of the letters.
    Jason Henry, Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Despite this high-minded rhetoric, Talarico has benefited from reams of cash from corporate lobbyists, billionaires, and business executives who have flooded Texas on his behalf.
    Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Those disparate visions were on full display during a Tuesday oversight hearing in which agency leaders, company executives and advisory board members answered lawmakers’ questions about how California managed to spend $450 million on a regional 911 system, only to scrap the design.
    William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • However, Israeli officials say the suspect, identified as Ayman Muhammed Ghazali, is the brother of a Hezbollah commander killed earlier this month in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon.
    Amalia Roy, FOXNews.com, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Mikkelsen will take the role of mission commander and Philips the role of pilot.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Southern Israel's main hospital received at least 175 wounded from Arad and Dimona, deputy director Roy Kessous told The Associated Press.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The stakes of the upcoming Supreme Court case are enormous, said Jason Mazzone, professor of law at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and director of the Illinois Program in Constitutional Theory, History, and Law.
    Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Social Security is financed by a payroll tax paid for by employers and employees.
    Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Depending on the size of the company, 16% to 43% of employers surveyed last year opted to cover them, according to an analysis by the Peterson Center on Healthcare and health policy organization KFF.
    CHRISTOPHER ROWLAND THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 21 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • He was sworn in by President El-Sisi himself in 2023 as prosecutor-general.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The panel was moderated by Asian Film Alliance Network secretary general Lorna Tee.
    Marcus Lim, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Ahead of a meeting in Brussels, the European Union's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the bloc's foreign ministers would discuss possibly extending a naval mission that protects ships in the Red Sea to the Strait of Hormuz, without giving any details.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Linscheid will be the 57th police chief in the city’s 169 year history.
    Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Although some information about board of managers applicants has been released, details on superintendent candidates have mostly remained under wraps.
    Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Some parents want administrators to be held accountable as well, calling for some administrators — including the district superintendent, the school's former principal, the school's current principal, and a Board of Eduation member — to be fired as well.
    Vince Floress, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026

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