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a group of people with the power to make or change laws
Our legislature passed a law requiring people to wear safety belts. Each state has its own legislature. state legislatures
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Alongside unions and fellow production advocates, their group championed a major expansion to California’s film and television tax credit program that passed the state legislature on July 3.
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Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
Shortly afterward, the state legislature passed a law to increase the tax credit to as much as 35% of qualified expenditures for movies and TV series shot in the Greater Los Angeles area — and up to 40% for productions shot outside the region.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
That legislature unanimously voted Monday to schedule a special election in August to let voters decide whether to recall county executive Frank White after the certification of nearly 43,000 signatures seeking the measure.
—Sam McDowell 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2025
Now, Tennessee Democrats are pushing for details, citing the need for the information as the state legislature moves toward voting on next year's state budget.
—Amber Roberson, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
Shortly afterward, the state legislature passed a law to increase the tax credit to as much as 35% of qualified expenditures for movies and TV series shot in the Greater Los Angeles area — and up to 40% for productions shot outside the region.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
That legislature unanimously voted Monday to schedule a special election in August to let voters decide whether to recall county executive Frank White after the certification of nearly 43,000 signatures seeking the measure.
—Sam McDowell 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2025
Now, Tennessee Democrats are pushing for details, citing the need for the information as the state legislature moves toward voting on next year's state budget.
—Amber Roberson, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legislature
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Latest Indiana legislative updates This story may be updated with additional reporting.—
Joe Mutascio,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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With the session ended, here are the legislative asks Greenberg did — and didn't — get from the General Assembly.—
Eleanor McCrary,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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During the debate on her leadership, von der Leyen defended her record in parliament, rejecting criticism of her management of the pandemic and asserting that her approach ensured equal vaccine access across the EU.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
10 July 2025
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Our declaration of revolt against kings and intrusive parliaments was possible because of the theoretical framework provided by Enlightenment thinkers such as John Locke, Thomas Hobbes and others.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
4 July 2025
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The cat spooks, darting under a pile of debris that was once a house.—
Kat Lonsdorf,
NPR,
12 July 2025
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Meanwhile, videos circulating on social media show a house being swept up in the surge in Ruidoso as rushing waters tore through previously burn-scarred terrain from wildfires.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
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The governing Camogie Association has called a special congress on May 22 to discuss the issue, but last year the same body rejected two proposals that would have authorized shorts.—
Ken Maguire,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2025
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Full Story Von der Leyen rips Trump’s ‘unpredictable tariff policy’ President Trump’s tariffs will rattle countries across the world, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday at the European People’s Party annual congress in Valencia.—
Sylvan Lane,
The Hill,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Legislature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legislature. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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