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of or relating to the government of a city or town
municipal government a municipal election
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Recent Examples of municipal
In the Kansas City area, no municipal or county agency has entered a 287(g) partnership.
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
Crashes and injuries involving municipal vehicles have dropped more than 20% since the launch of Vision Zero in 2017, officials said.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
The city of Commerce has already taken action to place a quarter-cent sales tax on the June 2026 ballot, in an effort to mitigate the serious shortfall in municipal funds that would result from the regulations, according to Kirkland.
—Pat Maio, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
Cláudia Serra-Sala, an economist at the University of Girona, collected budget data from 1994 to 2022 to see how Spanish wind farms change municipal finances and found, on average, a 45 percent increase in revenue per capita.
—Meera Subramanian, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
Crashes and injuries involving municipal vehicles have dropped more than 20% since the launch of Vision Zero in 2017, officials said.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
The city of Commerce has already taken action to place a quarter-cent sales tax on the June 2026 ballot, in an effort to mitigate the serious shortfall in municipal funds that would result from the regulations, according to Kirkland.
—Pat Maio, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
Cláudia Serra-Sala, an economist at the University of Girona, collected budget data from 1994 to 2022 to see how Spanish wind farms change municipal finances and found, on average, a 45 percent increase in revenue per capita.
—Meera Subramanian, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for municipal
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Multiple federal agencies would also seek to eliminate environmental and energy efficiency regulations that could increase costs and restrict home construction.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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In 2021, six Black farmworkers in Sunflower County, an hour northeast of the Nelson-King Farms, filed a federal lawsuit that seemed to confirm the worst suspicions about the South Africans’ presence.—
Boyce Upholt,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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Its legal team includes the former solicitor general of California, who has argued multiple cases before the Supreme Court, as well as the top national-security lawyer in Biden’s White House—who, incidentally, has a doctorate in war studies.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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Coalitions of national and local news organizations, including The Associated Press, have been fighting to preserve media access in the case.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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Demonstrations also took place across Spain on Saturday, where rallies were organized in dozens of cities by a coalition of civic groups calling for an end to the conflict in the Middle East.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Mar. 2026
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When the cops uncovered a trove of love letters from Sigel to Ling, racist white civic leaders and journalists whipped up a storm of anti-Chinese feeling.—
Charlotte Brooks,
Big Think,
13 Mar. 2026
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While a hearing officer found her removal legally justified, Corpus’ civil grand jury removal case, which requires the higher bar of clear and convincing evidence, remains unresolved.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
15 Mar. 2026
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And in 2024, after McGregor was found liable in a civil rape case, Proximo stopped using his name or likeness to promote the whiskey.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
15 Mar. 2026
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The Houthis are also facing significant domestic challenges.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2026
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The collaboration helped the company climb to third place in China's new energy vehicle rankings by domestic sales last year, ahead of Tesla.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2026
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At stake is the group’s editorial independence — and whether its journalists will continue to report freely without fear of state pressure — as well as public trust in one of East Africa’s most influential media institutions.—
Vivianne Wandera,
semafor.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Thursday’s release marks the first public disclosure and documented confirmation of a Federal Bureau of Investigation probe that has roiled Kansas City politics over the last month.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2026
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But in 2017, an internal audit found that 1 in 5 high school students and 1 in 4 elementary school students said they had been bullied in the last school year.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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The network aggressively defended itself against the defamation lawsuit in New York -- arguing that the company was facing imminent collapse over its own internal misconduct, not because of any negative coverage.—
JOSHUA GOODMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
11 Mar. 2026
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MUDs are essentially governmental entities that developers can use to finance infrastructure through the issuance of bonds which are repaid by tax revenue and fees collected from homeowners.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Mar. 2026
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The statute also assigns responsibility for payment of certain commissions to specific governmental entities.—
Abbey Ajayi,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Municipal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/municipal. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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