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Recent Examples of subdivisionsBut the roadway is already the primary street for several subdivisions, including the Brookstone Apartments, which has over 220 units, and the Mallard Grove housing subdivision, which has 114 homes.—Diamond Vences, Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026 The highway department will strategically apply salt to intersections, hills, bridges and curbs in subdivisions, but aim for conserving on other stretches of subdivision roads.—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
The controller uses audits and reports to hold entities and other governmental agencies accountable.
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Times staff,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
The county’s transient occupancy tax revenue goes to the county’s controversial Community Enhancement Program, which lets county supervisors give grants to nonprofits and public agencies for services that promote tourism, economic development, cultural activities and quality of life.
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Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2026
The feds also track the amount of money that state labor departments are able to recover from those overpayments.
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Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
As more people showed up to the protest, a SWAT team arrived in full riot gear, joined by officers from area police departments and the New Jersey State Police.
The former law offices have been in the neighborhood for decades, so the hotel slots right into the aesthetic of the Central Business District.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
But the top-two primary system doesn’t apply in the state for candidates who are launching bids for President, county central committees, or local offices.
The credit bureaus have said that many recent complaints are illegitimate, including a large volume filed by third-party credit repair organizations that charge customers to challenge negative information on their reports.
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Joel Jacobs,
ProPublica,
4 May 2026
Groups such as the National Agricultural Association, the American Farm Bureau Federation and 12 state farm bureaus have backed Monsanto’s petition to the Supreme Court.
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Christiana Freitag,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
From branches above her is released a sudden shower of ash keys, which flutter downwards, whirring in circles, until their wild flight is put to a stop by meeting the water’s surface, where they are apprehended and whisked away downstream.
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Maggie O’Farrell,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
Bush dinners can also be arranged, set up under the branches of a tree, its branches strung with lanterns.