as in lawmakers
a member of an organized body of persons having the authority to make laws
the legislators met in an all-night session to hammer out the details of the bill
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And Butler believes legislators still need to have important conversations with people representing different sides of the issue before advancing comprehensive AI legislation.
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Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2024
To improve attendance rates — an ongoing issue since the COVID-19 pandemic — legislators passed a new law this year that could lead to jail time for parents who repeatedly fail to get their elementary children to school.
—Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 3 Oct. 2024
Valley mayors pitched the transportation tax extension to legislators in 2022, who passed it.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
Advertisement When a tech baron like Ballmer wants it, state legislators and Newsom seem more than happy to oblige.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
There were legislators who may or may not have taken some money from Dunn and Wilks, but who followed most of their agenda out of fear of facing a primary challenger.
—Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2024
The governor encouraged legislators to rewrite it for the next session.
—John Kell, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
Some legislators favor pumping water in from Mexico or elsewhere, which will be massively expensive — and take decades.
—Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2024
To improve attendance rates — an ongoing issue since the COVID-19 pandemic — legislators passed a new law this year that could lead to jail time for parents who repeatedly fail to get their elementary children to school.
—Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 3 Oct. 2024
Valley mayors pitched the transportation tax extension to legislators in 2022, who passed it.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
Advertisement When a tech baron like Ballmer wants it, state legislators and Newsom seem more than happy to oblige.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
There were legislators who may or may not have taken some money from Dunn and Wilks, but who followed most of their agenda out of fear of facing a primary challenger.
—Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2024
The governor encouraged legislators to rewrite it for the next session.
—John Kell, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
Some legislators favor pumping water in from Mexico or elsewhere, which will be massively expensive — and take decades.
—Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
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