commissioners

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Karen Lester, the daughter of an Aboriginal man who went blind due to British nuclear tests in South Australia in the 1950s, will also be one of the inquiry's commissioners.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

In fairness to the county commissioners, there wasn’t much they could have done.

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2026

The commissioners recommend a quota of between 140 million and 154 million square feet for the first year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

A five-member board is expected to decide who receives compensation and how much they are paid, but the Justice Department has not announced the commissioners or detailed the criteria they would use.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Twenty years earlier, at the request of Chicago’s South Park commissioners, Olmsted had studied both Jackson Park and, to its west, Washington Park, and the broad boulevard that connected them, called Midway.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson