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

Normally, there would be five commissioners at the FCC, but right now, there are only three.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

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

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2026

An EU official also told AFP commissioners would discuss whether new kinds of measures were needed to address the imbalance.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

To undermine their effort, one of the district commissioners ordered the warden to install two gas stoves near the women’s cells and to hire six women to cook ham and bacon twenty-four hours a day.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling