petition

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Last week, the California Coastkeeper Alliance filed a petition asking the State Water Resources Control Board to throw out the facility’s water discharge permit.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

At Tyumen University in Siberia, some 2,000 students signed a petition against a move to make the school’s Wi-Fi accessible only through Max.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Fernandez’s boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre, was sentenced to death in 2018, and his automatic appeal petition is currently pending in California Supreme Court.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Last year, Essiedu was one of more than 400 actors to sign a petition calling for the UK entertainment industry to protect the trans community.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

After the convention, the leadership presented this declaration, plus a petition with eight thousand signatures supporting women’s suffrage, to the Ohio lawmakers revising the state’s constitution.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling