public interest

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Roy said she would run the city attorney’s office as L.A.’s “largest public interest law firm,” focusing on tenants’ rights, wage theft and other issues affecting working-class Angelenos.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

In the letter, the lawmakers said that prediction markets tied to sports and other areas were against the public interest and offered little economic value.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Lawmakers, legal authorities and public interest groups have increasingly been raising concerns about the personal and societal risks posed by AI, one of the fastest-growing consumer technologies in history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

The profiles of the two suspects have fuelled public interest in the case.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

Even more palpably, the fullest expression of his best energies always occurred when the long-term public interest, as he understood it, clashed with the political imperatives of the moment.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis