states
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The Arizona Department of Transportation is widely seen as having a more welcoming regulatory environment for autonomous trucking companies than other states.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
In April, the court sharply limited a part of those protections that had forced states to draw voting districts to help elect Black or Latino representatives to Congress, as well as state and local boards.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
It also states that public authorities should "advance equality of opportunity between people who share and people who do not share a relevant protected characteristic".
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
As professor Evan Mandery observes, “Between the Furman decision and 1976, 35 states passed new death penalty statutes.”
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
The Union capital would have been completely surrounded by rebel states, isolated from the rest of the North.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
