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Recent Examples of commissioners
For months, a handful of county commissioners – most notably Chairman Anthony Rodriguez and fellow commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgens – blocked the center from coming up for a vote.
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Jim Defede,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
County staff briefings with commissioners, as well as commissioner discussions at the dais, could result in some property tax funds getting yanked from the deal’s final framework.
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Nicolas Villamil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 May 2026
At the local level, Travis County will have two Democratic primaries for commissioners, Williamson County will have one Republican commissioner primary and Bastrop County will have one Republican and one Democratic county judge primary.
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Statesman Staff,
Austin American Statesman,
2 Mar. 2026
Jim Defede,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
County staff briefings with commissioners, as well as commissioner discussions at the dais, could result in some property tax funds getting yanked from the deal’s final framework.
—
Nicolas Villamil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 May 2026
At the local level, Travis County will have two Democratic primaries for commissioners, Williamson County will have one Republican commissioner primary and Bastrop County will have one Republican and one Democratic county judge primary.
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Statesman Staff,
Austin American Statesman,
2 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commissioners
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For this story, a Yolo County spokesperson agreed to an interview with CBS News Sacramento on the grand jury's findings and the board of supervisors' response.
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Whyte closed by encouraging aspiring supervisors to trust their instincts, seek out student productions for hands-on experience, and invest in building professional relationships.
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One expert noted that turning satellite data into information useful to firefighters and forestry managers will take some time.
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Starters were voted in by fans, while pitchers and reserve players were selected through a player ballot, a group of voters consisting of players, managers, coaches and league personnel.
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In that same study of HR directors and executives, two-thirds of managers were reported to regularly avoid or delay giving critical feedback, which is the slow-motion version of the problem Gen Z is trying to head off.
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While a board of trustees or directors may continue to manage operations, sole members typically can appoint or remove board members of the subsidiary entity and shape policies.
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If fee-paying students were becoming increasingly integral to the financial solvency of universities, what were administrators to do but treat them as customers to flatter and court, rather than as minds to mold?
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For leaders who work with executive assistants or administrators, alignment is incredibly important.
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School district management groups, such as the one representing county superintendents, were more supportive of the changes.
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Better Decisions, Earlier What constrains superintendents is how much time every day gets consumed by documentation and piecing together what happened, rather than applying that judgment to what comes next.
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According to a 2026 PwC analysis, 45 percent of deal executives are now deploying AI in their M&A processes, double the rate of the prior year.
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SpaceX’s compensation philosophy historically favored equity over cash salaries, so this windfall extends well beyond executives and engineers to include nontechnical staff, entry-level workers and even cafeteria employees.
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Pressure is building for standard definitions of stress, resilience and recovery speed, along with more clinical partnerships as regulators pay closer attention.
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But top bankers and regulators also recognize that Europe is lagging in AI investment and the development of frontier companies driving breakthroughs.
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Giving the president more direct control over who serves on those bodies has long been a goal of conservatives, who have objected to unelected bureaucrats wielding too much power with little accountability.
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The Bay Area was handed, unquestionably, the worst slate of group-stage games FIFA’s bureaucrats could manifest — five equivalents of a Tuesday night MACtion football game in a November blizzard.
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“Commissioners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commissioners. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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