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a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature
a local ordinance forbids all street parking during snowstorms
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Recent Examples of ordinance
In 2017, the Denver City Council passed an ordinance with similar limitations, including barring city employees from collecting information on people’s immigration status.
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Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 8 May 2025
Or, in states that have established fetal personhood, officials might pass ordinances that could ensnare pregnant people in human trafficking charges.
—Odette Yousef, NPR, 8 May 2025
Carter and the city council have called for giving the council the power to create various fine schedules for ordinance infractions, as other cities in the metro already do to varying degrees.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 6 May 2025
Tuesday’s press conference took place just hours after Miami-Dade commissioners voted to override Mayor Daniela Levine-Cava’s veto on a county ordinance banning fluoride in drinking water approved by commissioners last month.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2025
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Another point of contention at the convention came from Utah Senate Bill 54, a law that has grown controversial to members of the Utah GOP.—
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But now, current and former officials say, there's a sense that the division is weaponizing the country's civil rights laws against populations it's supposed to be protecting.—
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Balancing family and business is often framed as an impossible juggling act—one where something always has to give.—
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Brought in as a response to 66 fans losing their lives in a crush at Ibrox four years earlier, the act (known as the Green Guide) introduced a compulsory licensing system for grounds in the top two divisions.—
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Last year legislators passed SB 292 which bans the manufacturing, selling or distributing of products containing PFAs beginning on Jan. 1, 2028, according to the bill’s analysis.—
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Carney cited Mooresville’s annual increase in the number of utility bills, from 181,138 in fiscal 2024 to 186,403 in fiscal 2025, through March 31.—
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The amendment was ratified in 1868, seven years before the Page Act of 1875 became the nation’s first restrictive immigration law, largely banning the entry of Chinese women.—
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The amendment also allows later abortions to protect the life or health of pregnant women.—
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Some sites remained, protected by federal statutes, and others remained largely hidden from public view.—
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The Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division review could determine whether the statute will stand or be blocked on constitutional grounds.—
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The new legislation was signed into law by Republican Gov. Spencer Cox on March 29 after being approved by the Utah State Senate in late February.—
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The boards of directors of the AICPA and National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) have approved the expansion of accountancy’s model legislation to include an additional path to CPA licensure.—
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“Ordinance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordinance. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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