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appellees

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But the specter of a public vote on the project continues to linger as a group of petitioners who oppose using public tax dollars on the stadium demands that voters get a say.

— Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2026
By calling for the early review, the FCC allowed petitioners and ordinary residents to chime in on the stations’ operations and ABC network programming.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

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Vetting plaintiffs Hanaway said that her office reached out to Cacioppo after a referral from local business associations.

— Jack Harvel August 26, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
In earlier testimony at the Oakland trial, Francesco Fogu, Instagram’s director of product design, had contentious exchanges with the plaintiffs’ lawyer over internal chats and documents shown to the jury.

— Barbara Ortutay, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

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