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  2. Joint powers authority - Wikipedia

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    A joint powers authority (JPA) is an entity permitted under the laws of some U.S. states, whereby two or more public authorities (e.g. local governments, or utility or transport districts), not necessarily located in the same state, may jointly exercise any power common to all of them. Joint powers authorities may be used where:

  3. List of demonyms for US states and territories - Wikipedia

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    Bay Stater (official term used by state government) and Citizen of the Commonwealth (identifier used in state law) [31] Massachusettsian, [32] Massachusite, [33] [34] Masshole (derogatory [35] as an exonym; however, it can be affectionate when applied as an endonym [36]) Michigan: Michiganian

  4. Commonwealth (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

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    In 1776, Pennsylvania's first state constitution referred to it as both Commonwealth and State, a pattern of usage that was perpetuated in the constitutions of 1790, 1838, 1874, and 1968. [15] [c] One of Pennsylvania's two intermediate appellate courts is called the Commonwealth Court.

  5. Administrative divisions of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The administrative divisions of Virginia are the areas into which the Commonwealth of Virginia, a U.S. state, is divided for political and administrative purposes. Some are local governments; others are not. However, all local governments (counties, independent cities, and incorporated towns) are political subdivisions of the state.

  6. Government of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The Senate chamber of the Virginia State Capitol. The legislative branch or state legislature is the General Assembly. The General Assembly is a bicameral body consisting of a lower house, the Virginia House of Delegates, with 100 members, and an upper house, the Senate of Virginia, with 40 members. Combined, the General Assembly consists of ...

  7. Westsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Westsylvania was a proposed state of the United States located in what is now West Virginia, southwestern Pennsylvania, and small parts of Kentucky, Maryland, and Virginia. First proposed early in the American Revolution, Westsylvania would have been the fourteenth state in the newly formed United States, had it been recognized.

  8. Two key Virginia congressional races have yet to be called - AOL

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    Kiggans faced off against Democratic challenger Missy Cotter Smasal for Virginia's 2nd Congressional District, while V ... several key House races have yet to be called as of noon on Wednesday ...

  9. Joint Personnel Recovery Agency - Wikipedia

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    The blue background, symbolizing sky and space, represents the limitlessness of DOD recovery operations worldwide. [citation needed]The red, white and blue border represents the physical and mental anguish of past warfighters in their loss of freedom or life; and valor of each service in pursuit of its personnel recovery mission.