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The head of government of each state is called the "premier", appointed by the state's governor. [58] In normal circumstances, the governor will appoint as premier whoever leads the party or coalition which exercises control of the lower house (in the case of Queensland, the only house) of the state parliament.
The Oregon Constitution does not explicitly provide for county seats; Article VI, covering the "Administrative Department" of the state of Oregon, simply states that: All county and city officers shall keep their respective offices at such places therein, and perform such duties, as may be prescribed by law.
Congress can admit more states, but it cannot create a new state from territory of an existing state or merge two or more states into one without the consent of all states involved, and each new state is admitted on an equal footing with the existing states. [7] The United States has control over fourteen territories.
The Oregon State Beavers football team represents Oregon State University in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team first fielded an organized football team in 1893 [2] and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference. Their home games are played at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon.
Amazon was founded on July 5, 1994, by Jeff Bezos after he relocated from New York City to Bellevue, Washington, near Seattle, to operate an online bookstore. Bezos chose the Seattle area for its abundance of technical talent from Microsoft and the University of Washington , as well as its smaller population for sales tax purposes and the ...
After graduating from Chadron State College in 1989, Walz accepted a one-year teaching position with WorldTeach in Foshan No.1 High School in Guangdong, China. [24] [25] He described the Tiananmen Square massacre that happened right before he arrived as an important moment in his life. [26]
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After a hard-fought series of votes in the U.S. Congress and in state legislatures, the Nineteenth Amendment became part of the U.S. Constitution on August 18, 1920. [18] It states, "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex."