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Virginia's Governor, Glenn Youngkin, vetoed state legislation that would have regulated the centres earlier this year.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025

This follows Brussels’s decision over the summer to drop a proposal that would have regulated green claims in advertising and the like.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Moore underscored that, since the founding, state courts have conducted judicial review and state constitutions have regulated federal elections.

From Slate • Sep. 19, 2024

Macron praised EU talks as a “good debate” but said that by the time rules are released, “we’ll have regulated on presuppositions and knowledge that are almost already obsolete.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2023

We have regulated that which we should have left to regulate itself.

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron