intrastate
Americanadjective
adjective
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Bonta’s office, along with state fire marshal, are also challenging that oversight in court, arguing the lines that run through Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Kern counties were incorrectly reclassified as intrastate pipelines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Inspired by California’s now-defunct Pacific Southwest Airlines, which pioneered intrastate discount air travel, Southwest started in 1967 as a way to ferry passengers between Texas cities in an era before deregulation.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
Jared Walczak, Tax Foundation vice president of state projects, chalked up the tax-cutting fervor to a perfect storm of pandemic revenue growth, high inflation, greater worker mobility and increased intrastate competition for employers and employees.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
Her biggest contribution is to update the image most of us have of intrastate wars — an image she shows is woefully obsolete.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2022
A state, to carry out its purposes of internal improvement, charters an intrastate railway or ferry company with power to charge tolls and exercise the right of eminent domain.
From Our Changing Constitution by Charles Wheeler Pierson
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