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...Laura Hughes, its manager for general insurance policy, said the government should “guarantee that flood prevention and resilience measures are considered in all planning decisions and building standards...
...,” New York attorney-general Letitia James, who led a coalition of 50 state attorneys-general in their action against Publicis, said in a statement....
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