Sentences with phrase «about a dozen states»

The national bill is similar to laws passed in about a dozen states so far.

While legislation allowing this form of equity financing remains stalled at a national level, about a dozen states now allow equity crowdfunding.

There are currently about a dozen states that require their motorists to maintain this form of coverage.

There are still about a dozen states using the no fault system for auto insurance.

But a group of about a dozen states remains year after year at the bottom of the ACEEE State Energy Efficiency Scorecard...

In contrast, about a dozen states require a background check at the point of transfer; some require checks on persons who purchase any kind of gun and some require it only on those who buy a handgun.

PIP, as it's called, is required in about a dozen states with «no - fault» laws.

There are about a dozen state legislators who represent the Mohawk Valley, the vast majority of whom are Republican.

State Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs told me yesterday that the threshold for getting a resolution onto the agenda is pretty low, requiring about a dozen state committee member signatures.

For about a dozen states, including Tennessee, those changes began with the administration's signature competitive grant, Race to the Top, which offered states a piece of a $ 4.35 billion pie in exchange for adopting a range of significant education policy changes.

Breed can be a factor in a dog's temperament, but can not be used to predict his likelihood of biting.And Maryland's ruling bucks a national trend that's seen about a dozen states prohibit local governments from passing breed - specific legislation.

Besides the Redwoods National Park, there are about a dozen state parks featuring these giants, and provide great access and trails.

About a dozen states incrementally raised the minimum wage, including New York, where it surged to a whopping $ 8 an hour, which will help offset losses incurred by expanded casinos and gambling, also set to begin this year.

«Everyone does need it if you live in a state that mandates that coverage, and about a dozen states do,» says Mahrt's colleague, Dave Snyder, vice president and assistant general counsel for the American Insurance Association in Washington, D.C. «Your auto insurance provider should be able to tell you whether that coverage is mandated or is optional.

Starting this year, New Jersey will be using tests developed by PARCC, a consortium of about a dozen states that are developing tests to align with Common Core.

«There are about a dozen states with active legislation this year,» says Katie Prown, the Big Push's campaign manager.

In response to public concerns that people who obey compulsory laws subsidize scofflaws, legislators in about a dozen states have enacted «no pay, no play» laws, which ban uninsured drivers from suing for noneconomic damages such as pain and suffering.

«Based on 2014 spending numbers, New York is one of about a dozen states, almost all in the Northeast, whose caps would be lowered as a result of this provision — potentially losing billions in aid,» said Bill Hammond, a health care analyst at the conservative - leaning Empire Center, an Albany think tank.

Since then, two IDA boards, four school districts, hundreds of Valley Stream taxpayers, and about a dozen state and local lawmakers have become embroiled in a controversy over the mall's tax incentives that have been blamed for steep tax hikes for residents.

As college tuition rates march upward, lawmakers in about a dozen states are divided over measures that would make it easier for undocumented immigrant students to qualify for in - state tuition rates.

The company markets its policies through almost 2,000 insurance agencies, and maintains offices in about a dozen states.

But legislation, so - called «ag - gag» bills, has either passed or is being considered in about a dozen states and would explicitly outlaw undercover reporting as well as the publication of material gathered by undercover reporting.

A federal law passed in 2015 outlaws plastic microbeads in rinse - off cosmetics, and about a dozen states have followed suit.

About a dozen states and the District of Columbia have laws granting driving privileges to undocumented drivers, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

For example, no fault or PIP protection is standard in about a dozen states, and many geographical areas also require drivers to carry uninsured motorist protection as a compulsory element in their auto policy.

About a half dozen states, which industry analysts call turf states, put an outright ban on out - of - state licensees handling deals in their state.