Sentences with phrase «big cities in the nation»

Mayor Eric Garcetti signed into law on Saturday an ordinance that makes Los Angeles the biggest city in the nation to gradually raise the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour.

Texas is home to some of the best getaway destinations in the U.S., including three of the top 10 biggest cities in the nation Houston, Dallas and San Antonio.

Because of this, Indianapolis is one of the few big cities in the nation where charter school students are progressing enough on standardized tests to close the achievement gap between urban districts and the state average.

Texas is home to three of the top ten biggest cities in the nation.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said: «To ensure that New York City remains the safest big city in the nation — both online and on the street — we can and must remain alert and proactive in how we confront and contain threats to cyber-security.

Not exact matches

San Jose held the top position among the 40 largest metro areas in three of our five metrics: Its Q3 2017 average weekly wage of $ 2,297, 2016 GDP growth rate of 5.9 %, and 2016 GDP per capita of $ 126,820 were all best among the nation's big cities.

Great weather and Hollywood are two of L.A.'s biggest draws, but for entrepreneurs in the nation's second largest city, there's more than meets the eye.

Ride - hailing service Uber inaugurated a support center in Brazil's biggest city on Tuesday with plans to invest 200 million reais ($ 62 million) and create 2,000 jobs, underscoring an aggressive growth strategy in Latin America's biggest nation.

In addition to having some of the best seafood and colleges in the country, the state is close to many of the nation's biggest cities and has some of the most beautiful landscapes arounIn addition to having some of the best seafood and colleges in the country, the state is close to many of the nation's biggest cities and has some of the most beautiful landscapes arounin the country, the state is close to many of the nation's biggest cities and has some of the most beautiful landscapes around.

Detroit is the largest city in Michigan and one of the nation's biggest as well.

The uptick in rents at the national level is being mirrored in many of the nation's biggest markets — the map below show's month - over-month rent growth for the nation's 100 largest cities (markers are sized by population):

The nation's biggest evangelical group said Monday that religious freedom is threatened by American mayors who say Chick - fil - A is not welcome in their cities because of the restaurant leader's opposition to gay marriage.

Think of how our two seminaries relate to their surroundings — Union in the middle of the nation's biggest city and from the most savory part of Manhattan at that, but drawing vitality and the pulse of reality from it.

Will that nation of yours include Houston with it's gay democratic female mayor and some of the other big cities that voted for Bill White in the last election?

England as a nation don't produce players of good quality, no matter who they picked they don't have the class to win tournaments anyway and it's no wonder English players are not wanted by Real Madrid, Barcelona or Bayern Munich heck even in the big EPL clubs like Arsenal, Man City, Chelsea they aren't starters but just there for quota requirements

In the SB Nation NFL writers mock draft — where bloggers from each of our team sites make the pick — Jimmy Morris of Music City Miracles takes a stab at Tennessee's first selection and fills a big need.

«If we close the school, right in the middle of perhaps the biggest oasis of health sciences research, technology and academic activity, we're sending a horrible message to the rest of the nation,» argued Congressman Adriano Espaillat at a February 22 rally at City Hall.

-- New York City poised to join Airbnb crackdown effort backed by hotels, unions, by POLITICO's Sally Goldenberg: New York's City Council is plotting a crackdown on Airbnb, the largest home - sharing platform in the world, as the hotel industry and its unionized workers push lawmakers in some of the nation's biggest cities to blunt the $ 30 billion company's growth.

«Haiti's population is about half that of New York City's metro area, yet even a glancing blow from Sandy carried a higher death toll in the Caribbean nation than did the direct hit on the Big Apple,» Kenny wrote.

Actor Alan Cumming and PETA activists brought a sculpture of the New York skyline rendered entirely in vegetables to City Hall, as they named the the Big Apple the most vegan - friendly spot in the nation.

City straphangers just endured a «Summer of Hell» and learned that they collectively lose a total of 35,000 hours every weekday waiting for trains that never come — yet the Big Apple's overall transit system has topped a list as the best in the nation.

The Chicago Democratic Party machine is actually the biggest in the nation, even larger than New York City.

«You took the biggest city in the country — 8.5 million people, 3 million more come in on a weekday — you guys, you fought to get Monday morning right and you fought and you fought and you fought and in the eyes of the nation, the eyes of the world were on New York City and other cities faltered.&racity in the country — 8.5 million people, 3 million more come in on a weekday — you guys, you fought to get Monday morning right and you fought and you fought and you fought and in the eyes of the nation, the eyes of the world were on New York City and other cities faltered.&raCity and other cities faltered.»

NEW YORK New York's City Council is plotting a crackdown on Airbnb, the largest home - sharing platform in the world, as the hotel industry and its unionized workers push lawmakers in some of the nation's biggest cities to blunt the $ 30 billion company's growth.

Mr. Cuomo seemed to offer a little more leeway for the Oneida Indian Nation, which runs the popular Turning Stone resort in central New York, suggesting that the Oneidas could negotiate to acquire exclusive rights in that region, which includes big cities like Syracuse.

Some view him as one of the greatest police administrators in modern history who crafted strategies that drove down crime here in New York City and in other big cities across the nation.

The legislation unveiled Wednesday would make Ulster County one of a handful of communities in the nation, mostly big cities, which offer public matching funds for elections.

CGIAR scientists wielding big data tools to blunt the impacts of climate change on Latin America's rice production have been named one of two winners of the Big Data Climate Challenge at the recent United Nations Climate Summit held in New York City, U.Sbig data tools to blunt the impacts of climate change on Latin America's rice production have been named one of two winners of the Big Data Climate Challenge at the recent United Nations Climate Summit held in New York City, U.SBig Data Climate Challenge at the recent United Nations Climate Summit held in New York City, U.S.A.

Its holding big businesses accountable for their global environmental and social impacts, giving my money to someone who deserves it more (a local family who works hard to keep their business afloat, a charity that helps homelessness in my city, or provides daily essentials to a developing nation).

The film themselves have taken its viewers on big adventure experience to the next one, from the streets of New York City in Spider - Man: Homecoming, to the fictional / technological African nation of Wakanda in Black Panther, to the battlefields of WWII in Captain America: The First Avenger, and to the mythical land of Asgard in the Thor movies, and to the farthest reaches of the cosmos with the Guardians of the Galaxy films.

Perhaps the most prominent big - city superintendent in the nation, Vallas is widely credited with having turned around the Chicago school system.

D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson has just finished her fifth year in the role, making her one of the nation's longer - serving big city chiefs.

In 50 years, the council has grown from an organization with 12 districts to a membership consisting of 66 big - city school systems across the nation.

The biggest event to be staged at the London Stadium since the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games — it is the first time both Championships have been held in the same city with over 3,000 athletes from over 200 nations competing over 20 days of action.

... «The new NAEP results confirm that Duval County is one of the highest performing big city school districts in the nation,» said Michael Casserly, executive director of the Council for Great City Schocity school districts in the nation,» said Michael Casserly, executive director of the Council for Great City SchoCity Schools.

San Diego, Fresno and Los Angeles lead the nation's cities in showing the biggest gains in fourth - grade reading scores.

The nation's largest state convention for teachers drew more than 30,000 educators to the Atlantic City Convention Center, according to the union, which said it the event's biggest turnout in at least a decade.

A common curriculum for all schools would work wonders for social mobility, as it would ensure that students from council estates in forgotten corners of our nation are given access to the same knowledge - rich curriculum as their peers in the leafy suburbs of the big cities.

Last week, the nation's biggest city and a county in Colorado went in diametrically opposite education reform directions.

In 2014, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said D.C. was «by every measure the fastest - improving big city school district in the nation.&raquIn 2014, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said D.C. was «by every measure the fastest - improving big city school district in the nation.&raquin the nation.»

The 2010 - 11 school year is witnessing a larger - than - usual upheaval among the ranks of urban superintendents: Ramon Cortines is retiring in Los Angeles next month, Joel Klein quit mid-year in New York City, Michelle Rhee was done after Adrian Fenty's failed re-election bid in the nation's capital last fall, Clifford Janey is out in Newark after his contract wasn't renewed, Ron Huberman stepped down in Chicago last November, Beverly Hall is leaving amidst a cheating scandal in Atlanta, Paul Vallas is moving on from the Big Easy and Jerry Weast is throwing in the towel in Montgomery County, Md..

From that vantage point, the Waltons have deduced that what poor children of color in the nation's big cities need to get a good education is a lesson in market economics — that what they offer Wal - Mart consumers is bound to work for parents and schools.

One out of every five suburban fourth grade young men from middle - class backgrounds were reading Below Basic in 2011, according to Dropout Nation «s analysis of NAEP data, just three points better than levels of illiteracy four years earlier; big - city districts brought down the levels of illiteracy for their middle class students by four percentage points in that same period, with nearly as many students from those backgrounds struggling with reading.

We have small rural schoolhouses with children in mixed - grade groupings, sprawling suburban schools with Ivy League - worthy campuses and facilities, and historic urban schools in our nation's biggest cities...

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Set at New York City's Midtown Comics, the biggest comic book store in the nation, the show will follow not only the employees but also super fans from all walks of life.

Detroit is the largest city in Michigan and one of the nation's biggest as well.

Then in 2012, Best Friends made its biggest commitment to date in Los Angeles, vowing to make it the largest no - kill city in the nation.

NAIROBI, Kenya — I'm halfway through a weeklong visit to this vibrant, polluted, hopeful and divided city, running discussions on several topics at a big United Nations conference clarifying the role of science, business and, of course, governments in achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals the world's nations adopted lasNations conference clarifying the role of science, business and, of course, governments in achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals the world's nations adopted lasnations adopted last year.

Canberratimes: Doha's failure shows they must develop their own solutions, writes William Pesek New York's brush with developing - nation status is an even bigger warning for Asia than it is for the United States.The city could be excused for wondering if it had suddenly been transported to Bangladesh in October.