Sentences with phrase «by rural counties»

The initiative process and the Constitution Revision Commission, which is appointed every 20 years, owe their existence to a grossly unrepresentative Legislature that was controlled by rural counties with fewer than 20 percent of Florida's population.

Not exact matches

After Jaime highlighted loss of health care access by rural Pacific County residents, Premera announces new contract for health care coverage in Astoria

Much of Bennington County is rural, covered by Green Mountain National Forest and mostly untouched by civilization.

To front - load the story by saying people were being treated in animal stalls, and only later point out it was a free clinic held in a county fairground (rural area, large crowd... likely the only suitable place that passed health and safety requirements for such an event), and to not mention that many if not most of those taking advantage of the free medical care were likely farm workers and not here legally... is beyond poor reporting.

This infographic shows household participation rates for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) in rural areas by county in each state.

Former NYS Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo has been endorsed by 26 county chairs and won the straw poll at the Democratic Rural Conference meeting on May 1.

DEC Officer James Davey and his partner were investigating a complaint of trespassing and shots fires in rural Columbia County on Nov. 29, 2016, when Davey was accidentally shot by a poacher.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, appearing in Keene, Essex County, yesterday to survey damage to the North Country, announced he would suspend the permitting prcoess required by the Adirondack Park Agency and Department of Environmental Conservation so that rural areas could make emergency repairs to bridges, roads and other infrastructure damaged by Irene.

Niagara County Sheriff James Voutour said the house was supplied by a large, exterior propane tank, common in rural areas.

In a seven - county region of Central New York, 407 wireless dead zones were reported, led by 118 in rural Oswego Ccounty region of Central New York, 407 wireless dead zones were reported, led by 118 in rural Oswego CountyCounty.

County government helps to fill this critical need by providing vital funding for Rural Transit Service, which provides thousands of rides annually for people in the county's rural areas and connects them to the services they need.&County government helps to fill this critical need by providing vital funding for Rural Transit Service, which provides thousands of rides annually for people in the county's rural areas and connects them to the services they need.&rRural Transit Service, which provides thousands of rides annually for people in the county's rural areas and connects them to the services they need.&county's rural areas and connects them to the services they need.&rrural areas and connects them to the services they need.»

The local diner in Cloquet is in the heart of rural Carlton County, where Clinton won by just 300 votes in 2016.

By school too as atm wealthy schools in big cities send to get more per pupil than schools like the one where my husband works which is very deprived, but in a rural county.

I sympathize with the problems faced by small rural counties, like Madison County and Montgomery County which is near me.

«Here in Erie County, the injurious effects of this budget will be felt by our children, our seniors, our working families, and all communities, especially in our rural areas.

Remote rural areas of Ulster County are typically where there is little or no broadband at present,» read a press release on the initiative, to be spearheaded by County Deputy Planning Director Chris White.

Rural regions lost large numbers of residents (Allegany County, 2.47 percent; Cattaraugus County, 2.14 percent; and Chautauqua County, 2.11 percent) while suburban towns had mixed results (Amherst's population grew by 2.12 percent, while Cheektowaga's dropped by 0.44 percent and Tonawanda's declined by 0.17 percent).

«In our hearing, from chiefs of police from all over Erie County, first ring suburbs to the rural about the issues that they have had tracking down stolen property, the issues they have had dealing with the problems of addiction and by passing this law today, we are not only protecting our citizenry, but we are ensuring that we are doing it in a comprehensive manner,» Savage said.

In many cases, larger constituency units have come about as a result of a loss of seats — whether it be the loss of a European Parliament seat by the Republic of Ireland or the loss of County Council seats by some (of the more rural) counties — added to the overall increase in seat numbers for City and County Council elections.

The Cayuga County Sheriff's Office was assisted by Cayuga County 911, Cayuga County District Attorney's Office, Cayuga County Emergency Management, Cayuga County Critical Incident Stress Management Team, Cayuga County Coroner, Union Springs Fire Department, Union Springs Ambulance, Cayuga Fire Department, Aurelius Fire Department, Rural Metro Ambulance and TLC Ambulance.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand told a room full of Democrats from rural Upstate counties that President Donald Trump, who «literally lives in a gold - adorned apartment,» won support from working - class voters here by mentioning two simple themes:

The two men held a press conference to draw attention to the proposed measure Friday at the County Center bus stop in Riverside, where they were joined by Riverhead Supervisor Sean Walter; Southold Supervisor Scott Russell; Tom Neely, Southampton Town transportation director; and Vince Taldone of Five Town Rural Transit, a group that has worked to improve public transportation on the East End.

The small, rural counties are among few nationwide that allow marriages to be ended by mail, without a court appearance.

The UI researchers analyzed air quality and pollution data compiled by state and county agencies over nearly three years at five sites spread statewide — urban areas Cedar Rapids, Davenport and Des Moines and rural locations in Montgomery county in southwest Iowa and Van Buren county in the southeast.

The original study into sanitation conditions by Edwin Chadwick in 1842 charted the average age by death and by occupational group for five areas in the UK — Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester, Bolton and Rutland, a rural county in Eastern England.

Thus, the study population included all out - of - hospital cardiac arrests from 11 counties in North Carolina (Camden, Catawba, Durham, Mecklenburg, Pasquotank, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Transylvania, Wake, and Warren), covering a total population of approximately 2.7 million inhabitants (30 % of the state's total population), with demographics varying from urban to rural areas served by 11 EMS agencies.

One of the new patients was a doctor, Melvin Korkor, who had contracted the virus along with five nurses and four other workers at his hospital many hours away by car in the rural county of Bong.

The award, given by the Rural Sociological Society, honors Dr. Jordan for her work over the last 20 years in the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project.

Philadelphia, PA About Blog I am from rural Bucks County, Pennsylvania where I spent the majority of my childhood drawing unicorns and being chased by my best friend's pet goats.

Still, it is an affecting story, thanks in large part to Loach's long - standing empathy for the downtrodden, in this case the rural folk of County Leitrim, who find themselves kept down by imperious landowners and the Holy Mother Church.

by Walter Chaw David Gordon Green's sophomore picture All the Real Girls has the quality of a Faulknerian myth, with rural North Carolina subbing for his Yoknapatawpha County.

WALKING TALL (Grade: B --RRB-: In this enjoyable, generally well - made version of the 1973 Southern vigilante classic, the hero lives not in rural Tennessee but our own Kitsap County, he's named Chris Vaughn instead of Buford Pusser and he's played, rather well, by The Rock.

a local - development organization in South Dakota, is recruiting teens to help revitalize the rural county, which is strained by unemployment.

Anne Davies, a Canadian researcher who was hired by the state to do a qualitative study of the laptop project, spent four months — September, October, November 2002, and May 2003 — at Pembroke Elementary School in rural Washington County, the poorest county in the state, where the nearest supermarket is 25 miles away and the nearest bookstore is 75 County, the poorest county in the state, where the nearest supermarket is 25 miles away and the nearest bookstore is 75 county in the state, where the nearest supermarket is 25 miles away and the nearest bookstore is 75 miles.

The rest of the week has been spent «star showering» all 16 of the rural schools that could close across West Northumberland under unpopular proposals put forward by the Northumberland County Council (NCC).

Bonnie was joined by Bob Cabeza, Executive Director for the YMCA of greater long beach and 26 year youth development professional, as well as Trisha Beverly, veteran classroom teacher and current after school site program coordinator providing enrichment to youth participants and youth tutors in a rural Mendocino County District.

Educational barriers and challenges often vary by region, yet at districts where odds seem disproportionately stacked against student success — such as Jefferson County Schools (JCS) in rural West Virginia — school leaders know that delivering excellence in education requires vision, strategy and, sometimes, complete process overhaul.

Authorized by Fulton County, the school was founded on a shared vision of continued care and respect for its rural heritage.

In this meeting, the Utah State Board of Education gave approval for the state to seek waivers offered by the federal government under No Child Left Behind; agreed to form a work group to study and make recommendations for an RFP for statewide assessments for Utah's core curriculum; and granted a requested from rural Juab County's Tintic School District to move to a four - day week for school.

If that's not enough, the document — inked by a rural Lee County private school, which is eligible to receive public funds under the state's controversial Opportunity Scholarship Program — goes on to make this declaration:

As a start - up public charter school sponsored by the SC Public Charter School District, LLCS will serve school - aged children living in rural West Ashley, surrounding communities, and neighboring counties, and as such, have a potential student body reflective of the demographic character of the region thus bringing back the neighborhood school concept.

Darlington Elementary School (DES) is located on the northeastern fringe of Harford County, situated in a rural community by the Susquehanna River.

By all accounts, the community surrounding Leslie County High School, located in rural Kentucky, had reason to be discouraged.

In order to determine if Act 10 affected urban areas of Wisconsin differently than rural areas, the authors» analysis classifies counties using the 2013 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Urban - Rural Classification Scheme for Counties.39 (see Appendix 1) The NCHS's four metropolitan classification levels, which include counties within metropolitan statistical areas as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, are combined in this analrural areas, the authors» analysis classifies counties using the 2013 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Urban - Rural Classification Scheme for Counties.39 (see Appendix 1) The NCHS's four metropolitan classification levels, which include counties within metropolitan statistical areas as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, are combined in this analRural Classification Scheme for Counties.39 (see Appendix 1) The NCHS's four metropolitan classification levels, which include counties within metropolitan statistical areas as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, are combined in this analysis.

By 1947, school boards from 29 counties were participating and the name was changed to Michigan Rural School Boards Association.

I knew it had to be set in the depths of the English countryside, and I knew the county I wanted to use was Suffolk, still deeply rural in many parts, with a strong farming tradition — I wanted a place that has grown prosperous, but been ravaged by farming practices in the post-war years.

Most applications for the direct single - family housing programs are received, processed, and approved by Rural Development employees, primarily in local offices (previously known as county offices).

Perhaps the cutest rescue to come out of the recent Border Fire was the evacuation of 55 miniature donkeys from Morena Village in rural East County, transported by the Border Patrol and DAS in a handful of trailers, and cared for by SDHS at a nearby ranch.

Hidden from the world, down a faint dirt road, and camouflaged by trees and earth tone colored tarps in the foothills of rural Fresno County, CCSPCA Humane Officers discovered a deplorable scene.

The event was organized for the rural Georgetown County town by All 4 Paws Rescue based on Pawley's Island.