Sentences with phrase «dozen of states»

We are excited about traveling across the country in the next few months and speaking to librarians in dozens of states about building a better future for funding libraries through political organizing and action.

For example, he shut down dozens of state parks as a budget cutting measure.

Since then, the charter sector has expanded exponentially to include dozens of states, thousands of schools, and millions of students.

The decision to quietly but swiftly convince dozens of states to adopt the Common Core ensured that many did so but with little commitment.

Above all, it didn't let us down even once as we crossed dozens of states and drove for hours at a time.

There are dozens of state bills looking to expand energy efficiency and conservation programs, including a handful that have already passed at least one chamber.

Most of the big corporate owned courses have had millions of people go through their courses and they are approved in sometimes dozens of states.

It also featured some amazing top producers from across the country — folks who traveled dozens of states and thousands of miles to attend.

But in dozens of states, those risk assessment tools are moving from pen - and - paper calculations to complex algorithms, many of them proprietary.

Our events are observed by dozens of state departments of education covering appoximately 18,000 schools in all 50 states each school year.

The only legislator to serve as majority leader in both houses, Calderon has already secured major endorsements from Assembly Speaker John Perez and State Treasurer Bill Lockyer, a former Attorney General, as well earned support from dozens of state legislators and judges.

On Monday, Moody's Investors Services said the failure to approve a state budget was threatening the credit and financial health of dozens of state towns.

Dozens of state legislators, most of them Democrats, have called on GE to extend dredging operations in the upper Hudson River near two shuttered capacitor plants in Fort Edward, which dumped over a million pounds of PCBs in the river from the 1940s through the 1970s.

«You had dozens of states adopting before the standards even existed, with little or no discussion, coverage or controversy,» said Frederick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute, which has received $ 4 million from the Gates Foundation since 2007 to study education policy, including the Common Core.

Tens of millions of dollars in rehabilitation and other repair work is planned this year at dozens of state - owned parks and historic sites across New York.

With the ascendance of Betsy DeVos and the passage of school - choice legislation in dozens of states around the country, for the time being at least, it appears that the school choice — first crowd has the upper hand.

Behind them, Republican candidates Jeb Bush, John Kasich and Ben Carson could be vying in South Carolina to keep their campaigns alive before the presidential race rapidly picks up steam in March when dozens of states hold nominating contests.

He is and always has been obsessive about controlling information, a micromanager who meddles in every aspect of government, a tactic that has left him largely bereft of talent in dozens of state agencies and which, some interviewees speculate, could prove to be his undoing.

Outside of the scholarship conducted about fraud in Pennsylvania, a review of hundreds of news stories revealed dozens of state audits across 20 - plus states.

And there's plenty of substance for the president to brag about: more than 45 states signing onto rigorous common standards; dozens of states getting serious about teacher evaluations; key jurisdictions removing caps on charter school expansion.

Malik is one of the highest - ranking biopharma officials to date named in the probe by dozens of state attorneys general for alleged price fixing; Mylan is strongly denying the claims.

And last week saw signs of the growing controversy as communities across dozens of states located on top of the cast Marcellus Shale Formation, an «unconventional natural gas reserve» across 10 states face gold - rush style leasing pressures and are reporting to the Environmental Protection Agency groundwater contamination and other consequences.

But the Supreme Court order will likely tie up the plan for at least another year, said Vicki Arroyo, an expert in environmental law and the executive director of the Georgetown Climate Center, which has counseled dozens of states on the Clean Power Plan.

He designed and installed numerous grows in the Pacific Northwest and started The Green Future Garden Hydroponics LLC in 2009, which included a consulting element focused on building - out dozens of state - of - the - art grow facilities.

Perkins and other conservatives said the ruling, which found California's gay marriage ban unconstitutional, would overturn marriage bans adopted by dozens of states if it is upheld.

ALBANY — Citing his constitutional presumption of innocence and two decades of delivering on their issues, dozens of the State Assembly's Democratic members said they were standing by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and would leave him in place as leader even as he fights corruption charges.

Sean Parker, the youthful billionaire and co-founder of the music - sharing service Napster, gave nearly $ 300,000 to a joint fund - raising committee for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and dozens of state Democratic parties.

Since 2013, Wynn has contributed nearly $ 2.4 million to GOP candidates and party organizations around the country, including 2017 special election winners as well as dozens of state Republican Party committees.

Amid what one person described as intolerably hot conditions, dozens of state workers at 40 North Pearl St. were sent home yesterday when the building heated up from an unseasonably warm weekend and after the Office of General Services had disabled the cooling system.

Dozens of state legislatures and city councils are considering decriminalization or legalization bills.

Dozens of state pols were left off a list Hizzoner's office shared with reporters detailing the 180 - plus parking cards — which allow drivers to break certain parking laws in the line of duty — that the Mayor's Office issued in 2017.

Businesses, local governments and not - for - profits can apply for assistance from dozens of state programs aimed at creating jobs and revitalizing communities.

State lawmakers Dan Stec and Betty Little joined dozens of state and local officials, as well as representatives from environmental groups, to pay tribute to the late politician.

The legalization of same - sex marriage in the United States is a relatively recent goal of the gay - rights movement, but over the last few years, gay - rights organizers have placed it at the center of their agenda, steering money and muscle into dozens of state capitals in an often uphill effort to persuade lawmakers.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo sent in hundreds of emergency generators for those with medical needs and no power, 100 members of the National Guard for cleanup, and dozens of State Police to help traffic on closed roads.

Dozens of state transportation departments and various state and city governments have dropped the term «accident» from references to highway crashes, the article adds.

The USGA has spent about $ 35 million since the mid -»80s on scientific research for improved and more resilient turf grass, working with dozens of state universities like Rutgers, said Michael Kenna, director of the USGA's Green Section.

The Secretary of Education released dozens of states from NCLB's fantasy targets if — and only if — they promised to pursue Obama priorities.

Dillon justifies this claim by saying (emphasis added) that «many thousands of teachers and other school workers — no one yet knows how many — were laid off in dozens of states because of plummeting state and local revenue.

Dozens of states competed for the funds, all of them accepting the premises of the competition so they could be eligible to win the millions of federal dollars at a time of deep fiscal distress.

The Common Core - aligned tests that DCPS and dozens of states began giving this year have been a lightning rod for testing opponents.

As states explore new approaches to school accountability, C - SAIL has interviewed dozens of state officials and found a popular new mantra in state departments of education: Accountability should now be «supportive, not punitive.»

State constitutions in dozens of states forbid direct government aid to educational institutions that have a religious affiliation.

In the U.S., dozens of states now require they account for at least a certain amount of their electricity.

In comments we filed with RENEW Northeast and as part of the Sustainable FERC Project — two coalitions that collectively represent dozens of state, regional, and national environmental and other public interest organizations and renewable energy companies — we explain these and other factual errors and shortcomings in ISO New England's original analysis.

As American Bar Association President Linda Klein traveled the country to meet with attorneys from dozens of states just before she took office, she noticed a common theme in her conversations with solo and small firm practitioners.

We've helped dozens of State Farm clients with their life insurance after they were declined by State Farm for a life insurance policy.

The Russian Federation was the only country to explicitly say no to formalizing the process, while dozens of states expressed support for the move.

There are dozens of state parks with boat launches and scenic venues for boaters.