Sentences with phrase «even as a state»

Borrowing by students and their families has picked up steam over the years as social and economic pressure grows to obtain a college education to get ahead, even as states reduce their financial support for colleges and colleges raise their tuition.

«With more states implementing tuition limits, even as state funding remains constrained, the recent credit strengthening of the financially leading publics will moderate,» the report said.

Yet even as states and cities across the country pass laws guaranteeing paid sick days and paid family and medical leave, too many families still do not have access to these critical workplace standards.

Ironically, earlier in the day the US said that it «is prepared to take further action as necessary and as warranted,» even as the State Department prompt tweeted that the «US hopes to avoid further retaliation & move forward with improved relations & cooperation with #Russia ``

The three - fifths clause provided bonus representation to Southern states based on their slave property, even as those states withheld all rights from slaves.

Republicans have been hesitant to approve the measure, even as the state remains one of the last along with North Carolina to try those under 18 as adults.

Even as the State DEC moved to officially ban fracking this summer, the perceived mutual goal of rebuilding Buffalo continued to tie the Governor and Bills - Sabres owner together.

Even as the state has supported new economic development in the region, some businesses have left.

It's unlikely Cuomo would go along with alterations to the cap, even as state lawmakers last year approved modest changes to the measure that allow for some growth in certain instances.

The Board of Regents has until June 30 to develop the regulations, which Tisch has insisted the board will meet, even as state lawmakers push for an extension.

While it remained unclear late Thursday when a final budget deal would come together, this much is certain: In the months ahead, you'll hear more complaints from Cuomo that the feds are threatening to drown Albany in red ink — even as the state keeps cutting big checks to the producers of «Blue Bloods.»

Meanwhile, fewer local governments are finding themselves in difficult financial situations, even as the state's tax cap has led to flat increases in revenue.

Representatives of Saint - Gobain did not attend the hearing, but Dina Silver Pokedoff, a spokeswoman for the company, said it had submitted statements, noting that it had paid for a new water filtration system as well as bottled water for the residents, even as the state has declared it to be a Superfund site.

The Senate stayed Republican for all but one of the 70 years from 1939 to 2008, giving rise to the «three men in a room» form of governance that dominated New York even as the state turned bluer and bluer.

New York projects it will double the amount of tax breaks offered under the Start - Up NY program, budget documents show, even as state lawmakers grilled a top economic development official over making the program more transparent.

Still, whatever the grumblings, Mr. Cuomo's strategy has largely worked: He has avoided taking positions on controversial issues, even as the state, facing a large budget gap, grapples with the prospects of laying off state workers, raising taxes or eliminating programs.

The governor's administration, should he win a second term, told agency officials to not expect more money, even as the state faces a multi-billion surplus.

And voters looking for ways to channel their anger after Trump's win, and to cast votes that matter in New York, have «woke» up from indifferent to indignant about Albany's shady ways and particularly the eight so - called Independent Democrats led by Jeff Klein who, along with Simcha Felder, caucus with the Republicans to keep them in control of the Senate even as the state turns ever more blue.

With New York tests starting on Tuesday, some principals and superintendents predict more of their families will opt out, even as the state education commissioner seeks to communicate the value of the tests.

This is even as the state chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) had over the weekend, admonished the former Governor to emulate Senator Musiliu Obanikoro by refunding his loot to the state treasury.

Estimates suggest it could cost the state government $ 2.3 billion a year, even as the state girds for a loss of billions from the repeal of the Affordable Care Act and deep cuts to a variety of social service agencies outlined in the president's budget.

And the New York State Senate, Gov. Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg all wish to end the «millionaire's tax,» a surcharge on state residents making more than $ 200,000 (net, not gross) that would bring in $ 5 billion in extra revenue next year, even as the state confronts an historic budget gap.

The police spokesman added that «the area was rendered safe by the EOD operatives,» even as the state commissioner of police had directed the Area Commander to beef up security and surveillance within the axis.

Eligible voters in Osun State have been urged to participate in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), even as the state government declared Monday, April 16, a work free day to enable them do so.

Even as a state employee with health insurance — shes now a licensed nurse at a state prison — Daley has effectively been priced out of the only medication that works for her.

A school - by - school breakdown of scores on Massachusetts» first - ever exam for licensing new teachers is forcing some education schools to take a hard look at their curricula, even as state officials propose creating one of the nation's most intensive programs of teacher recruitment and training.

For better or worse, the Iowa test scores became «the one thing that everyone looked at,» according to DePaul University education professor Barbara Radner, director of DePaul's Center for Urban Education, even as the state haltingly developed its own standards and testing system.

Even as the state - and federal - led accountability movement presents new challenges to local control, the political, economic, and educational arguments for local control are also likely to continue to enjoy support.

But concerns persist about the recovery's pace and stability even as states and school districts...

The 15th edition of this benchmark annual report explores lingering concerns about the recovery's pace and stability even as states and school districts seek to rebuild their budgets.

What one education advocate describes as a «perfect storm» over school finance is brewing in Georgia, as a top lawmaker pushes to replace local property taxes for education with a statewide sales tax, even as the state gears up to fight a lawsuit from school districts over the current funding formula.

Even as state revenues began to recover, school spending generally did not return to its previous trajectory.

Oklahoma, a mid-sized state, would lose $ 27 million, enough to support 600 teachers» salaries, even as the state faces serious budget reductions.

Prospects range from dismal to great, even as state revenues recover from the Great Recession and many states invest more money in K - 12 education.

Yet, even as state lawmakers approved modest raises for some teachers in recent years, legislators faced withering criticism from education advocacy organizations who pointed out the state's most experienced teachers were left out.

State school Superintendent Tony Smith on Friday touted increases in the percentage of 2015 high school graduates considered prepared for college classes, even as the state's own analysis reveals a sobering picture of college readiness.

And, in fact, the state wants just such a faramework, even as its stated goal remains allowing districts the «flexibility to develop evaluation systems that will best meet the needs of their teachers.»

Even as the state's economy continues to grow and revenues increase faster than earlier forecasted, funding for the child care and development system in the current 2017 - 18 fiscal year remains more than $ 500 million below the pre-recession level, after adjusting for inflation.

Even as the state board of education struggles to develop regulations governing the troubled Parent Trigger program, Assemblywoman Julia Brownley is preparing legislation aimed at cleaning up its fundamental flaws.

This new effort could undermine what has largely been bipartisan cooperation on the Core and is coming even as some states are already implementing the Common Core Standards in English Language Arts and math, and giving students high - stakes Core - aligned standardized tests.

In New Mexico, she's working to keep up the pressure on schools to improve, including deciding that the state would not suspend its accountability measures even as the state adopted new tests.

The state made great strides to professionalizing the teaching force, bringing the state's average teacher salary nearly up to the national average even as the state was forced to hire many novice teachers to keep pace with enrollment increases.

Education reformers can have some confidence he hasn't just been loafing around these last 16 months, even as state education data suggest the popularity of charters could be waning.

Idealism remains alive and well, even as the state of the art remains an open, perhaps insoluble question.

Democrats and environmentalists have opposed construction of the pipeline, citing environmental concerns including climate change, even as the State Department released a report last year that determined that the pipeline would not worsen climate change.

A new analysis released by the nine Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) projects that electricity bills will fall compared to today's levels, even as the states fulfill their commitment to cut RGGI's power plant pollution cap by another 30 percent by 2030.

Even as state and federal lawmakers have begun to investigate, the damage has already been done to hundreds of families who...

Even as some states move to make positive progress, the assault on sexual and reproductive health and rights continues apace.

Even as the state faces a potential recession and changes to the federal tax code, California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) made significant investments in the state's child welfare and juvenile...

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The government acknowledges this, stating in a recent report that total methane emissions from natural gas sites have fallen 11 % since 2005, even as natural gas production has exploded.