Sentences with phrase «first in the country»

Moehn said that Ameren Missouri was the first investor owned utility in the state — and one of the first in the country — to «announce a carbon emissions goal of this magnitude.»

They wanted our church to be the first in the country.

A west London council will vote on whether it will become the first in the country to create a buffer... More

A west London council will vote on whether it will become the first in the country to create a buffer zone outside an abortion clinic, stopping pro-life campaigners holding gatherings like prayer vigils outside.

A west London council will vote on whether it will become the first in the country to create a buffer zone outside an abortion clinic, stopping pro-life campaigners...

«We were the first in the country to come out with an alcoholic root beer, after developing it for many years.

«We are the first in the country with this technology, and will be expanding it as other companies get involved coast to coast,» Alan Leppo predicts.

Along with a modern and inviting new look, the Town Square restaurant is among the first in the country to feature CPK's «Next Chapter» menu and dining experience, gradually rolling out to CPK locations across the country.

Popular local restaurant one of the first in the country to unveil CPK's expanded food and cocktail menus and contemporary new -LSB-...]

Popular local restaurant one of the first in the country to unveil CPK's expanded food and cocktail menus and contemporary new look

They are currently first in the country in Stuff Rate (percentage of runs stopped behind the line of scrimmage).

Harvard's defense, first in the country with an average of 131 yards total offense given up in its first two outings, yielded only 38.

Needless to say, a 0.0 percent sack rate ranks first in the country.

They are first in the country in Rushing IsoPPP (which measures the magnitude of your successful plays), and even with a limited passing game and only seven games played, they are 36th in the country with 22 gains of 30 - plus yards.

Tech ranks first in the country in Off.

FSU will not only have to force passing downs against a team that is completing 59 percent of its standard - downs passes and is currently first in the country in opportunity rate (percentage of carries gaining at least five yards).

The village is asking residents to offer their suggestions for what to do with the now - closed indoor wave pool, the first in the country.

Arcadia Nature Preschool, founded in 1976, was the first nature preschool in Massachusetts and one of the first in the country.

Staff at Guy's and St Thomas» hospitals in London are among the first in the country to be told they must «cover up» their uniforms while smoking off - site or risk losing their jobs.

As governor of Massachusetts, such adherence to family values included opposition to a court ruling in 2003 that made the Bay State the first in the country to legalize same - sex marriage.

Connecticut state lawmakers became the first in the country to pass legislation that would increase the state's minimum wage to $ 10.10 an hour, by 2017 — the same rate President Barack Obama wants for the federal minimum wage.

State lawmakers in Connecticut have become the first in the country to pass legislation that will increase the minimum wage to $ 10.10 an hour.

If political tribe comes first in a country that no longer feels tribal, only 65 % voting for either old party, Labour will be lost in a future that is transformed, for much the better, into multi-party pluralism.

The Albany County Sheriff's department becomes one of the first in the country to launch their own drone program.

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott, with «mixed emotions,» privately signed a marijuana bill into law, making the state the first in the country to authorize the recreational use of the substance by an act of a state legislature.

In 2012, when nonprofits paid over $ 532 billion in wages nationwide, New York nonprofits ranked first in the country, paying nearly $ 62 billion in total wages.

His administration became the first in the country to develop an Energy Plan and to sign into law controls on acid rain among many undertakings.»

University Hospitals Case Medical Center cardiologists Marco Costa, MD, and Dan Simon, MD, are among the first in the country to perform transaortic valve replacements (TAVR) while the patient is in a «twilight» sedation, awake and communicating with them during the procedure.

Promulgated on 1 July, the new plan is «the first in the country,» says Sam Castañeda, coordinator of visiting scholar and postdoctoral affairs at UC Berkeley and a member of the systemwide committee.

A few years later, she created a separate class on the physiology of aging — the first at Berkeley and one of the first in the country, she says.

In 2013, 36 cases of polio were reported — the first in the country since 1999, caused by a virus likely to have been introduced by Pakistani jihadist fighters.

He is the founder and former chairman and CEO of the Preferred Provider Organization of Michigan, which was the first in the country of this type of health insurance plan.

Voters in California will be the first in the country to cast ballots on an initiative that supports human stem cell research in a concrete way: by providing funding.

It's clear the 41 - year - old mom of six is no stranger to eating bugs: «I first had them when I was first in country,» she says.

They decided to marry first in his country, then in her city.

It was the first in the country to officially have a designated «gayborhood» that has everything you could want — bars, restaurants, walkability, art, entertainment and more.

Vibrant and enlightening, Divine Divas peeks behind the curtains of the Rival Theatre in Brazil, which was one of the first in the country to showcase men dressed as women in the 1960s.

The film became the first in the country's history to receive both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe nomination as the year's Best Foreign Film.

Although officials from the 4,000 districts nationwide that receive federal impact - aid funds have been outspoken in their opposition to cuts in the program recommended by the Reagan Administration, the Fairfax school board was the first in the country to threaten military families with tuition charges to make up for the lost support.

«It is fantastic to see Hume — a library service which has Australia's first multiversity and was recently crowned the world's best library — being recognised as the first in the country to receive eSmart status.»

(That same year, Massachusetts Governor William Weld passed a bill that made the state the first in the country to outlaw discrimination against gay and lesbian students in public schools.)

After working for more than two decades to close the charter - school funding gap, charter advocates celebrated two victories in 2017 when Colorado and Florida both passed laws — the first in the country — mandating equitable access to certain local tax revenues for charter schools.

Schools can now register their interest at www.disneymusicals.co.uk to be one of the first in the country to perform THE LION KING.

While the Ingatian education model builds on traditions going back centuries, the St. Ignatius Catholic School model is likely the first in the country — certainly in Idaho — to fully embrace core concepts associated with 21st century learning.

The Indianapolis school board and teachers union recently became the first in the country to include Opportunity Culture roles in their new contract, offering pay supplements of up to $ 18,300 — 35 percent of the district's average salary.

An Indianapolis charter school will be one of the first in the country to use a virtual reality program to teach science to high school students.

Washington ranks first in the country — tied with Indiana and Nevada — when it comes to state policies that promote a strong charter school sector, according to a new report out today from the National... Read More

With a judge's ruling last week in Southern California, a group of parents has become the first in the country to take over their children's failing public school after pulling a «parent trigger.»

The results are clear: Arizona charter school's students significantly improved their NAEP scores in 2017 — placing them first in the country for improvement!

A free school in West Sussex will become the first in the country to be shut down later, following concerns over teaching standards.