Sentences with phrase «from rural states»

Progressives and many 2020 presidential hopefuls in the Senate have lined up against the legislation, while some moderates and those from rural states support it and seek to hold it up as an example of their ability to work in a bipartisan manner.

«For a person like me from a rural state, a lot of times that retaliation is in regard to agriculture.

Sanders has defended his position on guns, considering that he comes from a rural state with few gun deaths and loose firearms laws.

«The other thing that I guess the Sanders supporters would say is, «you know, he comes from a rural state with widespread gun ownership»... So is it not fair to let Bernie Sanders off the hook in that way?»

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There has been a total of 83 rural hospital closures in the United States from January 2010 to January 2018, according to the North Carolina Rural Health Research Program, a group which tracks rural hospital closures across the courural hospital closures in the United States from January 2010 to January 2018, according to the North Carolina Rural Health Research Program, a group which tracks rural hospital closures across the couRural Health Research Program, a group which tracks rural hospital closures across the courural hospital closures across the country.

The American system of education makes it possible for a poor boy living in a great city to carry himself through college and even through certain professional schools free, whereas a similar boy living in a rural community will be Stopped alter high school by the costs of transportation to the state - college town and by the cost of board and food away from home.

Bowling's story is emblematic of the boom - and - bust history of the coal industry in Appalachia, a largely rural 13 - state swath that runs from southern New York to northeastern Mississippi.

In Delaware, you may also qualify for assistance from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development.

If you live in a rural area of the state, you may be eligible for a loan or grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Developrural area of the state, you may be eligible for a loan or grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural DevelopRural Development.

The geographic areas that CFs serve vary in size from entire states or regions of a state (e.g. Southeastern Texas) to major metropolitan cities like New York City to rural counties with populations less than 2,500.

In the United States, the thousands of deserted rural towns resulting from the replacement of family farming by agribusiness are one witness to this destruction.

But in the United States, the uprooting of the rural population and the rapid migration of industry from one part of the country to another, as well as out of the country altogether, have represented a steady assault on community during the past half century.

It is crazy to let a small number of religious nuts from a small rural state have this much say in an election.

Perry had been elected a state representative as a Democrat from a rural West Texas district in 1985.

However, now living in a very rural environment where county law enforcement is 40 minutes away, and we rely on officers from another county, city, or state (hopefully they are available) in an emergency, I advocate sensible firearms possession for the sake of protection of personal protection, livestock, and hunting.

What we need to learn is how can farms, how can rural communities, how can underserved communities benefit from supplying top - line ingredients, grown in the United States, and work with some of the greatest brands in the world, natural products industry brands, to do great things and increase the health and wellness outcomes for America.

This compared with just a 1 per cent rise in rural values from 2012 to 2014 to $ 98 billion, due mainly to distressed dairy farm sales in the state's south - west.

Guided by five bottom lines — Sustaining our Business, our Brands, our People, our Community and the Planet — Matthew works with state and federal officials, academia, ingredient suppliers, farmers within Clif agriculture supply chain and the organic industry to improve the success of the rural communities from which we source our food.

Where does private funding come from in places like rural areas of Rust Belt states?

He is the author or co-author of numerous reports including the Wasting of Rural New York State - Factory Farms and Public Health, Volatile Vinyl - the New Shower Curtain's Chemical Smell, Baby's Toxic Bottle - BPA Leaching From Popular Baby Bottles, No Silver Lining - An Investigation Into BPA in Canned Foods, and Toxic Toys R Us.

These include the use of child labour, sourcing chocolate from cacao farms which use slave labour, stealing rural water resources in the United States, marketing formula with questionable and sometimes outright illegal claims, etc etc..

The HIV prevalence also ranged from 0.2 per cent in the Afram Plains (representing the rural areas) to 5.2 per cent in Obuasi (urban areas), the reports stated.

Bloomberg gave heavily to the anti-recall efforts, and appeared to lash out after their loss, saying that the two lawmakers came from areas of the state — Colorado Springs and Pueblo — that were so rural they didn't have paved roads.

The public comments range from complaints from environmental groups that the impact statement does not fully address public health effects or the impacts of industrialization on the state's rural areas, to concerns from the Independent Oil and Gas Association, which worries the new rules may be too strict.

New York state Assemblyman D. Billy Jones visited a senior technology program in Plattsburgh that serves rural residents of the region to discover how those who use it benefit from the service.

In the Thirties, people faced a choice between a corrupt and minimal Republican state and bands of wandering Communists, operating from rural bases, who lacked strong political power.

A week that U.S. Senate Republicans had hoped would mobilize conservatives and shore up support for their measure to repeal the Affordable Care Act instead ended with eroding enthusiasm, as usually reliable Republican senators from red states blanched at its impact on rural communities.

Gillibrand was a little - known second - term congresswoman from a rural Republican district when Gov. David Paterson tapped her last month to fill the Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

It's worth noting that, compared with other rural states, Vermont derives a lot of its economy from tourism, niche agriculture, and handicrafts.

New York State has a Democratic majority in the Assembly which means a Democratic representative from District 101 will have better opportunities to make an impact in Albany for the issues that matter to people in rural areas.

A development now being built in the rural village of Schoharie, for example, was promised millions of dollars in funds and tax credits from the state Division of Housing and Community Renewal after its then - commissioner, Darryl Towns, bypassed competing projects that had higher recommendations from his staff.

Nathan Berger, the Long Island coordinator for the Justice for Farmworkers Rural Migrant Ministry, says they are seeking an eight - hour day, overtime, and one guaranteed day off per week, as farm workers are exempt from many state labor laws.

«Because you have a lot of judges... you have city court judges, county court judges, village, town judges throughout the state... many are rural and some may not want to take someone's hunting rifle away from them.»

Similar ideas were behind the creation of many rural cooperatives in the United States during the Great Depression for everything from electrical and telephone services, to marketing crops, to purchasing farm supplies.

Methodology: The two - and - a-half-year study involved collecting data over a period of 18 months from nine state primary and secondary schools situated in London and a rural area of England.

«As a government, we share the belief that, if properly empowered, our women, particularly from the rural areas, can make meaningful contributions to the development of our dear state.

Professor Clare Hinrichs from Pensylvania State University will be giving a Rural Economy and Land Use seminar on «Boundary Work in Interdisciplinary research on Sustainable Food Chains».

Mr. Sanders, representing a rural, gun - loving state, voted against the 1993 Brady Bill and for a federal law granting weapons manufacturers immunity from lawsuits by shooting victims.

«From our farms and wineries to the small businesses on Main Street, our rural communities have the potential to reinvigorate local economies in every region of the state and help make New York a more affordable and prosperous state,» Helming said.

Being from Phoenix, she has risen in politics in its populous media market, unlike Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, the party's sole candidate, who represents the rural eastern part of the state.

Dramatically behind in public polls, Lhota needs to tend to Republican Party faithful while trying to find an opening with City voters whose views differ markedly from the suburban / rural dominated state Republican Party.

Those proposals include a $ 500 million investment in broadband Internet access in rural upstate areas, the creation of an infrastructure bank, using $ 500 million from the state's surplus to further provide incentives to local governments to consolidate and share services and the Global NY initiative, meant to promote overseas trade of state businesses.

Three Minnesota Democrats from rural parts of the state are on the GOP House committee's target list.

A broadband symposium organized by an upstate New York Congressman brought concerned residents and community leaders together with experts from state and federal government to discuss expanding high - speed internet in rural towns.

Son of the late Tony Benn, Hilary held ministerial positions as Secretary of State for International Development from 2003 until 2007, and for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2007 until 2010.

Mary Creagh takes over from Hilary Benn as Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, while Ann McKechin takes the Scotland portfolio over from Jim Murphy.

In the 21st District, in the state's rural Northern Tier, Representative Elise M. Stefanik, the incumbent Republican, has stuck to her support for Mr. Trump, despite fierce criticism from Mike Derrick, a Democrat.

But the Upper East Regional Minister, Rockson Bukari, has debunked the allegations, stating that, he was only acting on a directive from the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development following an Accra High court ruling on the matter.

The governor suggested that Trump's urban roots would make him easier to work with than GOP leaders who hail from rural and suburban areas, remembering the late Mario Cuomo's struggles to bring the state funding during the 1980s

And in recent days, Mr. Flanagan has shown flashes of political sophistication in his own party, working outward from his base on Long Island — where nine Republican state senators, including Mr. Skelos, live — while reassuring more conservative upstate Republicans on issues like the Safe Act, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's 2013 gun control law, which he supported but many rural residents abhor.