Sentences with phrase «give states nearly»

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But Lesko's lists pertain mostly to small business: you'll find information on agencies that give development assistance to expanding companies, economic reports that regional Federal Reserve banks will send you, government surplus - property auctions, whom to ask about overseas selling, how to find financial data on a company or franchisor, where to apply for research grants — in sum, information on the offerings of nearly every federal, state, and local bureaucracy in the country.

Clearly I am stating the obvious but waking up at 3:30 a.m on a daily basis gave me nearly three hours more in my day than usual.

We are also fortunate to be served by two Class I railroads and 24 short - line companies, giving our state the No. 7 rank in rail mileage, with nearly 5,000 miles of railroad track, the largest railroad network in the Southeast.

After routing Clinton in New Hampshire and finishing a strong second in Iowa, states with nearly all - white populations, Nevada's Democratic caucuses gave Sanders his first chance to prove he can win over black and Hispanic voters and compete nationally as the race moves to states with more diverse populations.

All that time in the air, he says, gives him a chance to focus on the «big picture» for his brand, which is now available in nearly 10,000 bars, restaurants, and clubs in the United States and abroad, and to embrace different culinary traditions.

Looking forward, it is a given that a lot needs to go right in the eurozone, the United States, China, and Japan, which account for nearly two - thirds of the world's $ 72 trillion economy.

Schlafly, again nearly single - handedly, managed to stop the feminist - backed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution dead in its tracks in 1982 — a startling feat, given that the ERA had the backing of nearly the entire political and intellectual establishment, Republicans included, and had garnered ratification votes during the 1970s from thirty - five of the necessary thirty - eight states.

Judging by the massive list of Wenger's» I nearly signed» And the amount of scouts Arsenal fc have positioned around the world, We have to give some credit to the rumours where it states that the Player has been watched by representives from our club.

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More importantly, his diverse skill set — the 102 career receptions, the nearly 28 - yard kick return average — could give the Penn State product more ways to make an impact than your typical running back.

Despite the sportsbooks adjusting their lines to give home dog Penn State an additional point, the betting public is sticking with Nebraska, with nearly eight out of ten spread wagers confident that Bo Pelini's boys can escape with at least a four point victory against Joe Paterno's scandal ridden program.

Supporters say the buy - local program keeps Alaska money in state, gives kids healthier choices than heat - to - eat processed meals, and helps create food security for a state that imports nearly all its groceries.

Cutting nearly $ 1 trillion from Medicaid will give states the freedom to tailor the program to suit their needs, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said, as he defended a narrowly passed House bill that aims to undo parts of the health care law enacted by the previous administration.

Nearly 80,000 public school students in 100 districts across Long Island refused yesterday to take the state mathematics exam given in grades three through eight, in a fifth straight year of boycotts driven by opposition to the Common Core tests, according to a Newsday survey.

They have accused government of misplaced priority considering that the state could have raked in nearly Ghc5 million cedis a month if it had given out the spaces on the 116 buses for commercial advertisement.

And Comcast, which is seeking approval from the state's Public Service Commission for a proposed merger with Time Warner Cable, gave at nearly three times the rate ($ 31,000 to $ 11,000).

A recent analysis of state election funds from NYPIRG found that 127 donors gave $ 50,000 or more to statewide candidates and political parties over the past year, for a total of nearly $ 17 million.

State officials say the law gives the executives the option of inviting representatives of school districts, which account for nearly 70 percent of the property tax levy, and other taxing jurisdictions to take part in the process.

Supporters, chanting «give it back,» also released a report showing that nearly half the $ 663,000 in «housekeeping» funds raised by the State Republican Party in 2016 came from three donors who each gave $ 100,000 contributions.

The announcement comes nearly a year after the Lake City received $ 10 million in DRI funds from the state, part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's effort to give upstate cities a shot in the arm.

Rechnitz, who has pleaded guilty and is cooperating with federal authorities, donated nearly $ 5,000 for the mayor's inauguration committee and also gave $ 102,000 to the mayor's failed campaign to unseat Republicans in the state Senate.

The state Business Council considers the expiring rates nearly a non-issue, given the tax cut approved in this year's budget which once fully phased starting in 2018 is worth more than $ 4.2 billion.

With public financing and the alignment of the governor with the legislature, Connecticut passed mandatory paid sick days, increased the minimum wage, adopted an Earned Income Tax Credit, passed in - state tuition for undocumented students, and reversed a nearly 30 - year trend that gave bottle deposits back to distributors and redirected the money to public programs.

Today's Siena poll finds nearly half of New Yorkers give the Legislature a failing grade on the still - incomplete state budget.

«Upstate» is mentioned a handful of times in existing state law, and on nearly each of these occasions, it's given a different definition.

Nearly four dozen Democratic state legislators are pushing Cuomo to use the upcoming state budget talks to close a loophole that lets companies give virtually unlimited amounts in campaign donations.

They were working from information the state Democratic Committee had given them, but that information failed to reflect that nearly all of those votes occurred over a brief stretch during which Mr. LaValle was visiting his gravely ill father in a Long Island hospital and later attending to the details of his funeral.

Governor Cuomo pledged during his election campaign that he would work toward reforming the state's campaign finance system, which contains loopholes that permit nearly unlimited amounts of money to be given to candidates.

Nearly 90 percent of NYC census block groups were home to small donors who contributed to City Council candidates, while only 30 percent of NYC census block groups were home to small donors who gave to state Assembly candidates.

Ahmad has given nearly $ 400,000 to the campaigns of state and local elected officials and political parties in New York, campaign finance records show.

DOT officials announced on Feb. 2 that all of the remaining signs would be taken down to make way for a new tourism campaign and signage — a day after Highway Administration acting Administrator Brandye Hendrickson sent a letter to DOT and New York State Thruway Authority officials, saying the federal government would withhold an estimated $ 14 million from the nearly $ 1 billion it gives New York annually for bridge and highway improvements.

Mets owner Fred Wilpon has given the governor a $ 65,000 campaign contribution just before Wilpon's organization began seeking state approval of an arena for the Islanders hockey team at Belmont Race track — nearly double the $ 35,000 Wilpon's firm donated to Cuomo for all his prior campaigns.

But nearly one - fifth of students across New York state opted out of taking the English exams when they were given last week, and more plan to skip the math tests.

The object of all this ire and satire was Pearson PLC, the company based in Great Britain that has a nearly $ 33 million contract with New York state to write and administer tests given to K - 12 public school students and to help run teacher training tests.

Last week, the heads of nearly four dozen state agencies under the governor's control were to have given the Budget Division their lists of job titles they could cut in order to meet this year's budget goals.

Schumer's request comes nearly a month after two Cuomo administration officials made a similar plea to the FCC asking that the money instead be given directly to New York to enhance Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $ 500 million New NY Broadband Program, which is designed to provide all areas of the state with high - speed internet by 2018.

Washington (CNN)-- Nearly lost in the chaotic last few days, the dueling House and Senate gave fast - track approval to at least one immigration bill - a measure extending 1,000 more special visas to Afghan citizens who have been working for the United States.

Leonard Litwin, who appears to be the developer at the center of a criminal complaint against Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, gave nearly $ 3.6 million to candidates and state - level political parties in the last election cycle, more than any other donor, according to a Capital analysis of campaign finance filings.

Taub, who got nearly $ 500,000 in state money for his research funneled to him from Silver, didn't like that the firm failed to give any of the millions it made off cancer cases to mesothelioma research.

In 2016, the Oneida Nation gave nearly $ 62 million to the state and the 10 counties: Oneida, Madison, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Lewis, Onondaga, Oswego and Otsego.

State Sen. Michael Gianaris (D - Astoria) gave his endorsement to one candidate for borough president, but forked over nearly $ 4,000 to another earlier in the year.

The transactions followed a similar pattern from 2014, when the Rent Stabilization Association gave $ 600,000 to the Republican State Leadership Committee, which gave nearly $ 1 million to Balance New York.

• Give New Yorkers a raise: No one can survive on $ 8.75, and let's get real: It's nearly impossible to raise a family on $ 12 or $ 13 per hour in a state as expensive as ours.

Perhaps more importantly, given the large population of evangelical Christians in the United States (up to 30 percent by some estimates), nearly half of the evangelicals surveyed said they felt that science and religion were in a collaborative relationship.

You've always been fascinated by astronomy, but in college at San Diego State University you nearly gave it up.

But in the United States, nearly 25 million pounds of antibiotics per year, up from 16 million in the mid 1980s, are given to healthy animals for agriculture purposes, according to a 2000 report by the Union of Concerned Scientists.

In the United States, nearly half the antibiotic prescriptions given for respiratory infections are inappropriate: for illnesses caused by viruses rather than bacteria, antibiotics won't help the patient get better.

Like that baby, the vast majority of the nearly half - million infants born prematurely in the United States are given antibiotics, even without evidence of infection.

«Given the high levels of contaminants these waters contain, it's startling that the amount of wastewater being produced from hydraulic fracturing in the United States is nearly on the same level as the amount of water used to frack the wells in the first place,» Vengosh said.

«The rule's restructuring of nearly every state's electric grid would exceed even the authority that Congress gave to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the federal agency responsible for electricity regulation,» they wrote in a filing.