Sentences with phrase «handful of other states»

Initiatives to land marijuana legalization on 2016 ballots are well underway in Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Nevada, while a handful of other states could also put legalization to a vote.

A handful of other states approved marijuana for medical uses.

It generates more than half of its nearly $ 800 million top line in Pennsylvania, but also has sizable operations in Ohio, Texas, and a handful of other states.

Everything from theme parks to hotels could see a modest bump in interest when California joins a handful of other states in selling adult - use marijuana.

With a handful of other states adopting their own anti-abortion measures earlier this year, Perkins says his conservative Christian agenda «has been accelerated forward» in recent months.

D.C. joins a handful of other states in allowing gay marriage...

Unresolved questions surrounding Rep. Joe Sestak in Pennsylvania and former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff in Colorado — and Republican attempts to provide accelerant to the incumbent protection flap — have suddenly forced Senate candidates in a handful of other states, including Arkansas, Illinois and Ohio, to respond to queries about possible White House involvement in their own races, throwing them off message and on the defensive.

Nixon, the actress and activist who is challenging Cuomo in a Democratic primary for governor this year, on Wednesday released a video calling for New York to join a handful of other states that have relaxed marijuana laws.

Given they live in one of the bluer states, anchored by a city with a long tradition of liberal activism, New Yorkers might have also assumed that their Senate would be more inclined to join the handful of other states where gay marriage is legal.

And a handful of other states, including California, have seen similar proposals come before their legislatures this year.

(CNN)- North Carolina lawmakers passed a measure that requires residents to present photo identification to vote, joining a handful of other states that have approved the controversial proposal.

Since 2008, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and a handful of other states have experienced unprecedented surges of earthquakes.

In Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and a handful of other states, oil and gas production has triggered a surge of earthquakes unlike anything scientists have ever seen.

Candidates have to tailor their messages to small numbers of voters in the early primaries, so a few thousand people in New Hampshire and a handful of other states have a disproportionate influence on the direction of the presidential race.

However, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Republican lawmakers in Arizona, Indiana, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Vermont have joined Democratic counterparts from a handful of other states in launching measures that oppose provisions of the two - year - old NCLB law.

If the bill becomes law, Indiana will join a handful of other states that already have teacher controlled beards with independent authority over licensing and certification.

There is legislation pending in a handful of other states seeking to do the same.

Like a handful of other states, Massachusetts provides school districts with transition funds to make up for the money they lose when a student transfers to a charter school.

In addition, Louisiana, Florida, Colorado and a handful of other states have pledged in their Race to the Top bids to make student academic growth data account for at least half of a teacher's evaluation.

But as the legislature hovers close to joining a handful of other states that have repealed the academic standards, frequently referred to as «Common Core,» McCrory's words, communicated through his education advisor, Eric Guckian, have gotten softer.

Tennessee recently joined a handful of other states in tying student scores to whether their teachers» keep their licenses.

As MinnPost noted, «nationally, Minnesota is joining the ranks of a handful of other states that leave layoff policies completely up to the discretion of local districts.

For example, North Dakota, Minnesota, Rhode Island and a handful of other states and municipalities are leveraging their state and municipal bonding authority to provide borrowers a way to refinance their student loans at lower interest rates.

Already, there are state - to - state differences in emissions standards, although EPA standards have lately been converging to meet the stricter standards set by California and followed by a handful of other states.

Think parts of California, New York, Virginia, Hawaii and a handful of other states.

There are a handful of other states where an appraisal is required.

Washington state adopted a new rule Thursday to limit greenhouse - gas emissions from large carbon polluters, joining a handful of other states in capping emissions to address climate change.

Tennessee are higher than a handful of other states» minimum requirements, but nonetheless, the limits are too small to adequately cover most drivers.

In the US alone, over half of the states have introduced some form of legalized medical marijuana, while a handful of other states have also legalized recreational usage.

In the US alone, over half of the states have introduced some form of legalized medical marijuana, while a handful of other states have also legalized recreational usage (not to mention Canada... way to go, eh!).

Hopefully, the handful of other states that have not yet amended their divorce laws to include Irreconcilable Differences, including neighboring New York, will also bring their divorce processes into the 21st century, very shortly.

Mississippi and West Virginia are the only states to have this type of measure in effect; laws in a handful of other states are currently blocked pending litigation (see Bans on Specific Abortion Methods Used After the First Trimester).

Only a handful of other states — Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Texas and Virginia either have mold licensing requirements or laws in place that prevent or severely limit the ability of a contractor to offer both testing and remediation.