Sentences with phrase «handful of states as»

Without his vast array of small donors and the resources they provided, he'd have been trapped fighting in the same handful of states as the doomed John Kerry.

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(A handful of states, including Alabama, Arkansas and Minnesota, mandate even less than the federal minimum wage, which was established as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and contained exemptions for some poorer states.)

Legislators in a handful of oil - rich states are struggling to do the seemingly impossible as the 2016 fiscal year draws to a close this week: balancing their budgets, as required by law, despite massive declines in revenues due to falling oil prices.

In addition to a handful of state lawmakers, payday loans have caught the attention of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as well.

by Steve Davis In the decades - long battle against cannabis prohibition, when growing and possessing cannabis was illegal everywhere in the United States, a handful of brave soldiers stood out as leaders in the battle — and all of them were persecuted because of it.

In the space of a single generation Christian communities were established in most of the eastern provinces of the Roman empire, and as far west as Italy: a remarkable achievement for a society which started with a handful of humble folk from the small towns of a petty «native state».

Despite being separated by a handful of states — Rebekah lives in Colorado, the other Rebekah in Michigan — they are as close as can be, keeping in touch through phone calls, photos, videos and visits.

* Republican governors watch automated production process * Say campaign against «pink slime» unwarranted scare SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb., March 29 (Reuters)- A maker of the hamburger filler branded by critics as «pink slime» on Thursday allowed three state governors supportive of the U.S. beef industry and a handful of journalists to see it being made for the first time since a controversy erupted over use of the meat scraps.

(Repeats for wider coding, story unchanged) SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb, March 30 (Reuters)- A maker of the hamburger filler branded by critics as «pink slime» on Thursday allowed three state governors supportive of the beef industry and a handful of journalists to see it being made for the first time since a controversy erupted over use of the meat scraps.

2013 has been a whirlwind of activity for youth sports concussion laws as a handful of remaining states passed legislation, or currently have legislation pending, leading nearly every state in America to have its own laws to educate coaches and parents about concussion prevention and recognition in youth sports.

Even as midwifery grows increasingly popular nationwide, with an estimated 40,000 babies born outside hospitals last year, a handful of states remain severely restrictive of the profession.

On the other hand, if you're trying to reach a handful of influentials, such as, say, political activists in the mountain states in the West, you're going to get better results by focusing on the specific blogs and newsletters that these people read — and where possible, to contact potential opinion leaders individually and directly.

The handful of elected officials from the state and city level have forcefully denounced the prospect of new bridge tolls as Cuomo drafts a congestion pricing plan for New York City that would raise revenue for its mass transit network.

A handful of names, including Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Albany Mayor Gerald Jennings and state Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins of Westchester have been mentioned as possibilities.

As I investigated a handful of recent instances of police aggression toward the refugees there, it became overwhelmingly clear that the situation on the ground demonstrates this declaration, and two of its stated aims particularly, to be at best meaningless and at worst wilfully dishonest.

As both parties battle for control of the State Senate, the most forceful attack advertisements have been concentrated in a handful of races that will determine who controls the chamber — and, increasingly, they are being drawn up by outside groups, including some not even in New York State.

But instead of just backing Senate Democratic's as the union's VOTE - COPE independent expenditure committee has done so far, NYSUT is also spending money in a handful of state Assembly races as well, filings with the state Board of Elections show.

This race is one of a handful of closely contested contests being fought around the state as the Republicans and Democrats battle (again) for control of the chamber.

The Haber - Martins race on Long Island is one of a handful of contested contests taking place across the state that are being closely watched as the Democrats and Republicans battle it out in a re-match for control of the Senate.

Earlier in the week officials had defended the policy — which required all packages to be ordered through a handful of state - approved vendors, and which banned goods like used books and fresh fruit and vegetables — as a necessary security measure in the face of increasing prison contraband.

In a rare statement on his successor, Obama said, «Even in the absence of American leadership; even as this administration joins a small handful of nations that reject the future, I'm confident that our states, cities, and businesses will step up and do even more to lead the way, and help protect for future generations the one planet we've got.»

Candidates in a handful of competitive state Senate districts are using Albany's corruption problem as a hook in this year's election.

It comes as Gipson is running a rematch against Serino for the Hudson Valley seat, one of a handful of battleground districts across the state.

Another approach which is used in U.S. state and local taxation by virtue of an interstate compact, is to have entities (or consolidated groups of corporations) prepare one tax return for the entire world and then to allocate pro-rata percentages of that global return to different jurisdictions based upon a handful of factors that are relatively hard to manipulate and bear a meaningful relationship to where income is earned such as sales, employment and the location of physical assets.

Crouse, however, said the Republican power - sharing deal in the state Senate with a handful of breakaway Democrats known as the Independent Democratic Conference shows just how unwieldy the logistics of coalitions can be.

«Our new degree program gives students an unparalleled advantage in this field as it is the only one of its kind in the state, and one of only a handful in the entire country.»

As a handful of candidates competed to replace Silver, a 17 - member group dubbed the «suburban caucus» emerged, illustrating the regional disparity between members from New York City and the rest of the state.

It's the door to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's suite of offices, where he has already convened a handful of meetings with Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, plus Skelos» coalition partner Jeff Klein of the Independent Democratic Conference, as they attempt to hammer out the state spending plan before the April 1 start of the new fiscal year.

It was among a handful of lofty goals Katz set forth in her State of the Borough address as part of her vision for the borough by 2030.

This poor - mouthing of his own mojo must have come as a happy surprise to the handful of state lawmakers who showed up for the event, one of the governor's periodic «Capital for a Day» showpieces.

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A state of suppressed physiological activity is known as torpor, and a handful of mice, bats, and birds employ it on a daily basis.

Only a handful of states have outlawed discrimination based on genetic testing, and most laws are aimed at specific tests, such as one for sickle cell anemia.

(There currently are no federal regulations governing electronics disposal in the U.S., but a handful of states, such as California and Massachusetts, along with environmentalists, are pushing Congress to adopt federal mandates.)

The Tiksi International Hydrometeorological Observatory, a joint project of Finland, Russia, and the United States, serves as a vital link in a handful of Arctic observing stations that dot regions along and above the Arctic Circle.

As I think I state pretty clearly in the article, omega 6 are healthy in very small doses — nothing like the high amounts people consume in the Standard American Diet or even on a few handfuls of nuts every day.

If i find a handful interesting and try to get in touch, they dilly - dally, they are only interested in seeing as many photos of mine as possible, even daring to ask for ones in states of undress, and worst of all - holding decent intelligent flowing conversation is the most impossible task anyone can ask of them.

As I've stated before in other fighting game reviews, costumes do not change the gameplay at all, and are only appealing to a handful of fighting game fans.

There are also a handful of gaming modes that include a new 12 - part campaign mode in story that revolves around the Warring States and the new Chronicle Mode which allows for additional customisation as you on a road trip around Japan.

The State Commission of Investigation, New Jersey's public - watchdog agency, found that a handful of top school administrators were paid as much as 65 percent more than what was publicly reported.

A handful of states, such as Texas and North Carolina, began implementing «consequential» school accountability policies in the early 1990s.

And in a handful of states, including New York, Arizona, and California, every teacher is now required to have coursework or professional development in teaching English as a second language.

Georgia has been one of only a handful of states that do not subject school - based programs run by outside providers to child - care rules covering such areas as staff training, equipment safety, and transportation.

A handful of school districts and states — including Dallas, Houston, Denver, New York, and Washington, D.C. — have begun using student achievement gains as indicated by annual test scores (adjusted for prior achievement and other student characteristics) as a direct measure of individual teacher performance.

A handful of reputable organizations have partnered with Digital Promise to issue micro-credentials that teachers can collect on BloomBoard's online platform, such as the Relay Graduate School of Education, Hope Street Group, Learning Forward, the Friday Institute at North Carolina State University, the Center for Teaching Quality, Teaching Matters, KQED, TNTP (The New Teacher Project), the New Teacher Center, and Arizona State University.

Assuming it's true — state officials seemed to waffle, fiddle, and redefine when asked tough questions by reporters — this would go a long way toward explaining why Texas has for years had a rate of special - ed placements below just about every other state in the union, and far below a handful of jurisdictions (such as Massachusetts) that are pushing 20 percent.

So far, the evidence is limited to a handful of institutional studies, like the ones at LBCC and CCBC, as well as from descriptive analyses of changes in aggregate state - level trends, such as in Florida and Tennessee.

Back in the United States, we find a dizzying assortment of gifted and talented programs in many districts, a handful of states that require «gifted» students to be «identified» (though not necessarily «served»), and a small but distinguished array of super high schools such as New York's Stuyvesant High School and Virginia's Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnStates, we find a dizzying assortment of gifted and talented programs in many districts, a handful of states that require «gifted» students to be «identified» (though not necessarily «served»), and a small but distinguished array of super high schools such as New York's Stuyvesant High School and Virginia's Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technstates that require «gifted» students to be «identified» (though not necessarily «served»), and a small but distinguished array of super high schools such as New York's Stuyvesant High School and Virginia's Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.

To be sure, some blue and purple states can count a handful of Democratic legislators and the occasional Democratic governor as proponents, but the charter movement has relied on strong Republican support to sustain it.

But he also knows he'll need only a handful of Democrats in the Senate, and he can get some, if not all, of them by recruiting Democratic senators with backgrounds in state politics, such as Colorado's Michael Bennet, an Alexander ally on the committee.