Sentences with phrase «in about a dozen states»

The national bill is similar to laws passed in about a dozen states so far.

As college tuition rates march upward, lawmakers in about a dozen states are divided over measures that would make it easier for undocumented immigrant students to qualify for in - state tuition rates.

The company markets its policies through almost 2,000 insurance agencies, and maintains offices in about a dozen states.

But legislation, so - called «ag - gag» bills, has either passed or is being considered in about a dozen states and would explicitly outlaw undercover reporting as well as the publication of material gathered by undercover reporting.

PIP, as it's called, is required in about a dozen states with «no - fault» laws.

For example, no fault or PIP protection is standard in about a dozen states, and many geographical areas also require drivers to carry uninsured motorist protection as a compulsory element in their auto policy.

Not exact matches

In the magazine's Annual Fintech Issue, Modern Trader editors spoke with dozens of Fintech leaders about the state of the industry.

About three - dozen U.S. state governors are holding their annual summer meeting in Rhode Island.

Of that number, about a half - dozen taxpayers have an effect on revenue that's noticed in the legislature and the state Department of Revenue Services.

About 20 Tally robots now manage inventory at a half - dozen mass merchants and supermarkets in the United States and Europe, Bogolea says.

Kenney also noted that Canada's Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Tom Lawson was in Saudi Arabia last month for a meeting with dozens of international military commanders from countries opposed to Islamic State, including about 25 actually involved in the military campaign against the terrorist organization, among them top officers from key Middle Eastern countries.

At the end of 2015, Zillow surveyed dozens of economists and housing analysts about home price trends in the United States.

In preparing to teach a course, I looked through a folder of accumulated notes and realized that I first taught the course to an adult class consisting of three women: Jennifer, a widow of about 60 years of age with an eighth - grade schooling, whose primary occupations were keeping a brood of chickens and a goat and watching the soaps on television; Penny, 55, an army wife who treated her retired military husband and her teenage son and daughter as items of furniture in her antiseptic house, dusting them off and placing them in positions that would show them off to her best advantage, and then getting upset when they didn't stay where she put them — she was, as you can imagine, in a perpetual state of upset; and Brenda, married, mother of two teenage sons, a timid, shy, introverted hypochondriac who read her frequently updated diagnoses and prescriptions from about a dozen doctors as horoscopes — the scriptures by which she liveIn preparing to teach a course, I looked through a folder of accumulated notes and realized that I first taught the course to an adult class consisting of three women: Jennifer, a widow of about 60 years of age with an eighth - grade schooling, whose primary occupations were keeping a brood of chickens and a goat and watching the soaps on television; Penny, 55, an army wife who treated her retired military husband and her teenage son and daughter as items of furniture in her antiseptic house, dusting them off and placing them in positions that would show them off to her best advantage, and then getting upset when they didn't stay where she put them — she was, as you can imagine, in a perpetual state of upset; and Brenda, married, mother of two teenage sons, a timid, shy, introverted hypochondriac who read her frequently updated diagnoses and prescriptions from about a dozen doctors as horoscopes — the scriptures by which she livein her antiseptic house, dusting them off and placing them in positions that would show them off to her best advantage, and then getting upset when they didn't stay where she put them — she was, as you can imagine, in a perpetual state of upset; and Brenda, married, mother of two teenage sons, a timid, shy, introverted hypochondriac who read her frequently updated diagnoses and prescriptions from about a dozen doctors as horoscopes — the scriptures by which she livein positions that would show them off to her best advantage, and then getting upset when they didn't stay where she put them — she was, as you can imagine, in a perpetual state of upset; and Brenda, married, mother of two teenage sons, a timid, shy, introverted hypochondriac who read her frequently updated diagnoses and prescriptions from about a dozen doctors as horoscopes — the scriptures by which she livein a perpetual state of upset; and Brenda, married, mother of two teenage sons, a timid, shy, introverted hypochondriac who read her frequently updated diagnoses and prescriptions from about a dozen doctors as horoscopes — the scriptures by which she lived.

Point number six, of course, is stated in about a dozen different ways, with people arguing over what the actual requirement should be (repent and be baptized, confess your sins, say this prayer, etc, etc), but for the sake of this blog post, I don't really care about that.

The arrests ordered by Connecticut authorities are likely to be merely the first of a number that will send shock waves through Florida, Rhode Island and Nevada, where betting on jai alai is also legal, and perhaps put a fatal crimp in the sport's plans to invade Delaware, Louisiana, Maryland and about a dozen other states and two Canadian provinces.

By a unanimous vote, the 3 - person board threw out nearly a dozen separate objections brought by two former village trustees who were concerned that any vote on gambling could send a negative message to state lawmakers and casino developers about putting a riverboat in Arlington Heights.

I recently spent a month on the road in the United States and spoke with dozens of Americans about the election.

So we've been talking about this effort by this group, the Republican State Leadership Committee, to put not huge amounts of money, but enough money to make a difference in a few dozen state legislative races, hoping that Republicans could then control statehouses, and after the 2010 census draw the new congressional lState Leadership Committee, to put not huge amounts of money, but enough money to make a difference in a few dozen state legislative races, hoping that Republicans could then control statehouses, and after the 2010 census draw the new congressional lstate legislative races, hoping that Republicans could then control statehouses, and after the 2010 census draw the new congressional lines.

About half a dozen fire departments and state rangers were called in to battle a fire that burned dozens of acres in St. Lawrence County.

On Tuesday, Burse and colleague Gabby Santos held a workshop of sorts to raise awareness about domestic violence and HIV in the LGBT community for a dozen or so social service agency representatives at the Empire State Plaza.

The union and its allies, he noted, pushed back against about a dozen pro-charter school proposals that state Senate Republicans made a concerted effort to include in the final budget bill.

In New Jersey, about three dozen towns and the state Senate and Assembly have formally opposed the project.

«Based on 2014 spending numbers, New York is one of about a dozen states, almost all in the Northeast, whose caps would be lowered as a result of this provision — potentially losing billions in aid,» said Bill Hammond, a health care analyst at the conservative - leaning Empire Center, an Albany think tank.

Dozens of residents turned out for the meeting, furious about recent events in Ramapo, including an FBI investigation into St. Lawrence as well as a state investigation alleging that town fire inspector Adam Peltz allegedly failed to report serious safety violations at several private schools.

About a dozen local protesters appeared in the lobby of the New York State Education Department in Albany Wednesday demanding the immediate removal of Buffalo Board of Education member Carl Paladino.

With Kurantowicz as director, Voters for Good Government made a splash in 2012 by spending about $ 300,000 on a last - minute burst of negative ads and mailings aimed at trying to defeat a half - dozen Democrats and flip control of the state Senate.

The hearing began last week, but Tuesday was the only day to draw about more than two dozen protesters outside of the state Education buildnig in Albany.

About two dozen educators as well as students took to a podium at Tuesday night's Common Core forum in Manorville to, for the most part, poke holes in the state's rollout of the Common Core State Standards Initiastate's rollout of the Common Core State Standards InitiaState Standards Initiative.

Federal investigators» interest in the former gubernatorial aide came to light in late April, when the administration acknowledged that it had received a wide - ranging subpoena from Bharara's office seeking information about actions taken by a half - dozen current or former members of the administration, including Percoco, that might have benefited two dozen companies that had received state funds or other benefits.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will deliver his 2018 «State of the State» address at 1 p.m. today in Albany, offering about two dozen proposals that tackle some key issues that have attracted national attention.

ALBANY — Mayor Bill de Blasio may have come to the Capitol on Tuesday to ask state lawmakers for help with affordable housing programs and homeless shelter allowances, but he found himself forced to answer a barrage of questions about an unexpected issue as more than a half - dozen lawmakers pressured him to allow a property tax cap in the city.

He is already on the ballot in about two dozen states.

The Greentrack casino proposal is one of about dozen in the state - designated Hudson Valley - Catskils region, which comprises Orange, Ulster and Sullivan counties.

Common Sense Principles, which claims to educate the public about limited government and fiscal responsibility, commissioned dozens of mailers in at least three key State Senate districts, targeting Monroe County Legislator Ted O'Brien, Assemblyman George Latimar (D - Rye) and Senator Joe Addabbo (D - Queens).

The governor said START - UP is one of about a dozen or so programs that's contributed to a revitalized New York economy, one where there are more jobs than ever in the state's history.

State Senator Marc Panepinto and administrators from about a half - dozen local school districts gathered in Hamburg to discuss Common Core, standardized testing and how their tied to teacher evaluations, and how to fix what they collectively believe is a flawed system.

Enterovirus impact can be minimized The best defense against a rare virus that has caused severe respiratory illness in hundreds of children across about a dozen states is proper hand - washing, reminded health officials from the Oneida County Health Department and the county's hospitals, Rome Memorial Hospital, St. Elizabeth Medical Center and Faxton St. Luke's Healthcare.

Confirmed, two cases in Oneida County - Enterovirus The best defense against a rare virus that has caused severe respiratory illness in hundreds of children across about a dozen states is proper hand - washing, reminded health officials from the Oneida County Health Department.

In the case of the comptroller against the Department of Social Services, DSS is claiming that the financial information on about a dozen wards of the state under its administration is not subject to comptroller scrutiny.

In addition to the face - off between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, New Yorkers will have a chance to vote on about two dozen candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives, one U.S. Senator (Democratic incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand) and 213 members of the New York State legislature.

U.S. Rep. John Larson, one of the chief architects of the sit - in, collected about a dozen donations in the days that followed the protest, mostly in the form of checks for a few hundred dollars from in - state donors that totaled around $ 5,000.

Federal investigators» interest in Percoco came to light in late April, when the administration acknowledged that it had received a wide - ranging subpoena from the office of U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara seeking information about actions taken by a half - dozen current or former members of the administration, including Percoco, that might have benefited two dozen companies that had received state funds or other benefits.

Later in the afternoon a half a block away, about a dozen people including Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan turned out for a «State of Our Community Meeting»... «When I go into our schools, our kids are saying the same things that the adults say.

Since then, two IDA boards, four school districts, hundreds of Valley Stream taxpayers, and about a dozen state and local lawmakers have become embroiled in a controversy over the mall's tax incentives that have been blamed for steep tax hikes for residents.

Moskowitz answered about a dozen questions, with topics including whether there is any potential mayoral candidate who embodies what she wants in a candidate, whether she plans on being involved in the 2017 election, why she is «such a lightning rod» for criticism, obstacles ahead, the City's pre-K program, whether she'll run for office at another time, whether she reflexively criticizes all education - related actions of Mayor de Blasio, whether she's concerned that her influence on state government will diminish because of her decision, discipline and suspension polices at Success Academy schools, her plans for other projects and her view on potential mayoral candidacies of Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr..

Mr. Bharara, whose office has won the convictions of about a dozen current and former state legislators in his six - year tenure, said his public corruption investigations were continuing, but he would not discuss them.

Molinaro, a former state assemblyman who has been Dutchess County executive since 2012, on Wednesday became the first of about half a dozen Republicans who have expressed possible interest in challenging Gov. Cuomo in 2018 to create a campaign account — Molinaro For New York — with the state Board of Elections.

The Ohio governor plunged into the heart of the state's political bubble, chatting with about two dozen Republicans from the Assembly at the stately Fort Orange Club and then walked over to the Capitol building itself to huddle privately with Republicans in the State Sestate's political bubble, chatting with about two dozen Republicans from the Assembly at the stately Fort Orange Club and then walked over to the Capitol building itself to huddle privately with Republicans in the State SeState Senate.

Now, about a dozen years later, paleontologists from the University of Bonn, led by Prof. Dr. Martin Sander, have worked with Nils Knötschke and Dr. Oliver Wings from the State Museum of Hanover to reconstruct the tracks in a three - dimensional model, using digital methods.

Tillman says that NYU also helps about a half dozen of its postdocs enroll in a 16 - week Fundamentals of the Biotech Industry course at the Center for Biotechnology, a state - funded center created to support the region's growing biotech industry.