Sentences with phrase «in at least a dozen states»

Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said the operations, conducted in at least a dozen states, were routine and consistent with regular operations.

Officials in at least a dozen states are interested in a version of a parent trigger, including Chicago's mayor, Rahm Emanuel.

In fact, there has been legislation mulled in at least a dozen states that would effectively eliminate alimony, or at least lifetime alimony.

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In January, for example, President Obama mentioned the importance of small businesses as innovators and props to the economy in his State of the Union address at least half a dozen timeIn January, for example, President Obama mentioned the importance of small businesses as innovators and props to the economy in his State of the Union address at least half a dozen timein his State of the Union address at least half a dozen times.

At least 332 people were killed in Iran and Iraq when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolted the region on Sunday, state media in the two countries said, and rescuers were searching for dozens trapped under rubble in the mountainous area.

Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, who authorities suspect is the so - called Golden State Killer responsible for at least a dozen murders and 50 rapes in the 1970s and 80s, is accompanied by Sacramento County Public Defender Diane Howard, right, as he makes his first appearance, Friday, April 27, 2018, in Sacramento County Superior Court in Sacramento, Calif..

Suicide bombers stormed Libya's electoral commission in Tripoli on Wednesday, killing at least a dozen people in an attack claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group.

They control the GOP organization in nearly 20 states, and are a strong force in at least a dozen others.

There were always at least half a dozen militant Islamist opposition groups operating in Syria, including Isis (now calling itself the Islamic State).

Similar proposals have been defeated in at least two dozen states.

so, i have eaten at least 2 dozen spinach ways in India, depending on the state and season!

We eat greens in India in Dozens of different ways - every family has its own take on classical recipes (like the one below) and every state and region has at least 5 ways to cook the same greens, based on locally available ingredients!

At least a dozen states have organized copycat tours, but none of them matches the RAGBRAI in size or gusto.

The response in at least a half - dozen states has been anti-hate legislation aimed at beefing up penalties and expanding definitions of what constitutes hate.

PAC money is expected to play a large role in House races across the country and right here in this state, where at least a half dozen districts are considered to be in play.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna said today he will consider running for governor of New York in 2018, responding to the encouragement of at least a dozen top Republicans from across the state who approached him with the idea.

ALBANY — As the state Assembly finished action on the 2017 - 2018 budget Saturday evening, dozens of members — cooped up in Albany for at least 13 days — rushed out of the chamber before the final vote tally was announced.

At least 20 legislative campaign fund - raisers are already scheduled just blocks from the state Capitol building in the coming weeks, with dozens more being planned.

While it is widely known that some companies and foreign governments gave money to the foundations, perhaps in an effort to gain favor, one of the key parts of the puzzle hasn't been reported: At least a dozen of those same companies lobbied the State Department, using lobbyists who doubled as major Clinton campaign fundraisers.

Cuomo continues to insist that Joe Percoco and Todd Howe are U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's main focus, though prosecutors issued subpoenas and requests for information to various state agencies, state officials and at least a couple of dozen individuals and companies in various private sectors.

Former Gov. David Paterson is one of at least two dozen current or former state lawmakers to purchase a house, condo or apartment in the Albany area and use their per - diem payments to help cover the costs.

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).

In the past four years, Glenwood passed out at least $ 3.6 million to state politicians and the political committees that support them through a roster of two dozen limited liability companies.

To do so, the president will make at least a dozen campaign appearances in battleground states from now to Election Day on Nov. 8.

The need for accountability was brought home in December with the allegation that at least two dozen state employees had fraudulently obtained emergency food assistance earmarked for lower - income people who suffered losses in Tropical Storm Irene.

Since he first ran for office in 2014, Sen. Marc Panepinto, a Democrat, received more than $ 74,000 from at least a dozen attorneys or law firms that had active cases before his wife - state Supreme Court Judge Catherine Nugent Panepinto - according to campaign filings.

According to New York State Department of Environmental Conservation records, at least half a dozen oil releases have been reported in towns above the ancient pipeline.

Similar bills are in the works in Florida, Michigan, Missouri, Wisconsin and at least a dozen other states, prompted in large part by telephone calls authorized by campaigns during last year's elections.

Biologists and veterinarians across the central and eastern United States are calling on researchers at the University of Illinois to help them identify, understand and potentially treat snake fungal disease, a baffling affliction affecting more than a dozen species of wild and captive snakes in at least 15 sStates are calling on researchers at the University of Illinois to help them identify, understand and potentially treat snake fungal disease, a baffling affliction affecting more than a dozen species of wild and captive snakes in at least 15 statesstates.

An expert in drug discovery, Schramm maintained a steady state of over a dozen projects, with ten postdocs, at least one being a protein crystallographer.

At least a dozen people died and several others, including Americans, were injured when a bus ferrying cruise ship passengers to Mayan ruins in Mexico A Mexican Viewpoint on the War With the United States.

American movies today are in a worse state than ever, to judge by the recent Academy Award nominations — the sorriest list of honorees I've ever seen in a 90 - year - old process that has, for at least the past dozen years, steadily declined.

Joseph James DeAngelo, who authorities suspect is the so - called Golden State Killer responsible for at least a dozen murders, is arraigned in Sacramento, Calif., on Friday.

For at least a dozen years, a debate has raged in Washington and in state capitals over what the profession generally calls «opportunity to learn» standards, or OTL.

With the ascendance of Betsy DeVos and the passage of school - choice legislation in dozens of states around the country, for the time being at least, it appears that the school choice — first crowd has the upper hand.

But I would say again, at the very least I do expect that the predictions of doom and gloom and that the sky is going to fall that we heard in Illinois and that we heard in the other 17 states that have passed credit programs and a dozen or so states that have voucher programs or ESAs, these doom and gloom predictions never come to pass.

Since California passed its parent trigger in 2010, at least seven other states have adopted similar laws, and forms of the legislation have been considered in more than two dozen others.

As recent CAP publications highlight, Massachusetts, New York, and at least a dozen other states have already pledged to use 21st CCLC funds to provide more learning time for students in more schools.

New teacher evaluation systems have been changed in at least 33 states since 2009, and more than two dozen states are relying on both observations and student growth on test scores to judge a teacher's effectiveness.

In fact, the U.S. Education Department issued more than a dozen letters to states where opt - outs were reported, warning them of possible sanctions if at least 95 percent of all students are not tested.

I've reviewed at least a dozen books in three months, edited a 94,000 word middle grade novel, offered feedback on the work of six critique group members, wrote a technical manual for a business, constructed a grant proposal for an individual, tweaked a historical article for an upcoming state project, and became a writer for Demand Studios.

Although Piano has conceived almost every possible type of buildings, including urban icons such as The Shard in London or the New York Times headquarters, museums have always been his centerpiece with at least a dozen of masterpieces built in Europe, Oceania, and the United States.

In the U.S., dozens of states now require they account for at least a certain amount of their electricity.

While IPCC's dozens of authors are unpaid, at least three of the NIPCC's four lead authors are paid by the Heartland Institute... The IPCC reviews the current state of scientific knowledge, while the NIPCC's references in its Summary for Policymakers include publications that date back to 1904 and few references from this century other than non-peer-reviewed reports from itself and its authors.

But the Supreme Court order will likely tie up the plan for at least another year, said Vicki Arroyo, an expert in environmental law and the executive director of the Georgetown Climate Center, which has counseled dozens of states on the Clean Power Plan.

Nuclear industry advocates had predicted more than a dozen new reactors worth $ 100 billion or more generating at least 15,000 megawatts of power in the United States by 2020.

In testimony before the US Senate in 2003, he stated: It is the consensus of the climate research community that the anomalous warmth of the late 20th century can not be explained by natural factors, but instead indicates significant anthropogenic, that is human influences... More than a dozen independent research groups have now reconstructed the average temperature of the northern hemisphere in past centuries... The proxy reconstructions, taking into account these uncertainties, indicate that the warming of the northern hemisphere during the late 20th century... is unprecedented over at least the past millennium and it now appears based on peer - reviewed research, probably the past two millenniIn testimony before the US Senate in 2003, he stated: It is the consensus of the climate research community that the anomalous warmth of the late 20th century can not be explained by natural factors, but instead indicates significant anthropogenic, that is human influences... More than a dozen independent research groups have now reconstructed the average temperature of the northern hemisphere in past centuries... The proxy reconstructions, taking into account these uncertainties, indicate that the warming of the northern hemisphere during the late 20th century... is unprecedented over at least the past millennium and it now appears based on peer - reviewed research, probably the past two millenniin 2003, he stated: It is the consensus of the climate research community that the anomalous warmth of the late 20th century can not be explained by natural factors, but instead indicates significant anthropogenic, that is human influences... More than a dozen independent research groups have now reconstructed the average temperature of the northern hemisphere in past centuries... The proxy reconstructions, taking into account these uncertainties, indicate that the warming of the northern hemisphere during the late 20th century... is unprecedented over at least the past millennium and it now appears based on peer - reviewed research, probably the past two millenniin past centuries... The proxy reconstructions, taking into account these uncertainties, indicate that the warming of the northern hemisphere during the late 20th century... is unprecedented over at least the past millennium and it now appears based on peer - reviewed research, probably the past two millennia.

Luckily, there are at least half a dozen cities in the United States ready to do this.

New York lawmakers have introduced bills to open up the process at least a dozen times in the last 25 years, but the measures have faced powerful opposition from the state's district attorneys.

The plan is modeled after a similar one addressing heroin overdoses, with at least two - dozen other states that have implemented similar laws in recent years.