Sentences with phrase «more than a dozen states»

Conservatives in more than a dozen states have introduced or plan to introduce measures dropping out of, or taking steps toward ending, Common Core.

Officials from more than a dozen states said they will continue the work they had already begun to comply with the plan.

Further, a survey of more than a dozen states found state and federal complaint procedures lacking, meaning at - risk patients suffered abuse and neglect in silence for months.

We have worked with more than a dozen state departments of education to support their efforts to improve school climate.

The rare event will be visible in certain regions within more than a dozen states.

More than a dozen states now grade their public schools using the traditional A through F system.

More than a dozen state lawmakers and law - enforcement officials held a news conference in Albany on Monday to call on the state Parole Board to deny parole for Judith Clark, who drove a getaway car in the 1981 Brinks robbery in Rockland County.

With more than a dozen states approving the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, the Chicago Tribune looks at some of the entrepreneurs blazing a trail in the quasi-legal pot industry.

More than a dozen states offer prepaid tuition plans, though some are currently closed to new enrollment.

AG Eric Schneiderman joined more than a dozen state attorneys general in sending a letter to Trump calling for him to ignore «misguided advice» and continue federal support for the Clean Power Plan

More than a dozen state attorneys general have challenged it as unconstitutional and an encroachment on state sovereignty, and some people have suggested that the fines — which are as low as $ 95 in the first year — won't persuade people to buy an insurance plan that may be far more expensive.

The measure was inspired by SLA's pursuit of the Colonie retailer Empire Wine, which in August 2014 was cited for shipping to consumers in more than a dozen states where such shipments are illegal.

ExxonMobil, where Tillerson has worked since 1975, is being investigated by more than a dozen states after InsideClimate News revealed last year that it spent decades ignoring its own scientists» research tying fossil fuels to climate change.

This most recent incident, which is under state investigation, was only the latest in a series of safety scares on a state plane or helicopter, said more than a dozen state staffers familiar with the fleet.

PITTSFORD — As more than a dozen states investigate energy companies over an alleged global warming coverup, Vermont RICO 20 professor Alan Betts says backers aren't engaged in an anti-free-speech witch hunt.

None have opposed discussing the issue further in international diplomatic fora, and this week more than a dozen states indicated their support for the mandate to address these weapons via the Convention on Conventional Weapons.

And Family Research Council President Tony Perkins says the last time his conservative Christian movement saw so many victories at the state level — where many legislatures are busy passing new abortion restrictions - was in 2004, when more than a dozen states adopted same - sex marriage bans.

The new language follows a report by The New York Times last month that showed Mr. Cuomo had raised about $ 890,000 from his appointees to more than a dozen state boards and commissions.

The TEC - SMART facility in Malta, NY features more than a dozen state - of - the - art classrooms and laboratories to train the workforce in semiconductor manufacturing and green technologies, including photovoltaic, geothermal and wind energy.

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey under its new Democratic governor is emerging as a one of more than a dozen states suing President Donald Trump's administration on a host of issues, from immigration to taxes.

Though early in the season, the Centers for Disease Control has already alerted more than a dozen states, many in the South and Southwest, of local flu outbreaks.

This year legislators in more than a dozen state capitals will decide how to spend hundreds of millions of new education dollars slated for preschool.

Benton was one of more than a dozen state CAOs who visited Louisiana with Joanne Weiss last fall, a trip funded by the Council of Chief State School Officers.

Center associates are supporting more than a dozen states responding to the Every Student Succeeds Act with inventive and technically defensible accountability designs.

More than a dozen states introduced legislation to pull out of the Common Core State Standards, but most bills went nowhere.

However, Phenicie notes that «if the first round is any guide,» it «likely won't matter if states don't have an A — F, five - star, 100 - point, or other summative rating,» because the U.S. Dept. of Education «has so far approved more than a dozen state plans — including at least two that don't include summative ratings.»

More than a Dozen States Report Trouble With Computerized Common Core Tests / / Washington Post Grading the Common Core: No Teaching Experience Required / / NY Times Mayor Scott Lang [Democrat] Launches Sharp Criticisms of PARCC citing that Commissioner Chester «miscalculates the problem of unfunded liability, when kids fall off the school system and become wards of society.»

On this end - of - year journey, Bryan was moving 54 animals from the Humane Society of Broward County in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, to shelters in more than a dozen states including the Nebraska Humane Society in Omaha.

The Lexington Collection's 25 hotels are located in Northern China and in more than a dozen states throughout the U.S., including Florida, Illinois, New York, and Texas.

After anti-abortion politicians in more than a dozen states tried to stop Planned Parenthood from providing family planning services through the program — with life - threatening results, in some cases — President Obama took steps to help protect access to care at Planned Parenthood health centers.

More than a dozen state associations have tapped NAR's Land Use Initiative to help them analyze eminent domain bills in their state and determine whether to support any of them.

From windows of stores, banks and homes elaborate decorations peep out at gaily dressed youngsters anxiously awaiting the annual avalanche of visitors from more than a dozen states.

In the last few years, more than a dozen state lawmakers have been convicted or pleaded guilty to corruption charges, including former Speaker Sheldon Silver — your predecessor, Mr. Heastie — and former Majority Leader Dean Skelos — your predecessor, Mr. Flanagan.

Did you know: More than a dozen states offer «sales tax holidays» on clothing in August.

New York joins more than a dozen states that have hiked the minimum wage over the last year or so.

Georgia is one of more than a dozen states where teachers looking to renew their licenses can ditch the one - off seminars and instead craft personalized plans for improving their instruction.

That history of air pollution will make it hard for Jefferson County to meet the new proposed changes, which stem from a lawsuit filed against the EPA several years ago by more than a dozen states and environmental groups.

Steve DelBianco, executive director of NetChoice, a coalition of e-commerce companies and tradegroups, such as America Online, eBay, Oracle, Orbitz and Yahoo, said more than a dozen states have considered but not passed such laws.

Consumers in more than a dozen states would have foot the bill, which could have totaled billions.

Founded by Eugene and John Jett in 1978, Jet's started franchising in 1990 and has since grown to more than 200 franchises in more than a dozen states.

More than a dozen states have similar legal protection, although this is the first time Wisconsin's courts are facing such a case.

Business began to grow, and the company eventually expanded to more than a dozen states.

Lawmakers in more than a dozen states have proposed taxing prescription painkillers as a way to hold drugmakers accountable for the nation's opioid addiction and overdose crisis.

Indeed, there may have been more political action in the 1990s, when the NCC funded organizers in more than a dozen states.

Florida - based Bonefish Grill started in January 2000 and has grown to more than 100 locations in more than a dozen states.

More than a dozen state and city lawmakers on Friday signed on to a letter aimed Bloomingdale's chairman and CEO Tony Spring urging a fair contract to 2,000 unionized retail workers.