Sentences with phrase «number of states allow»

For example, a number of states allow professional and vocational boards to refuse to certify, certify with restrictions, suspend or revoke a member's professional or vocational license and, in some cases, impose a fine, when a member defaults on student loans.

And yet even though the number of states allowing gays to adopt a baby has nearly tripled over six years, for many same sex couples hopeful adoptive couples such as Matthew and Trey there's still a long way to go.

The number of states allowing agency fees continues to decline with weaker union strength.

Not exact matches

The island city - state of Singapore said it will not allow any further increase in the number of cars on its streets from February.

ISIS (also known as the Islamic State) uses Telegram channels — which allow users to broadcast messages to an unlimited number of subscribers — to spread its propaganda, including images, audio messages, videos, and official statements.

Soon after, a number of Chicago cab companies jointly sued the company, alleging Uber is in violation of a number of city and state regulations, and that by allowing any cab driver to use its service, Uber is cashing in on established taxi brand names and reputations to further its own business goals.

A number of U.S. states don't allow the practice, but with car buyers grossly dissatisfied with the existing process — which typically involves haggling with sales people — it's a situation ripe for disruption.

Others, including some gun control and mental health advocates, point to the increasing number of states that allow law enforcement officers or, in some cases, family members or others to petition a court to temporarily take guns from people who pose a danger to themselves or others.

The main purpose of the scheme is to abolish all roaming charges and allow mobile phone users to use the same number across the country without having to pay extra charges for services even when they are outside their telecom circle or state.

While a number of states have passed laws to allow autonomous cars, most cover the testing of vehicles rather than the use by consumers.

Local passports, valid for ten years, allowed their bearers an unlimited number of entrances into the United States, provided that they remained within 25 miles of the border and stayed for no more than 72 hours at a time.

In simpler language, we may state that primordial objects in the universe (grounded in an ineffable reality) are causally transformed into a limited set of cosmological, biological and cultural entities, which at the same time, allows for an endless number of creative outcomes and novel possibilities.

The Court conceded there was a compelling state interest in providing contraception; however, because the ACA has a number of exemptions and accommodations, most notably excusing non-profit religious organizations from the contraception mandate, forcing the plaintiffs to provide contraception coverage was not the least restrictive means to further the compelling interest, i.e. the HHS could have allowed the plaintiffs the same accommodations available for non-profit religious organizations.

Keep in mind that state rules vary about at what ages your own children count toward your allowed number of children in a home daycare.

Define a coalition as winning if the total number of electoral votes of the state in that coalition is 270 or more (let's ignore at first that two small states make things more complicated by allowing a mixed elector group).

A small number of print journalists will be allowed into the committee, while the live feed will be broadcast on a delay to prevent state secrets from being inadvertently released.

Many villagers I interviewed also stated that the compensation they received was substantial, allowing a number of families to improve their livelihoods by increasing land.

Depending on the severity of the atrocities already committed and the health of the ruler, we might consider allowing a head of state to negotiate a number of «freedom years» before facing ICC prosecution.

Our collaborative relationships with the Erie County Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry, as well as the Erie County Executive and Erie County Legislature, have allowed us to make a number of significant achievements to enhance the state of the park.

He's also pushing other reforms, including a bump in the number of charter schools allowed in the state.

Reporters were not allowed to attend, but Shafran said a number of prominent Democrats were in the room, including: Former state Comptroller H. Carl McCall; Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Jerry Nadler, and Nita Lowey, State Democratic Party Chair Jay Jacobs, and Assemblyman / Bronx Democratic Party Chairman Carl Heastate Comptroller H. Carl McCall; Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Jerry Nadler, and Nita Lowey, State Democratic Party Chair Jay Jacobs, and Assemblyman / Bronx Democratic Party Chairman Carl HeaState Democratic Party Chair Jay Jacobs, and Assemblyman / Bronx Democratic Party Chairman Carl Heastie.

If a policy was implemented allowing all age eligible immigrants, regardless of immigration status, to obtain a license, the Fiscal Policy Institute estimates that 97,000 additional cars would be purchased and registered in about a three year period, a one percent increase in the total number of vehicles in the state.

President Donald Trump signed an order on September 29, lowering the number of refugees allowed in the United States...

Gennaro and other opponents of fracking in New York have raised the issue's visibility in part by pointing to the disastrous effects the practice has had in a number of Western states that have allowed it, and in Pennsylvania, which shares the same source of gas as New York State, the Marcellus Shale formation, which runs from the Southern Tier to West Virginia, and west to part of Ohio.

New York is one of a small number of states that allows a practice called fusion voting.

State Senate Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee Chairman John Bonacic floated the idea of increasing the number of potential new casino sites allowed under a constitutional amendment being pursued by the Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

An unknown number of non-American legal residents who were trying to re-enter the country with valid visas — including students, visitors, and people with green cards — were either detained at U.S. airports or not allowed to get on their flights to the United States, the media outlet reports.

Other school - reform advocates accused bureaucrats of caving to political pressure as union - aligned Assembly Democrats vowed to block efforts to raise or repeal the cap on the number of charters the state allows.

«These regulations significantly undercut the quality of teaching in SUNY authorized charter schools by permitting insufficiently prepared individuals to educate large numbers of high needs students beyond that which is already allowed for by law,» the lawsuit states.

On ethics, Cuomo proposed requiring state lawmakers to seek an advisory opinion on any outside income and closing an election - law loophole that allows companies to skirt contribution maximums by forming an unlimited number of subsidiaries to channel donations.

«Since this plan was introduced, I have crunched the numbers and know that this bill will allow families in Western New York and the Finger Lakes to keep more of what they earn, while unleashing America's competitiveness to bring jobs and profits back home, where they belong,» Collins stated.

A leading charter - school advocate said Friday that Mayor de Blasio's hopes of extending mayoral control of city schools are tied to Hizzoner supporting a hike in the number of charters allowed in the state.

«Nationally, we've seen that the number of states that have commercial gambling casinos continues to grow — some states are looking to approve new measures to allow or expand it.

If the persons which are allowed to vote are all registered by the state you can calculate the amount of people which didn't vote simply by subtracting the number of people who voted from the total number of people allowed to vote.

Cuomo today signed an executive order to combat the flu epidemic in New York, allowing pharmacists to administer flu vaccines to children ages 2 to 18 to increase access and convenience for those seeking the vaccine as the number of reported cases across the state continues to rise.

The New York Senate and Assembly have approved new district lines, as Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders announced agreement on a number of other unrelated issues, including expansion of the state's DNA data base, pension reform, and an amendment to allow more gambling in New York.

The message rings as spin to a number of expert observers who insist Cuomo has long overseen a system that allows, at the very least, for the appearance of pay - to - play to flourish as mini-economies have popped up around the state where connected consultants work with both state government entities and those looking to win state contracts, and where the state funnels money through non-profits, allowing them to avoid scrutiny and standard state contracting procedures.

The state will increase its share of revenue from video gambling machines and will allow a number of casinos to stay open later.

Shortly after the meeting, Cuomo's Counsel Alphonso David issued a public letter claiming the Council members and the Governor had agreed to a number of proposals including an emergency declaration on NYCHA, which would allow the State to play an active role in managing the city agency.

By early evening, Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders had reached a deal on a number of issues including a redistricting plan, expansion of the state's DNA data base, pension reform, and a constitutional amendment to allow up to seven new gambling casinos in New York.

This bizarre legal loophole allows essentially unlimited contributions to state political campaigns by allowing people to make contributions via an unlimited number of Limited Liability Corporations, or shell companies.

The state Senate did its duty by New York's public - school children yesterday, passing a bill that would more than double the number of charter schools allowed to operate statewide — without the usual poison pills meant to strangle the wildly successful charter movement by stealth.

He began with a statement concerning the stabbing of two young children in Brooklyn and then answers questions concerning that incident, the proposed state law to allow municipalities to further raise the minimum wage and whether he would pursue a $ 13 minimum wage for New York City, how that proposed law fits into the political deal that gave Governor Cuomo the Work Families Party ballot line, a young boy hit and killed today by a car and how Vision Zero addresses that location and the large number of shootings in the City this past weekend.

•» [W] e respectfully request that the [Federal Election] Commission does not allow the state party to cynically circumvent our state's carefully tailored pay - to - play state contractor provisions by glibly including a stray get - out - the - vote message in a communication that... promotes a Connecticut candidate, and then contending that the inclusion of a minute phone number and the polling hours transforms the communication into federal election activity outside the jurisdiction of the SEEC.»

The Abandoned Property Neighborhood Relief Act allows the state, for the first time, to accurately track the number of abandoned properties and ensure their upkeep.

The New York Senate and Assembly were poised to vote on new district lines, as Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders announced agreement on a number of other unrelated issues, including expansion of the state's DNA data base, pension reform, and an amendment to allow more gambling in New York.

Back in October, SolarCity was allowed to greatly reduce the number of people it has promised to employ at a $ 900 million solar panel factory being built by the state as part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Buffalo Billion initiative.

Auditors also found duplicate CINs were issued to the unborn as well, and the New York State of Health system allowed maternal applicants to attest to «an unreasonable number» of expected births per pregnancy — anywhere from three to 10 babies.

New York's controversial receivership law that allows for the takeover of failing public schools withstood a court challenge by the teachers union, with a state Supreme Court judge this week rejecting a number of arguments aimed at deeming the statute unconstitutional.

Some legislators are concerned that the allure of money - both revenue for the state and campaign contributions from major gambling interests - has effectively killed any debate about the impact of gambling on New Yorkers, especially as the state just recently allowed the construction of a number of casinos.