Sentences with phrase «several states ban»

While they are promoted as a way to quit traditional cigarettes, they also are promoted as a way to get nicotine in environments where traditional cigarettes are prohibited, even though more than 430 cities and several states ban their use in smoke free sites where conventional cigarettes are also prohibited.

Not exact matches

In the ensuing months, however, the central reasoning of the case was cited time and again as judges in several states found gay marriage bans unlawful.

During Trump's other weekend in Florida, several thousand people marched near the property to protest his temporary ban on travel to the United States by refugees as well as citizens of seven mostly Muslim countries.

Several jurisdictions, including Germany, the state of New York and the province of Quebec, have banned the practice outright.

Upon becoming the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump quickly announced he would be banning immigration from several Muslim - majority nations.

I remember a few years ago, several churches in my area got really involved in the Tennessee legislature's effort to amend the state constitution to include a ban on gay marriage.

The NBA has had to ask the State Department how the ban will affect several players, including two who are South Sudanese.

Minnesota adopted a similar ban last week, and lawmakers in Illinois and several other states are considering their own measures.

After working to pass bans in several states, the FDA finally announced a federal ban on BPA in baby bottles and sippy cups (2012) and infant formula packaging (2013).

There are also several US cities and states that have banned BPA in children's products or plan to do so soon.

«Across the nation, several states including New York overcame the outsized voices of the guardians of the status quo and passed common sense gun safety reform that bans lethal assault weapons and helps keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the dangerously mentally ill,» Cuomo said in the statement.

Sixteen state attorneys general — including New York's Eric Schneiderman — along with Washington D.C. filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in support of the state of Hawaii's case against the Trump administration's latest ban prohibiting travel from several majority - Muslim nations.

New law closes several loopholes in an existing state ban on assault weapon sale and extends the requirement for background checks

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is seeking to join the lawsuit launched by attorneys general from several states, including Oregon, and Minnesota and led by Washington, which was the first state to sue over the original ban, resulting in its being halted by a federal judge in Seattle.

BREAKING: A federal judge in Seattle issued a temporary nationwide restraining order stopping President Donald Trump's executive order temporarily banning citizens of several Muslim - majority countries from entering the United States.

Republican leaders in the state Senate did not respond to requests for comment on Hoylman's bill, but on Wednesday they defeated an effort by Senate Democrats to force a vote on several gun control measures including a bump stock ban.

Several formulations of designer drugs referred to as «synthetic marijuana» were banned in New York State in 2012, and this past April the state issued an alert about an increase in hospital visits related to the State in 2012, and this past April the state issued an alert about an increase in hospital visits related to the state issued an alert about an increase in hospital visits related to the drug.

A wounded Trump — who has spent the last several weeks criticizing a Gold Star family who knocked his proposal to temporarily ban Muslim immigration, watching prominent Republicans endorse Clinton and coming under scrutiny for apparent admiration of Russian President Vladimir Putin — could boost Democratic chances this fall in an already Democratic - heavy state, Gianaris said.

Cuomo over the last several weeks has sought to condemn the three - month ban on travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries to the U.S. and has said the state will offer legal assistance to those who are detained because of Trump's executive order.

In a statement signed by the Registrar of the university, Dr Y.I Abubakar, he disclosed that the management had received a letter from the governor, indicating that ASUU KSU has been banned and would not be allowed to further hold the students hostage from resuming their academic activities which has been crippled for several months due to the dispute between the state government and it's employees.

ALBANY — State officials have been formally banned from speaking with Todd Howe, a lobbyist at the center of a federal criminal probe into how SUNY Polytechnic Institute awarded several development contracts.

Trump has made several campaign promises around immigration, including building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico, deporting 11 million undocumented immigrants, imposing financial penalties on sanctuary cities that shelter undocumented immigrants, and banning Muslims from entering the United States.

State lawmakers listened to several hours of testimony Tuesday from contractors, labor representatives and industry groups about a bill that would ban mandatory project - labor agreements on public projects.

The governor floated several alternative notions, including banning disposable bags entirely, establishing an actual tax on them and having the state produce and distribute reusable bags.

While indoor tanning is banned for minors in California and several other states, Blashill said these restrictions are not 100 - percent effective.

The policy was immediately challenged in federal court in several states, producing two rulings that blocked the ban from taking effect.

(The United States has banned imports of dairy products and produce from several regions.)

PBDEs, which have been banned in Canada, Europe, and several states, build up in your body over time, and what you absorb or inhale does not go away.

PBDEs, which have been banned in Canada, Europe, and several USA states, build up in your body over time, and what you absorb or inhale does not go away.

Although the U.S. government hasn't taken similar action, several states have banned the use of the chemical in baby products (or have considered it) and many manufacturers have voluntarily phased out BPA from their products.

This is due to the fact that several states in the U.S. still ban blackcurrant production in order to protect local trees.

The American Chemistry Council has called for a ban on BPA in baby bottles and sippy cups (which California and several other states have already done), and some food manufacturers are already moving away from using BPA in their packaging.

Meanwhile, teaching unions and activists condemned the move, with several groups already preparing for a sustained legal battle over a possible breach of the law banning the opening of new selective state schools.

Further, several states have taken steps to ban either the sale or use of electronic cigarettes.

It's important to note that the bans on credit card surcharges are currently being challenged in several of the above states.

As a result, several states are working on banning this practice.

In the first of several protests planned on Oahu, dozens of dog owners called Sunday for state lawmakers to dismiss a bill that would ban pit bulls, the Honolulu Star - Bulletin reported.

The HSUS has also successfully helped push for gas chamber bans in several states.

Picking the right dog waste bags is vital, since many poop quality doody bags have been banned in several US states and countries.

No federal ban is in place though the sale and consumption of horse meat is illegal in several states.

Dog fighting is legal in several states and, though I am against dog fighting, until it is banned, there is little that can be done legally.

With that in mind, it's not hard to imagine a future in which we see other one state after another pass their own pet sale bans, similar to what has happened on a more local level in municipalities across the country over the past several years.

Nonetheless, there has been renewed interest in hemp - farming; since the mid-Nineties, 14 states have passed laws calling for scientific, economic, or environmental studies of the crop, and several states, chief among them North Dakota, have legalized industrial - hemp - farming despite the virtual ban on cultivation imposed by the feds who claim, among other things, that legalized farming would somehow increase marijuana trafficking — despite extensive evidence to the contrary.

However, several other states are actively preventing municipalities from banning fracking within their borders, namely: Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico, and Ohio.

«They are banned in several states now because they are an African species and a threat to native fish and amphibians, some of which are already endangered.

Several states, including Oregon, are currently considering statewide bans on plastic bags.

They're urging several mid-western and southern states to implement a ban on turtle hunting to help give the numbers time to bounce back.From Scientific American

After working to pass bans in several states, the FDA finally announced a federal ban on BPA in baby bottles and sippy cups (2012) and infant formula packaging (2013).

Heaven forfend the U.S. be left behind in a post about religion and politics: Obama's move to lift the ban of federal funding of embryonic stem cell research didn't sit well with several U.S. states, which have now passed or are considering legislation to outlaw some forms of the work.

More states have banned the use of cell phones by bus drivers and minors, and several have passed laws prohibiting texting while driving.