Sentences with phrase «state is in the middle»

Additional numbers included in the survey found 80 percent of state residents agreeing the United States is in the middle of an opioid epidemic and 83 percent think the problem of opioid abuse has gotten worse over the past few years.

The state is in the middle of a one - year review of the state's education standards.

«All of these states were in the middle of a financial crisis, where their revenue declined dramatically, and to get this grant money they had to pretty quickly come up with new plans,» says Matt Di Carlo, a senior research fellow at the Albert Shanker Institute.

4) The Common Core Standards App is a must - have if your state is in the middle of implementing the standards.

Not exact matches

While former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and U.S. Senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders are expected to duke it out in an intensifying battle for the party nomination, themes of the weak economy and the struggles of the middle class are likely to take center stage.

Now the world's most popular app (in every country but the United States,) WhatsApp, found itself in the middle of the Arab - Israeli conflict when its website was hacked this past week by a pro-Palestinian group that posted a message given the title «You Got Pwned.»

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Mona grew up in the states and moved to the Middle East with her family when she was 17.

Despite the United States» boom in oil production, the world is still dependent on the Middle East for oil and gas reserves.

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The area is of strategic significance to Tehran as it seeks to secure a land corridor to its allies in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon and establish a «Shi'ite crescent» of influence that has long concerned U.S. - allied states in the Middle East.

Conservative groups like the National Center for the Middle Market, which works in partnership with Ohio State University and GE Capital, are urging caution over raising wages.

He has used the doctrine as cover to further expand Russia's sphere of influence; for Putin, Islamic State is a geopolitical gift he can use to secure his country's strategic influence in the Middle East.

The decoupling of income growth and middle - class wages in the United States since 1970 is a prime example where the two did not move in tandem.

Such attacks have been launched in Asia and the Middle East, but none have been reported in the United States.

Essentially, the two states are an island of marijuana legalization in the middle of a large swath where marijuana is not legal for any purpose, medical or recreational.

Venezuela's plunging output comes amid strong demand as well as concerns that supplies from the Middle East, by far the world's biggest oil producing region, could also be disrupted, especially should the United States in May re-impose sanctions against OPEC - member Iran.

We're supposed to work ourselves up into a state of moral panic because a bunch of middle - aged American white guys who have long enjoyed every advantage in the world have a case of the sads?

Given how the state had spent time building up a new middle class,» [a] ny deviation from the mainstream, or irony, is seen as a threat to the credibility and legitimacy of the [Chinese Communist] Party in bringing [an] idealized way of life to reality,» Arsene told CNBC in an email.

If this is your company and you're caught in the middle of a minefield, your best option (short of quitting) for conflict management is to rise above it: Point out the specific behavior in question, don't personalize the issue (be objective), communicate assertively and state the facts, and document everything that goes on.

Many in the United States and Europe are skeptical about transporting Western values to the Middle East, and ambivalent about the region joining the West.

Erickson has been in the middle of many deadly attacks during his time serving in the Army Special Forces and has faced violent criminals even while retired here in the States.

As Henry Kissinger emphasizes in his new book World Order, the fundamental building block of all American and international engagement over the past hundred years — namely, the nation state and the Westphalian system in which states are embedded — is particularly weak in the Middle East due to fragile national roots and competing local and universalist identities, including pan-Arabic movements and messianic religious calls from the likes of Iran's ayatollahs and ISIS.

The geopolitical implications are staggering, from undermining the influence of petro - states like Russia to curtailing western interests in the volatile Middle East.

The semiconductor giant is essentially caught in the middle of the current trade war between China and the United States, and Chinese regulators told Bloomberg News on Thursday that it is seeking unspecified additional concessions from Qualcomm before it clears the deal.

Expansion efforts haven't been limited to the U.S.: Tim Hortons moved into the Middle East with an opening in Dubai in 2011 and plans for 120 across several Gulf states.

Without a widespread sense, in the crucial Rust Belt swing states and elsewhere, that good working - class and middle - class jobs are harder to come by than they used to be, Trumpism could not have succeeded.

Oil - rich states in the Middle East that had planned gigantic new transit systems are putting projects on hold.

Israel considers Jerusalem its eternal capital, while Palestinians want the capital of an independent state of theirs to be in the city's eastern sector, which Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed in a move never recognized internationally.

Doug Mataconis, a political blogger, writes that Cain is «either blind or idiotic to ignore the impact that a combined federal and state sales tax would have in jurisdictions that already do have a sales tax, and the impact that a combined levy approaching 20 percent on the sale of goods would have on the middle class, and on small businesses.»

California is one of the most expensive housing markets in the country, and that's prompting a wave of migration, particularly among lower - and middle - income residents, who are heading to cheaper states.

From there, the State Department said Pompeo planned to fly to the Middle East for stops in Saudi Arabia, Israel and Jordan, where the future of the Iran deal and the conflict in Syria will be significant agenda items.

I'm based in the very middle of the States, working at a large healthcare IT company.

«Russian state - sponsored actors are using compromised routers to conduct spoofing «man - in - the - middle» attacks to support espionage, extract intellectual property, maintain persistent access to victim networks and potentially lay a foundation for future offensive operations,» the British government said in a prepared statement.

What doesn't play in the state's favor is its high cost of living, bolstered by higher - than - average home prices and middling deposit account rates — and the second - highest median property tax in the country.

The ensuing boom endowed the middle class in the United States and other countries, but was debt financed, first for home ownership and commercial real estate, then by consumer credit to purchase of automobiles and appliances, and finally by credit - card debt just to meet living expenses.

The basic idea is that while most economists believe corporate taxes are primarily paid by owners of capital (that is, people who own stock in corporations) in the form of lower profits, a sizable minority, including White House chief economist Kevin Hassett, think that a lower tax rate would spark so much additional investment in the United States that it would bid up wages and leave the middle class better off through its indirect effects.

First, substantial direct or indirect wealth transfers from the state sector to Chinese households will unleash a surge in household consumption as household income rises (and because the interest on bank deposits is an important source of income for most middle and lower middle class households, if the authorities reduce interest rates, as struggling borrowers are demanding, China actually moves in the wrong direction).

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Its response Wednesday, in a statement from Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland's spokesman Adam Austen was: «As we stated at the conclusion of the first round of talks, we are committed to upgrading NAFTA and establishing 21st century standards supporting middle class jobs to the benefit of Canada, the United States, and Mexico.»

In a Jan. 13 internal memo to senior White House advisors that was obtained by ThinkAdvisor, Jason Furman, chairman of Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, states that the redraft «represents a middle ground,» and that he agrees with DOL that the current regulatory environment allows brokers to give «conflicted» advice, which costs retirement savers more than $ 6 billion a year.

A short survey was conducted among established women business owners in the United States and found that «missing middle» women business owners:

The doughnut - and - coffee seller is particularly sparse in middle - of - the - country states like Michigan, Missouri and Minnesota.

News out of Washington D.C. could be the main driver of sentiment in the oil market this week, as speculation swirls that the United States will renew sanctions against Iran, a major Middle East oil producer and member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

The remaining positions are in North America (United States), South Korea, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mexico and the Middle East (Israel).

In the middle of the pack are a host of states that cluster around that national average of $ 6.50 or so per household.

On the negative side were concerns about deteriorating trade relations between the United States and China, the world's two largest economies, worries about inflation and rising bond yields, and tensions in the Middle East.

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.

Geographically, this report is segmented into several key Regions such as North America, United States, Canada, Mexico, Asia - Pacific, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Rest of Asia - Pacific, Europe, Germany, France, UK, Italy, Spain, Russia, Rest of Europe, Central & South America, Brazil, Argentina, Rest of South America, Middle East & Africa, Saudi Arabia, Turkey & Rest of Middle East & Africa, with production, consumption, revenue (million USD), and market share and growth rate of Global Cryptocurrency in these regions, from 2012 to 2022 (forecast)

De-stabilised Middle East, rise of new power in Saudi Arabia, aggressive China, Russia - US tensions, Turkey - Russia escalation, rise of autocratic but nationalists leaders such as Modi in India, Trump in United States, bin - Salman in Middle East, the Geo - Political unease hasn't been this tense in decades, so as a market participant you can never care less than ever.