Sentences with phrase «states around the country»

«There's a big difference between [medical marijuana] and recreational marijuana, and I think when you see something like the opioid addiction crisis blossoming in so many states around this country, the last thing we should be doing is encouraging people,» said Spicer during the briefing.

Starting this weekend, many states around the country will go on sales - tax holiday in an effort to ease the consumer burden of back - to - school shopping.

The statement from Mr. Clapper and the Department of Homeland Security, which is primarily responsible for defending the country against sophisticated cyberattacks, said the intelligence agencies were less certain who was responsible for «scanning and probing» online election rolls in states around the country.

The technology comes after the food industry continues to fight mandatory GMO labeling efforts in states around the country and after the FDA approved last month the first genetically modified salmon.

This network included people in almost every state around the country and was used to get money down fast and to find the best lines.

As this matter plays out, we will preserve the status quo and continue to engage with the New York legislature, as we are in dozens of states around the country.»

«20,000 graduate beneficiaries in non-graduate category have commenced training in 34 states around the country.

Some states around the country are moving to full legalization, though use of the drug is still illegal under federal law.

New York's Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is one of 20 from states around the country urging the Senate to act on the vacancy on the Supreme Court.

On the other, New Hampshire has demonstrated a strong affinity for McCain in 2000 and 2008 and, unlike many other states around the country, the Arizona senator could well fight Obama to a draw among the state's crucial independent voters.

As the accrediting body for the more than 850 Children's Advocacy Centers and Chapters in all 50 states around the country, NCA provides training, financial support, technical assistance, leadership, national advocacy and access to current research findings on a national level to children's advocacy centers around the country as well as numerous developing centers, multi-disciplinary teams and child abuse professionals.

«The redistricting reform passed today in Ohio makes it much harder for politicians to rig elections through gerrymandering and gives me hope that we can restore fairness to our elections in states around the country.

Cornell entomologist Jeff Scott and colleagues have analyzed levels of resistance to six insecticides in flies, and they have identified the mutations that led to resistance in houseflies from cattle farms in nine states around the country.

Our family farms, which supply 100 % of Desert Farms» camel milk, are in many states around the country.

There are other states around our country that are unable to make that option.

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.

Yet, in states around the country, families and advocates still struggle on students» behalf.

Foundations can continue to play an important role in enabling school districts and states around the country to understand how and why New Orleans has made better relative academic gains in such a short period of time, and to encourage them to adopt similar approaches.

KANE: Here's what I hope happens: In states around the country, teachers» unions will recognize that they have an interest in making sure the tenure review process is rigorous and subject to high standards.

Such partnerships are popping up in states around the country.

Many states around the country have yet to determine how to best measure the quality of alternative school education.

Both sides expect the case to generate more like it in cities and states around the country.

«I believe when we reach the end of this process there are going to be many other states around the country that will take a hard look at the way Indiana has taken a step back, designed our own standards and done it in a way where we drew on educators, we drew on citizens, we drew on parents and developed standards that meet the needs of our people,» said Gov. Mike Pence on signing the legislation that said Indiana would write its own standards.

Like many states around the country, Nevada's public retirement plan also creates external fiscal constraints on school districts» budgets, and the ESA program could potentially loosen those constraints.

Similar schools can be found in Florida, New York, Minnesota, Colorado, and other states around the country.

You look at states around the country, they have found ways to add to the standards.

States around the country are looking to trim their budgets, and public school teachers are feeling unfairly attacked.

Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, and Alabama are just a few of the states around the country experiencing draconian assaults on public education — and teachers are feeling the angst.

Red state, blue state, quality early childhood education has become a priority investment in almost every state around the country.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, approximately 120 districts in 21 states around the country, most of which are small, rural communities in western states, have cut Friday (or Monday) from the schedule.

Ten years later, cities and states around the country have embarked on their own charter - school experiments and are watching New Orleans closely, laser - focused on outcomes.

The threat to cut higher education assistance programs comes at a time when states around the country are increasing tuition at public universities, community colleges are experiencing record enrollments and student debt continues to reach record levels each year.

Larry has presented to schools in hundreds of districts, and in almost every state around the country, here are just a few:

«This means that each school year, many students in States around the country are told that they are ready to compete in the 21st - century economy when in fact they are not.»

On Friday, Duncan spoke in Richmond, Va., about the growing opposition to Common Core and their implementation in states around the country before a meeting of the Council of Chief State Schools Officers Organization.

On the other hand, I knew that the job would have security and a pension; both of which are now being attacked in various states around the country.

States around the country have turned their ears toward this issue.

The demonstration comes as teachers strike and walk out in other states around the country, like Arizona, West Virginia, and Kentucky.

Louisiana is one of over 20 states around the country that ties teacher evaluations to student performance.

Since then, similar bills have been introduced in many states around the country, with language written by the American Legislative Exchange Council, (ALEC), an organization that promotes a right - wing agenda.

Once various states around the country discovered a veritable cash cow in trying to force Amazon to collect and submit sales taxes, lawsuits sprung up from every corner of the country, with states» attorneys general filing lawsuits to recover back... [Read more...]

Furthermore, as more states around the country are passing legislation to force online companies (with Amazon specifically in mind) to collect sales tax, it only makes sense for Amazon to focus on something where it can control the price and thus factor in the sales tax without the consumer even noticing.

As of today, bans of pet store sales of dogs and cats that come from commercial breeders have been enacted or are pending in 77 municipalities and states around the country.

«While we did not pass the nation's first carbon tax, many states around the country are looking at I - 732 as a model and we expect a nationwide movement to take root in the years ahead,» sYoram Bauman, founder and co-chair of Carbon Washington, said in a prepared concession statement late Tuesday.

«While we did not pass the nation's first carbon tax, many states around the country are looking at I - 732 as a model and we expect a nationwide movement to take root in the years ahead.

It's worth noting that the Koch - funded American Legislative Exchange Council distributed Arizona's controversial racial profiling law, SB 1070, to states around the country so private prison companies can rake a profit off the incarceration of immigrants.

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), allows member corporations to pay to ghostwrite model legislation and then promote it in states around the country, mostly among right - wing state legislators.

And more worrisome, fossil fuel interests including the Koch brothers and Shell Oil are still spending millions trying to repeal renewable energy standards in states around the country through the work of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and other front groups.

Car accidents are a common fact of life in Maine and other states around the country.

Lash & Goldberg's experienced appellate practice group has guided clients through appeals before the Florida District Courts of Appeal, Florida Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Florida administrative agencies, and courts in other states around the country.