Sentences with phrase «than the state as»

The Cuomo administration, arguing that the city is in better financial shape than the state as a whole, is cutting state funding and wants the de Blasio administration to pick up the tab.

Hmm... I looked at some of the demographic breakdowns... I'm starting to think that some of the polling may be oversampling Democrats in rural upstate — considering how well it correlates with the rest of the state and that it generally would lean significantly further to the right than the state as a whole.

A current study of 10 Linked Learning programs in California, for example, has so far found that students in these programs have dramatically lower dropout rates and slightly higher graduation rates, than the state as a whole, and are more likely to graduate with the courses required for admission to California's public universities.

On average, however, the schools continued to have a smaller percentage of gifted students than the state as a whole.

«Despite serving a much higher need population than the state as a whole, charters outperformed the state averages in both ELA and math, and eclipsed the state in terms of percentage points increased in both subjects.

Massachusetts charter schools tend to serve populations that are, in general, more socioeconomically vulnerable than the state as a whole, save for special education (Figure 2).

Long Beach students performed nearly as well as the state average on the new Common Core - aligned assessment given in spring 2015, despite having a higher percentage of economically disadvantaged students than the state as a whole.

New York City consists of five separate boroughs with wildly different — and higher — housing prices than the state as a whole.

In fact, Canada could offer even better prospects for growth than the States as the market for discount retailers is relatively less saturated over the border.

Auto theft rates are a bit higher than average in this city than the state as a whole.

Not exact matches

Oil prices might have bottomed as output in the United States and other non-OPEC producers is beginning to fall quickly and an increase in supply from Iran has been less than dramatic, the International Energy Agency said on Friday.

Notifying the public with newspaper ads in New York for six weeks, as required by state law, can cost over $ 1,000 in more expensive counties, according to Horwitz, or more than five times the cost to file the LLC in the first place.

(Yes, you read that right: In less than two years, the company is already completing as many rides in China as it does in the whole United States.)

So while California, as seen above, has the largest total number of Canada - dependent jobs in total, it's actually North Dakota that would feel the biggest effect from heightened trade barriers, with more than 4 % of all jobs in the state having a direct connection to trade with Canada.

Chaplin stated that he used the toothbrush moustache as it looked funny and also allowed him to show his expressions more fully than an alternatively comical moustache that covered more of his face would have.

It is one of the largest food and drug chains in the U.S., with more than 2,200 stores in 33 states, including brands such as Acme, Safeway, and Tom Thumb.

The catch: Jobs aren't easy to come by in St. Kitts and Nevis and living costs are about the same as in the United States, so experts say the island may be more suited for retirees than working expats.

She noted that she held more than 25 campaign events in the Keystone State while having major surrogates like Obama and Vice President Joe Biden make appearances as well.

The policy was not met with much delight by bitcoin companies, and in August, more than 10 of them went so far as to leave the state of New York, either cutting off service to the state or packing up and relocating if they were headquartered there.

Numerous cities, such as Chicago, San Francisco, and Seattle also have minimum wages higher than either their state or federal wage floors.

While the project is massive, it's just one of the Aquilinis» many high - profile, highly profitable ventures: Through Aquilini Investment Group, now more than 50 years old, the family controls one of British Columbia's biggest development conglomerates, as well as its NHL team, the Rogers Arena, blueberry and cranberry farms, restaurants and some $ 80 - million worth of vineyard properties in Washington state.

By its launch last September, the program's endowment had swelled to $ 435 million, securing contributions from more than 70 international corporations, and had gained the support of advisors such as former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

You know this old rule: Always leave the state of the campsite (in this case, a hot desk) just as good — or slightly better — than you found it.

«Cleveland is no different than anywhere in the United States,» Bruell said as he put on his chef's jacket and headed into the kitchen to whip up a cassoulet.

Before that, CBD (which has less than 1 % of THC as an active ingredient) had been available via mail order in all states.

«What if a Chinese enterprise listed Alaska or Hawaii as an independent country rather than a state of the United States?»

«I'm not going to be dismissive of the risks, but I think markets have priced them in and if anything as we look at the fundamentals of stock markets around the world, the fundamentals of European equities right now are I think significantly better than they are for the United States,» said the managing partner of Triogem Asset Management and global investing expert on CNBC's «Fast Money.»

Proponents of the bill were hoping a passage by the legislature would have been a call to action for other states, as more than 20 others have considered passing their own Internet privacy bills.

As the death toll rose to more than 2,400 people out of 4,784 cases over the past six months, Dr. Chan stated that, «We are very cognizant of the fact that any number of cases and deaths that we are reporting is an underestimate.»

As a result, California's DMV likely has more data than any other state agency on the safety and progress of self - driving cars.

But it also looked at who's putting that knowledge into action, factoring in the percentage of state residents who held to good financial habits (like building an emergency fund), as well as bad ones (spending more than they earn or using payday loans).

Though they admit comparisons are tricky, economists generally view public retirement benefits in the United States as less generous than those in many other wealthy nations.

Paul Everingham has left the state's second largest advertising agency after less than six months at the helm as chief executive.

Even though the Massachusetts filers owed substantially more in unsecured debt (that is, debt not backed by a home, a car, or another asset) than their counterparts in other states, they reported less than half as much medical debt, which is also unsecured.

The World Health Organization lists car - related death as one of the top 10 killers in the world, while far more people die of traffic fatalities in the United States than through gun violence.

It's not just next - generation West Coast startups heeding the call, either: In 2013, more than 90 percent of Zenefits customers called California home and 80 percent identified as technology firms; today more than half of all businesses using Zenefits services are based outside the Golden State and operate in sectors other than tech.

But that wasn't all that depressed Clinton's vote: Hansen said a far lower number of provisional ballots than typical for a presidential election played a role, as did a recent strict voter - ID law that was in effect for its first presidential election in the state.

As The Post pointed out, however, the Office of the United States Trade Representative maintains that the US has a trade surplus with Canada, the US's biggest trading partner, with whom it does more than $ 300 billion in bilateral business annually.

He also spent more than three years as a federal prosecutor at the United States attorney's office in Manhattan, where he focused on insider trading and other financial fraud cases.

But then again, as the president and chief executive of the Consumer Electronics Association — a powerful lobby group that represents more than 2,000 technology companies operating in the United States, including Samsung, Microsoft and Apple — he's supposed to be.

In the United States, more than 2.4 million small businesses are set up as a limited liability company (LLC) for the purpose of limiting personal liability and protecting the owner's personal assets in the event of business failure.

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Mr Prosser has worked in the public service for more than 20 years in both Commonwealth and State government departments — including a stint as an Aboriginal heritage project officer with the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet.

But the question is, as more than half of all states now have state laws allowing for medical marijuana and / or adult - use marijuana markets, and the industry has created approximately 150,000 jobs and brought in almost $ 7 billion in revenue in 2016, can the industry be pushed into the black market again?

Now, you may or may not find that to be a persuasive argument about the state of income inequality in Canada — as our own Chris MacDonald has pointed out, determining the fairness of CEO pay is more complicated than it seems.

Numerous cities, such as Chicago, San Francisco, and Seattle, have minimum wages higher than either their state or federal wage floors.

Some are, as five states, including Mississippi and Louisiana, have no official minimum wage, and two more, Georgia and Wyoming, have a minimum wage of $ 5.15, or about $ 10 less an hour than full - time employees would need to make to be able to afford a two - bedroom.

While their contributions as pivotal voters have gone largely unacknowledged, Ohio black voters, in particular, have pulled more than their weight for Democratic victories in one of the most highly contested states in the Electoral College.

Searcy states that there is data that has discovered «that the higher - performing sales representatives ask more questions — often more than twice as many.»

Private companies are viewed more favourably than state - owned firms, and the CEOs were lukewarm about the idea of using ownership policy to promote democracy, such as limiting the ability of companies based in undemocratic countries to buy Canadian assets.