Sentences with phrase «than the state with»

In fact, one study from Stanford University that considered whether more guns save lives discovered that states with more relaxed gun laws had higher rates of gun violence than states with strict regulations.

A state with low rates may actually be a higher - property - tax place than a state with high rates, depending on how the assessed values are set.

In short, states with high - stakes and even low - stakes systems for schools performed significantly better on NAEP than states with no stakes at all.

Ladd tells us that states that have a high poverty rate — for example, Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, and Louisiana — have lower math and reading scores than states with low poverty rates, such as New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Utah, and Maryland.

Massachusetts, which adopted high standards years ago, is getting better results among at - risk students than states with low standards.

States with large urban populations tended to have a lower staff - to - student ratio than states with smaller urban populations.

States which place constitutional limits on taxes or which are fiscally conservative in their policies are far more likely to have fewer special education students than states with a strong history of funding social policies.

Countries with national standards fare no better than those without, and states with higher standards do no better than states with lower ones.

States that earned the highest savings also tend to have higher car insurance costs, overall, than those states with the lowest savings amount.

States with a lesser population, such as Ohio, tend to have lower premiums than states with a greater population.

No points will assessed on the driver's license and no need for traffic school, but police are empowered to pull over anyone seen texting and driving which is more than some states with no laws restricting distracted driving.

Not exact matches

«It is quite a lift, it does take a lot of time and commitment across agencies, but we would be more than happy to share with any state who is interested.»

DAKAR, April 24 - Congo's state miner Gecamines is starting legal proceedings to dissolve its Kamoto copper and cobalt joint venture with a subsidiary of Glencore, blaming the commodities giant for high debts that have weighed on the mine for more than 10 years.

Amazon.com, though, is part of a pilot program to provide accepted items to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants in some states, and people with an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card can join Amazon Prime for $ 5.99 a month rather than the usual $ 12.99 a month.

The Swedish tax structure is favorable to businesses, especially when compared with that of China and the U.S. Sweden has a corporate tax rate of 22 percent — far higher than, say, Ireland's 12.5 percent, but lower than the United States» high - end rate of 35 percent.

In states lacking non-discrimination policies for LGBT people, gay men tend to be penalized most, Klawitter's research indicates, with gay men in same - sex couples earning about 30 percent less than their counterparts in opposite - sex couples.

In December, American Well partnered with Concentra, which has more than 300 medical centers in 40 states, to provide some of those on - call physicians.

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.

More than three - quarters of Canadian merchants are already equipped with the technology for contact-less payments, compared to just 2 % in the United States.

The slowing economy has hit smaller accounting firms harder than the big players, judging by revenue data released over the past month, with practices in Western Australia affected more than those in other states.

(Since 2008, the industry along with large pharmacy chains, have collectively paid more than $ 425 million in state and federal settlements related to the issue).

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.

Rather than pay up, Uber got into a lengthy debate with the state in which Anthony Levandowski, vice president at Uber's Advanced Technologies Group (and founder of the self - driving startup Otto that Uber acquired) argued Uber wasn't actually testing «autonomous vehicles» because all its vehicles had human drivers aboard and would for the foreseeable future.

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.

A source familiar with the White House emails on the Benghazi talking point revisions say that State Department spokesman Victoria Nuland was raising two concerns about the CIA's first version of talking points, which were going to be sent to Congress: 1) The talking points went further than what she was allowed to say about the attack during her state department briefings; and, 2) she believed the CIA was attempting to exonerate itself at the State Department's expense by suggesting CIA warnings about the security situation were ignState Department spokesman Victoria Nuland was raising two concerns about the CIA's first version of talking points, which were going to be sent to Congress: 1) The talking points went further than what she was allowed to say about the attack during her state department briefings; and, 2) she believed the CIA was attempting to exonerate itself at the State Department's expense by suggesting CIA warnings about the security situation were ignstate department briefings; and, 2) she believed the CIA was attempting to exonerate itself at the State Department's expense by suggesting CIA warnings about the security situation were ignState Department's expense by suggesting CIA warnings about the security situation were ignored.

More than 40 million patients with respiratory, gastric and other diseases were cured after taking the potion on doctors» prescriptions, according to the official report, which stated that the farm was selling it to more than 4,000 hospitals across the country.

Apple, whose CEO Tim Cook graced a White House state dinner with his presence Tuesday night, is worth more than $ 800 billion.

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.

With all these tools at their fingertips, what is needed more than anything is the political will to make tough choices states will need to make.

The pickup in the state's economy revealed in the latest GDP data hasn't flowed through to spending on new cars, with vehicle sales in February 13.7 per cent lower than the same month in 2016.

With CNBC in the U.S., CNBC in Asia Pacific, CNBC in Europe, Middle East and Africa, and CNBC World, CNBC is the recognized world leader in business news and provides real - time financial market coverage and business information to more than 409 million homes worldwide, including more than 91 million households in the United States and Canada.

Retail, not mining, has borne the brunt of the slowdown in Western Australia during the past 12 months, with a study of the state's economy by the investment bank Goldman Sachs revealing a startling decline in retail jobs of more than 20 per cent.

A few days ago I was listening to a caller on an AM radio show promote the government's economic record by stating that there are more Canadians with a job today than at any point in Canada's history.

Singapore Airlines has a reputation for quality and a substantial amount of business travel to and from the city - state, improving its ability to configure aircraft with a high number of premium seats and charge more than one - stop competitors, according to analysts.

All this said, with scant new regulatory activity on the horizon at the federal level, siloed statutes at the state level are a whole lot better than nothing.

With more than 7,000 locations across the United States, Dunkin' Donuts has become one of the most popular donut destinations.

There is no word yet on whether Bti has been effective, but Puerto Rico was put under a state of emergency in August with the number of Zika cases on the island now at more than 15,000.

More than 1 million people joined the marches in the United States yesterday, but nearly 5 million participated overall — with protests taking place around the world in cities like Sydney, Paris, London, Tokyo, and more.

When asked whether Europe was willing to continue those trade talks with the U.S., even if for a less ambitious trade package than the original, France's Le Maire said: «We don't want to enter into a global trade negotiation with the United States.»

Mind wandering is a much more active state than we ever imagined, much more active than during reasoning with a complex problem.»

The South West remains by far the largest wine producing area in the State in terms of total area and production, with 9,208 hectares of vines producing more than 54,000 t of grapes.

At a Thanksgiving dinner party in 2012, four Harvard Business School MBA students had a plan: Rather than spend their upcoming summer interning at big corporations or traveling the world, they were going to drive around the United States consulting entrepreneurs with a social purpose on key business issues.

More than two centuries later, its fate is still tied to Canada, the United Kingdom and, with the merger with Coors, the United States — three countries where it is struggling to keep a share of an ever - shrinking beer - drinking market.

Arkansas State recently ran a trick play that captured the national media spotlight and went viral with more than 10 million YouTube views.

«The United States and Canada share the world's largest bilateral trading relationship, with more than $ 700 billion in two - way trade in goods and services annually and more than $ 600 billion in direct investment on both sides of the border.

Margaret River heads the regions in terms of wine grape crush numbers, accounting for more than 22,000 t, or 43.7 per cent, of the State's crush, followed by the Great Southern area with 10,594 t.

French President Emmanuel Macron has welcomed the decision of more than 70 countries to form a coalition with the aim of choking off financing for the Islamic State group and al - Qaida.

The bigger a small business is, the more likely it is to support the tax changes being promoted by President Donald Trump and GOP leaders in Congress, and the more likely the business is to expect immediate benefits, according to the fourth - quarter CNBC / SurveyMonkey Small Business Survey, conducted with more than 2,000 small - business owners across the United States between Nov. 20 and Dec. 4, using the SurveyMonkey's online polling methodology.

Though Canada's provincial revenue volatility troubles have much more to do with resource royalties than personal income taxes, Alberta and Newfoundland could perhaps learn a thing or two from the trials and tribulations south of the border — and how the smartest states are trying to fix the problem.

There are a slew of federal and state regulatory requirements that can persuade entrepreneurs to stay small rather than face the increased costs and oversight associated with a bigger business.