Sentences with phrase «third wealthiest state»

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One third of U.S. real estate already is reported to have sunk into negative equity, squeezing state and local tax collection, forcing a choice to be made between bankruptcy, debt default, or shifting the losses onto the shoulders of labor, off those of the wealthy creditor layer of the economy responsible for loading it down with debt.

For centuries, he argues, courts in the United Kingdom, United States, and elsewhere recognized that wealthy people could use third - party lawsuits as a weapon against those they disliked — and had rules in place to prevent this power from being abused.

Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski, who captured both major - party nominations before surviving a spirited challenge from former city councilman and independent candidate W. Michael Donovan to win a third term as mayor of the state's third - largest city earlier this month, was fifth in the Harper survey with 6 percent, placing him slightly ahead of former state Secretary of Revenue Tom Wolf, a wealthy York businessman.

In a 2015 Washington Post report, it was stated that for the second year in a row, the school's students showed positive testing results, with their third - graders showing a 95 % passing rate in math, even outperforming the 84 % passing rate of third - grader peers from the «largely wealthy, high - achieving Arlington school district».

When Rodriguez v. San Antonio ISD was filed, students in poorer districts received only two - thirds of the state funding that was received by students living in wealthier districts.

Dover, the second wealthiest town, voted 58.7 to 41.3 for charters, the third highest pro-charter margin in the state.

The impact statement describes how Pamlico County is not wealthy enough to support two comprehensive high schools, and the prospect of losing one - third of its state funding to Arapahoe would limit students» opportunities and diminish the breadth and quality of education Pamlico County would be able to provide.

Russia's third - largest state - owned bank wants to let its wealthy clients trade cryptocurrencies, an official said.