Sentences with phrase «years in the neighboring state»

They knew they would likely face an acrimonious battle of the kind they had seen over the last two years in the neighboring state of Wisconsin between Republican Governor Scott Walker and unions.

Not exact matches

The Bay State also ties with neighboring Connecticut for most improved state this year, jumping 10 spots, thanks in large part to an influx of business capState also ties with neighboring Connecticut for most improved state this year, jumping 10 spots, thanks in large part to an influx of business capstate this year, jumping 10 spots, thanks in large part to an influx of business capital.

The best thing I can do is continue to love — love my partner of almost 11 years, love my neighbors and try to be good to them, love my family and friends, and love this pastor, and those in North Carolina — and all states and countries — who see suppressing our rights as some kind of «victory» to celebrate.

New York State has the greatest gap between rich and poor in the United States.And the most rigorous research over the past 15 years, including studies comparing job growth trends in neighboring counties across state lines with different minimum wages, have found that higher minimum wages do not result in job loState has the greatest gap between rich and poor in the United States.And the most rigorous research over the past 15 years, including studies comparing job growth trends in neighboring counties across state lines with different minimum wages, have found that higher minimum wages do not result in job lostate lines with different minimum wages, have found that higher minimum wages do not result in job losses.

Mr. Sawicki, a Republican who represented the North Fork for 11 years before leaving the state Assembly in 1993, said he also disagreed with separating Riverhead Town from Southold Town and lumping it together with its western neighbor, Brookhaven Town.

The implementation of SAFE Act is not only going to cost NY state 36 million dollars a year, it has created a hostile environment for both in - state and out of state sports men and women and shooting enthusiasts who now risk committing felony crimes for the countless technical criminal violations created by the SAFE Act for possessing items which can be purchased over the counter in all our neighboring states.

Earlier this year, Cuomo announced the formation of a commission to study the issue of broad marijuana legalization in neighboring states and its impact on New York.

A study he co-authored, published earlier this year, found when minimum wages go up in one state but not neighboring ones, as many as 1 in 5 people, ages 16 to 29 without high school degrees, lose work.

Now that the Arizona Green Party is safely on the ballot for 2012, due to successfully getting a ballot access bill through this year's legislature, Arizona Greens are now organizing a search for volunteer members who will petition to restore the Green Party's ballot status in neighbor states New Mexico, Utah, and Nevada.

Assemblyman Keith Wright's habit of smoking in Albany's legislative office building has neighbors and staffers fuming, say sources who claim the Harlem Democrat has been flouting the state's Clean Indoor Air Act for years.

This year, approximately 3,000 volunteers are expected to deliver approximately 9,000 meals to their neighbors throughout the greater Capital District region, and an additional 500 meals will be served at the First Presbyterian Church on State Street in Albany.

During times of such unthinkable tragedy, all New Yorkers stand together with the people of our neighboring state to grieve the loss of life and help bear the pain and anguish that will be felt by so many in the weeks, months, and years to come.

The latter would require the cooperation of neighboring states and potentially return $ 1 billion to the New York treasury in a given year, Cuomo said.

In his $ 168 billion fiscal year 2019 budget, Gov. Andrew Cuomo included funding for a study on the impacts of cannabis legalization, as well as on legalization in neighboring stateIn his $ 168 billion fiscal year 2019 budget, Gov. Andrew Cuomo included funding for a study on the impacts of cannabis legalization, as well as on legalization in neighboring statein neighboring states.

Previous research in North Carolina, where the growth of hog farms has been so staggering in the last 25 years that now there are more hogs than people, found that farm odor caused stress and negative mood states in neighboring residents, according to a 2009 study in the American Journal of Public Health.

Now, a new study shows the health of residents in that one trailblazing state improved measurably, especially among the poor and near - poor, in just the first five years — compared with the health of residents in neighboring states.

In just a matter of years, he united the tribes into an efficient horse - borne military state that rapidly invaded its neighbors and expanded outward in all directionIn just a matter of years, he united the tribes into an efficient horse - borne military state that rapidly invaded its neighbors and expanded outward in all directionin all directions.

His office estimated that New York's fishing industry is losing about $ 6 million per year in revenue because its allocation falls below that of neighboring states.

blazers etc. so I travel to neighboring states etc. hitting all the Goodwill's because honestly I find high end stuff in the «church or older ladies» section (according to my 13 year old)... and that's my Niche of doggie couture..

Fifteen - year - old Mia (Katie Jarvis, above) is in a constant state of war with her younger sister, her schoolmates and neighbors, without any constructive creative outlet for her considerable energies, save a secret love of hip - hop dancing.

Two films this year came from Canada, two from the United States, and one from our neighbors across the pond in the United Kingdom.

She spent many years in a refugee camp in a neighboring country before being resettled in the United States.

Results from standardized tests are examined along with results from previous years (and neighboring schools, districts, and states / provinces) in

Cambridge, Mass. — According to a new nationwide study, ten percent more of the students in charter schools are proficient on state exams than those in neighboring public schools when a charter school has been in operation nine years or longer.

Well, despite the fact that the folks out there in Washington, Bill Gates» own neighbors, have repeatedly rejected the establishment of charter schools in their state, Bill and his know - nothing - about - education pals keep trying, and this year they have ponied up nearly $ 10 million to push ballot initiative 1240, allowing up to 40 charter schools in Washington

North Carolina has fallen near the bottom in national rankings on teacher pay, dramatically fewer students than in previous years are enrolling in teacher training programs, and many of the state's teachers are fleeing to neighboring states to see as much as a $ 10,000 increase in pay.

For just over one year now, I have been blogging about that which is occurring in my neighbor state — New Mexico — under the leadership of Hanna Skandera (the acting head of the New Mexico Public Education Department and Jeb Bush protégé; see prior post here).

According to a new nationwide study by Caroline Hoxby of Harvard University, ten percent more of the students in charter schools are proficient on state exams than those in neighboring public schools when a charter school has been in operation nine years or longer...

I have researched this question extensively in previous years as we have notoriously high taxes in California, while neighboring a state that has zero corporate income tax and personal income tax.

My 18 year old son wanted another dog, and though we swore we weren't going to go there again, we found ourself at a no - kill shelter in a neighboring state, where we found Rocky, our GSD mix.

An outbreak of canine influenza in the Chicago, Illinois area that began earlier this year has since spread to neighboring states, and the Baker Institute is working to understand the outbreak and share information with owners, veterinarians and breeders.

Organized by FotoFocus Artistic Director and Curator, Kevin Moore, Roe Ethridge: Nearest Neighbor is the artist's first solo museum exhibition in the United States and will present over 15 years of photographs drawn from Ethridge's comprehensive body of work.

In a city where the unemployment rate was almost 9 percent, or about 50 percent higher than the state average, even before the hospital closed, Mass MoCA is perceived as a rich neighbor that charges $ 18 for admission, attracts 130,000 visitors annually and last year received a $ 25.4 million grant from the state for its Phase III renovations.

Kelly returned to the United States in 1954, living first in a studio apartment on Broad Street, and then at Coenties Slip in lower Manhattan, where his neighbors would through the years include Robert Indiana, Agnes Martin, Fred Mitchell, James Rosenquist, Lenore Tawney, and Jack Youngerman.

I think the media blitz in the past two years about global warming has seeped into the average (not especially green or otherwise politicized) consciousness of my neighbors and students, and that most people would list it among their top 5 concerns, especially in this state, where many people do play outside.

While the broad trend in Brazil was bad news for its forests, there were moments of elation for environmentalists, including the creation of the 12,000 - square - kilometer (4,630 - square - mile) Turubaxi - Téa Indigenous Territory in Amazonas state; some of Temer's most environmentally damaging proposals failed to advance; infrastructure expansion in Brazil and neighboring countries got bogged down by corruption scandals and basic economics; indigenous communities won a series of legal victories and settlements against the state, and the headline deforestation rate in the Brazilian Amazon fell 16 percent versus last year.

Once a national leader in these categories, in recent years the state has slipped behind many others, including neighbors New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, each of which is pursuing aggressive, if not radical, clean energy agendas and taking risks with policies never attempted before.

The findings are cause for concern: The analysis shows an increase in dengue fever in recent years in the United States and its neighbors to the south.

However, just two weeks later in neighboring North Carolina, a Superior Court judge handed the State Bar a partial victory in its six - year fight to shut down LegalZoom for unauthorized practice.

For example, she could state that no one else has taken a picture of that location in weeks and that is is very unusual behavior, that your demeanor or the time of day you were present doesn't seem to be that of someone taking a picture for artistic or journalistic purposes, that you seemed nervous, that a previous criminal engaged in similar behavior before committing a crime fourteen years ago, that a confidential informant (e.g. a nosy neighbor) advised him that there was someone engaged in suspicious behavior at that location, that she read in a police anti-terrorism bulletin that terrorist favor that model of camera, etc..

In the case of Matt Kostolnik it looks like a year of hell as your crazy neighbor, via your hacked Wi - Fi network, uploads child pornography in your name using your IP address and sends death threats to the Vice President of the United StateIn the case of Matt Kostolnik it looks like a year of hell as your crazy neighbor, via your hacked Wi - Fi network, uploads child pornography in your name using your IP address and sends death threats to the Vice President of the United Statein your name using your IP address and sends death threats to the Vice President of the United States.

About a year or so later, the mother moved to a town that is fairly close by, but is in the neighboring state.

The realtor and her assistant stated to us when we questioned about the home (Owners daughter just moved out a few months ago) come to find out from the neighbors as we are the laughing joke not just in the neighborhood but the town, the home had been vacant for almost 3 years.

Atlantic City, which relies mostly on low - rolling day trippers, has been crushed in recent years by the expansion of gambling in neighboring states and many of the city's casinos have shuttered.