Sentence examples for control of state officials from inspiring English sources

The closer the power and determination of public interest is in the control of state officials and legislative, executive or judicial bodies, the closer we are to jurisdictions in Russia, China and Saudi Arabia.

With gasoline prices expected to approach $2 per gallon this summer -- the result of many global and industry factors outside the control of state officials -- the move to do away with the ethanol requirement is taking on new urgency.

My assumption was that those who felt that they had less control would be less trusting of state officials and science.

The altered view of New Mexico lawmakers in favoring local control of state funds, officials said, follows national mention of the New Mexico effort in the "Move Your Money" campaign of New York pundit Arianna Huffington in her online Huffington Post columns.

Forming a union, the teachers recalled Mr. Adderley saying, would mean staffing decisions would be out of his control, suggesting that state officials who approved the charter would be able to fire people at any time.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the state agency that runs the commuter railroad, has been rebuffed by Amtrak in previous attempts to gain control of the tunnels, but state officials said the urgency of the situation might persuade federal officials to back a state effort.

But these agencies would be under the direct control of the federal and state officials also responsible for providing subsidized food in the first place.

In the early 1990's, as the Arellanos began to solidify their control of the Tijuana underworld, state officials had little understanding that Mexico's biggest traffickers were growing significantly richer and more defiant.

Because of these voters, a museum whose building and collection were created and sustained by a patchwork of money controlled by city and state officials — as well as donations from loyal patrons with names like Ford, Dodge, Scripps and Firestone — will be primarily and more directly supported by its public.

Mr. Morsi's allies have not fared much better in trying to gain control of the official state news media, one of the most visible bellwethers of their hold on the bureaucracy.

But the Legislature does not control its budget, though a committee of lawmakers and state officials vets and approves a capital plan every five years.