Sentence examples for lead states from inspiring English sources

The standards might also lead states to enact similar regulations, ending the current patchwork of laws.

But the remaining four — Mr. Scott, Mr. Corbett, Mr. LePage and Mr. Snyder — lead states that were carried by President Obama in both 2008 and 2012.

A more immediate worry, moreover,  is that the improving outlook will lead states to water down the commission's legislative proposals on tightening up governance of the euro zone, due to be published later this month.

The Ryan budget exposes just how paltry that check would be: a cut of $810 billion through 2022, one-fifth of current spending, which would lead states to drop coverage for an estimated 14 million to 28 million people.

New York is helping to lead states in a nationwide effort to persuade the federal government to provide billions of dollars in additional aid to help the states cover the cost of Medicaid, the health insurance program for the poor.

The companies have agreed to check their lists of policyholders regularly against the Social Security Administration's "death master file" database and to make "more robust" efforts to locate beneficiaries, according to insurance officials in Pennsylvania, one of the lead states in negotiating the agreement with A.I.G.

In November voters chose Republicans to lead state legislatures.

The federal inquiry involves three more people handpicked by the governor to lead state agencies.

That could lead state lawmakers to cut, not raise, city aid.

New York has tended to lead state regulation of charities, and some charity leaders feared that other states would follow.

"New York will be the lead state on the grant," said Kevin Smith, a spokesman for New Jersey's labor department in Trenton.