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Governor Granholm had promised not to sign any budget extension unless the lawmakers passed measures increasing the state income tax and expanding the sales tax.

Among its measures: increasing the supply and demand for high-quality recycled items; innovative collection and reuse of electronic goods; and – starting this month, requiring retailers to charge for plastic bags.

Though he is not allowed to comment on the election, Perez said he hoped for the passage of ballot measures increasing the minimum wage in four states: Arizona, Colorado, Maine and Washington.

And it would help to avoid a scenario in which a Trump administration, under political pressure, would threaten protectionist measures, increasing the risk of a trade war that would hurt nearly everyone.

Once elected, he quickly pushed through a package of measures increasing the Legislature's transparency and stamping out conflicts of interest, basking in the subsequent glow of his image as a youthful Ivy League reformer doing battle in a shady subtropical outpost.

Erdoğan has imposed a number of measures increasing the influence of Islam in public life; as it happens, government-appointed Muslim clerics whose sermons are typically prepared by the state told their followers at a recent Friday prayer that New Year's Eve celebrations belonged to "other cultures and other worlds".

All these measures increase the efficiency of production.

These measures increase the efficiency of plant operations.

He said that tightened security measures increased the losses among all ethnic groups, but that the economy and other effects contributed.

Supporters say the measures increase the chances of settlements that modify the terms of the loans, prevent foreclosures and allow homeowners to stay in their homes.

The measures increase the flood conveyance capacity as well as biodiversity.