Sentence examples for pushing for states from inspiring English sources

But conservatives pushing for states to abandon the standards have yet to be convincing.

Producers, for example, are pushing for states to approve a 15percentt ethanol mix in gasoline supplies — and so far about a dozen states have.

Lately, gun-control advocates have been pushing for states to adopt the use of gun-violence restraining orders—also known as extreme risk protection orders.

National Nurses United and other nurse unions are pushing for states and the federal government to enact patient-to-nurse ratio laws, similar to the one passed in California in 2004, the only state currently with a minimum patient-to-nurse ratio law in the US.

The Alzheimer's Association sounded the alarm in 2007 about the coming wave of people with Alzheimer's and began pushing for states to develop plans.

Among the ideas floated by ITEP on the conference call were extending sales taxes to cover such services as hair cuts and car repair and pushing for states to collect sales tax on items bought online.

He has avidly pursued labor support, marching on picket lines in Miami, Las Vegas and Chicago, pushing for state minimum wage increases and speaking at union conventions.

In one corner, the Social Democrats have given top billing to the fight to save jobs by pushing for state aid to crisis-stricken firms.

Although she rarely speaks of her son's crisis, Ms. Brewer has long been an advocate for the mental health system, pushing for state money for drugs and community programs.

The group has set three major objectives for the year: building awareness of education inequities, training students for job opportunities in the area of education reform, and pushing for state legislation that directly would affect students and education.

Mr. Bouman played a key role in pushing for state legislation, effective July 1, to ease stifling welfare eligibility rules, all traced to the historic 1996 federal welfare-to-work law.