In another antiobesity move, five states boosted the mandatory time that schoolchildren must spend at recess or gym classes.
On top of tax cuts, states boosted funding for schools, improved roads and bridges, extended health coverage to poor children and helped senior citizens with prescription drug expenses.
In the last few days, Mr Romney sensed he had a chance in at least one of the two southern states, boosting his television ad spending, and making more stump appearances.
Mr Kumar has been credited with turning around what was once considered one of India's most backward states, boosting its infrastructure and cleaning up its reputation for corrupt politics.
Per-capita G.D.P. in the eastern states, boosted by investments from the West, started to level off after 1997, whereas the original West German "economic miracle" described growth that persisted for more than a decade.
He delivered that message at rallies in battleground states, boosting turnout and producing crucial wins.
And this year, some 19 states boosted minimum wages as of Jan . 1 raising the paycheck of millions of workers.
They eventually were successful in gaining the support of the delegations from the other battleground states, boosting delegates' perceptions of Lincoln's electability.
If more states boosted the minimum age for buying cigarettes, it "could delay the age of first tobacco experimentation, reducing the likelihood of youth transition to regular use and increasing the likelihood of cessation if they become regular users," the CDC researchers wrote.
That $300 is roughly equal to the additional earnings that minimum wage workers would have gained in most of the 10 states boosting their wage floors, according to an analysis of the increases by the National Employment Law Project (NELP), an advocacy group for low-wage workers.
