Sentence examples for tightened state from inspiring English sources

For instance, legislators tightened state oversight of school finances after administrators in Roslyn embezzled money.

But in recent years, tightened state budgets, plummeting crime rates, changes in sentencing laws and shifts in public opinion have combined to reverse the trend.

The tightened state program has accepted only 16 new cases of black lung since 1996, in contrast to hundreds of cases annually before that.

Because the girl was ashamed to tell her mother, her pregnancy was discovered at four months — too late, under a recently tightened state law, to give her the option of an abortion.

During the financial crisis, the funds' investments soured along with the economy, so working people are dealing with the effects of tightened state budgets at a particularly difficult time.

The law on the Internet last month had already tightened state control diminishing individual autonomy with the pretext that, in Erdogan's words, the government was "only taking precautions against blackmail and immorality.

The organisation also argues that auditing procedures have been tightened, stating last month that 28 football associations had their funding blocked for breaching the required standards.

Gov. George E. Pataki proposed legislation yesterday to tighten state laws on assisted-living residences for the elderly.

Farmers saw the case as an attempt to tighten state control over Adirondack Park and farms in the region.

Another tightens state control over food production and distribution, threatening those accused of hoarding with up to ten years in jail.

After a surge of smog in 2013, the government intensified efforts to consolidate power plants, close small polluters, and tighten state control.