Sentence examples for tightening state from inspiring English sources

Less than two weeks earlier Putin had quietly signed a new law tightening state control over non-governmental organisations, including clauses that gave the government power to shut them down and force greater monitoring of foreign funding.

Health care is also troubling, he said, noting a rash of layoffs at institutions like the Hospital Center of Orange, where 800 jobs are in peril, and General Hospital Center in Passaic, which faces the loss of about 1,000 jobs, a circumstance driven in part by shortfalls in Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements because of tightening state and federal budgets.

"You couldn't put this stuff on a fixed billboard, how is it acceptable for these slogans to be driven down our streets in front of us and our children?" Upham's group was hoping to meet with Queensland's attorney general, Yvette D'Ath, soon to talk about tightening state laws to stop the slogans.

Their spending fell at a 3.8% annual rate, and the trend of tightening state and local budgets will only continue as they are forced to slash their budgets.

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

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.

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.

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

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