In May 1864, Conness introduced legislation to bring Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias under the control of the state of California.
Prior to the 1990s, the Democrats had a built-in advantage in partisan control of state legislatures because of their dominance in the South.
By offering a way out of the urban pensions mess, it gave reformists in government a reason to persuade dogged conservatives to let go of state control of industry.
Mr Cameron also accused Gordon Brown of running a "top down state control" of "telling people what to do".
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When European exploration began, Britain's more constrained crown left trade in the hands of privateers, whereas Spain favoured state control of ocean commerce.
There is a limit to how much you can or should do by way of clumsy state control over consumption of fat or any other nutrients that a current fad happens to label as bad.
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In a trenchant op.ed. for the Wall Street Journal, the eminent scholar David Satter further illuminates Russia's condition, revealing how "the Russian regime has worked systematically to eliminate all independent sources of power, " by, for example, adopting legislation that effectively gives the state control of NGOs - heretofore the sole outposts of Russian civil society.
Republican Gov. Rick Snyder said Friday he plans to appoint an emergency financial manager for Detroit, taking control of the state's largest city out of the hands of elected leaders.
Conflicting laws until now scattered the task of control among state fisheries authorities, those of the park, and the navy.
Galant apparently took control of state land around his homestead on Moshav Amikam without authorization.
Voters seem happy with continued state control of industries such as water, electricity and oil.
We're moving from private banks to state control of credit, where we meet in the middle someplace.
The populists shout louder, and claim that they are helping the poor through state control of oil and gas.
In Egypt, secular means freedom from state control of religion, not nonreligious.
Newly independent republics, such as Iraq and Syria, opted for strong executives backed by pervasive policing, and state control of industry and the media.
Democrats control the state House of Representatives and the Senate.
But this too is nothing new as Democrats have also perfected this practice in the years where Democrats have found themselves in control of state government at redistricting time.
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"This would put internal credit creation back under the control of the state, " they say, even if it only took the form of SME lending targets, credit easing and some infrastructure programmes.
The Democrats' control of this vast state sends a loud message to the rest of the country.
Putin has strong control of all political powers of the State.
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In 2006, Democrats took the seats of the state's Republican U.S. representatives and for the first time since 1874, Democrats had control of the governorship and both chambers of the state Legislature.
Jersey City, Paterson and Newark came under state control in a series of takeovers from 1989 to 1995, and local residents often complain that the state should have either improved the districts by now or return control to local authorities.
In the hurricane's aftermath the state took control of 107 of the city's 128 schools.
The new law, however, means that they have passed under the effective control of the state.
In Detroit, the ailing district has been under the control of a state-appointed emergency manager for almost three years.
Strategic sectors under exclusive control of the state are those that have vital economic, social, political or environmental influence.
This past week, Connecticut passed what advocacy groups call the strongest gun-control legislation of any state in the country.
Democrats and Republicans have battled fiercely for control of the state Legislature and governorship for years, with Republicans holding the edge lately.
As governor, I insisted on competition and basic fairness to end their control of our state and return it to the people.
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