Then there's Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, who wants to zero out his state's income tax (top rate 6%) and the 8% corporate tax and replace them by raising the state's current 4% sales tax.
Temperatures for the morning commute in the North Star State stayed well below zero.
California late last month issued rules requiring that one in seven cars for sale in the state in 2025 be zero-emission or a plug-in hybrid.
The zero-tolerance approach the federal and state governments seem to be taking does not bode well for the snakehead.
Mr Bush gave his speech in the Texas House of Representatives, ground zero for bipartisan co-operation in his state.
Each of those dots, in theory, could hold a distinct magnetic state, representing a one or a zero.
The result being zero tax revenue but a large cost to the state in attempting to collect that nothing.
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The Press Trust of India news agency reported that 175 people had died in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, where temperatures have dipped to below zero.
You have the whole Penn State thing, which makes everyone feel queasy and has zero potential for light-hearted office distraction.
About 15 percent of the new cars sold in California by 2025 must run on electricity, hydrogen fuel or other alternative fuels that produce near zero or no emissions, according to new rules adopted unanimously by state regulators on Friday.
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Since congressional Republicans promised to zero out federal funding for high-speed rail, analysts noted, the state wouldn't have enough money to electrify the tracks, let alone build out.
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This decision to explicitly state the conditions under which it is going to keep rates at near zero is a triumph for Chicago Fed President Charlie Evans who has campaigned for this kind of approach for years.
He wants state agencies to plan and simplify the permitting processes to encourage manufacturing and driving of zero-emission cars.
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Any market not dominated by a state-owned enterprise has too many players and overall industry net profits are near zero.
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In the early 1970s, then-Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter used zero-based budgeting as a way to focus on justifying every dollar that was being spent in the state government.
As governor, Bush has zero foreign policy experience, except for occasional, perfunctory meetings with Mexican officials, standard fare for any border state governor, but surely no preparation for brokering a tough agreement between Israeli Prime Minister Barak and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat.
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