In 2007 the program expanded to become a state wide initiative.

According to the university, the cuts are a result of state initiatives to reduce the budget for higher education.

And the state initiatives, she said, are a way to work around the Federal gridlock on the issue.

Apparently, the purpose of this state initiative is not to help students learn English but to maintain their culture.

There were ten state initiatives in 1970 and 55 in 1982.

And local politics surely did play a big part in determining the winners of the state initiatives.

Many counties neither provide the option nor take advantage of special state initiatives.

There are 14 different designs for this state initiative.

Though this is a state initiative, it is expected to have broad national impact.

Drug companies are fighting most of the state initiatives, which they say will deny patients access to valuable treatments.