In 1932, Mississippi was the first state to impose a general state sales tax.
To the best of our knowledge Louisiana is the first state to enact such legislation.
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Google lawyers recently helped draft the first state law dealing with self-driving cars, in Nevada.
The MOGA Controller is the first state-of-the-art, full-featured controller designed specifically for mobile devices.
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It will be the first state in the south to convene a primary in late January.
Earlier this week, the government declared the first state of emergency in recent years.
In 1957, Kerala became the first state in the world to elect Communists to power.
It was not until 2004 that Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage.
Massachusetts, the first state to attempt universal coverage, is slashing its health budget by 12%.
To be sure, polls taken nearly a year before the first state contests are far from definitive.
Washington state is attempting to become the first state with explicit requirements for insurers to cover abortion.
The Iowa caucuses, the first state-level test for presidential hopefuls, are barely more than a year away.
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In 2003 Louisiana became the first state to introduce transferable tax credits earmarked for attracting film production.
When Governor George Pataki signs it, New York will become the first state to ban the habit.
In the first state visit of a Myanmar leader to the U.S. capital in nearly 47 years, Messrs.
Earlier this year, Arkansas became the first state to ban the procedure at 12 weeks of pregnancy.
New Hampshire was the first state to sponsor what we know as the modern lottery, in 1964.
While New York is not the first state to legalize gay marriage, it is by far the largest.
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The presidential candidates don't know how much support they will get when Iowa becomes the first state to vote.
Utah became the first state in more than a century to recognize gold and silver coins as legal tender.
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Missouri was the first state to enforce a self-exclusion list, four years after it legalized riverboat gambling in 1992.
If the General Assembly votes to legalize the practice, it would be the first state legislature to do so.
New York was the first state to approve safe harbor protections in 2008.
On the Latino side, he created the first state board to look after the interests of migrant farm workers.
New Hampshire created the first state lottery system back in 1964, which has since expanded to 37 other states.
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This was marked by the launch of the first state-owned Kurdish-language television channel.
In 2010, New Jersey became the first state charged by the SEC for securities violations for fraudulent bond offerings.
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In April 2010, Maryland became the first state in the nation to allow companies to register as benefit corporations.
It is the next big task for Democratic candidates and the first state to hold a contest in the West.
Virginia's General Assembly was the first state to pass UCITA legislation, and the bill is now awaiting the governor's signature.
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