The move is part of a nationwide push to soften penalties and emphasize drug treatment.

Clayton K. Yeutter, the party chairman, and his top aides have embarked on a nationwide push to redraw urban districts to include larger minority populations.

Despite more intensive recruitment efforts, and a nationwide push for faster permanent placements, it remains difficult to find adoptive families for older children in foster care, like Luis.

An important Du Bois editorial from 1911 helped initiate a nationwide push to induce the Federal government to outlaw lynching.

There has been a nationwide push in the last five years to teach children about bicycle safety.

Mr. Gore has been courting black voters for years, but today his campaign began a nationwide push.

Such reports and cases like the one here have led to a nationwide push for stiffer punishment of juvenile offenders.

The strike is part of a nationwide push by the service employees' union.

USA Today leads with the nationwide push for tougher drunk driving laws.

A nationwide push to spread the gospel of women's basketball in the United States and provide the foundation for a professional league.