Sentences with phrase «local progressive leaders»

Local progressive leaders, including a candidate for Congress, are putting pressure on Rep. John Katko (R - Camillus) to support the SAVE Benefits Act, that would provide a one year bump in Social Security benefits.

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Shirley, the progressive activist, has been a leader among newly energized activists that have emerged as a local political force since Trump's election.

Its mission is to cultivate and lift up a grassroots movement of local groups to defeat the Trump agenda, elect progressive leaders, and realize bold progressive policies.

Businesses, school leaders and progressive activists in New York also spoke out against the House vote and the provision to end the state and local tax deduction, saying they will be harmful to state residents.

«I deeply appreciate that I can count on strong fundraising support from progressive groups, labor unions, local small businesses, and my community's leaders,» Constantinides said.

It's a landslide because it proves that our strategy — to find strong progressive local leaders and help them run for higher office — works.

In his own state of the city address Tuesday evening, Common Council Majority Leader Rennie Scott - Childress (D - Ward 3) offered up a ringing defense of Mayor Steve Noble's progressive «One Kingston» agenda and called on Kingstonians to embrace local government as a force for positive change and economic growth.

WARRI — LEADERS of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Warri South Local Government Area, Delta State, said yesterday, that recent defectors to the party...

Now, even the fiscally conservative small business lobby, the National Federation of Independent Business, has joined progressive groups, unions and local government leaders, and come out against the plan.

With Perez Williams out of the race, a field of three was gradually winnowed down to one, as local officials and other progressive organizations all rallied around Dana Balter, a professor of public policy and a leader of one of the largest local Indivisible chapters.

On Monday, 42 local Democratic officials, including several New York City Council members, sent a letter questioning Cuomo's credentials as a progressive; hours later they were blasted as a bunch of nobodies by the governor's handpicked leader of the state Democratic Party.

Now even the fiscally conservative small business lobby, the National Federation of Independent Business, has joined progressive groups, unions and local government leaders that are coming out against the plan.

The leader of Progressive People's Alliance, PPA, in Anambra State, Mr Godwin Ezeemo has said that the result of the local government election for Aguata announced...

Start with local elected Greens if you can, and get other prominent progressive and Green leaders to sign on.

A range of groups, from businesses, school leaders and progressive activists in New York also spoke out against the House vote, and the provision to end the state and local tax deduction, saying they will be harmful to state residents.

Ojudu spoke while hosting leaders and members of the All Progressives Congress from the 16 Local Government Areas of Ekiti State at his residence in Ado Ekiti.

We utilize the experience and talents of veteran progressive leaders within the Teacher Union Reform Network as well as other local union leaders whose skills and knowledge base can be of use to their colleagues.

It brings local unions together to promote progressive reform in education and teacher unions, build relationships among key stakeholders and to cultivate the next generation of teacher leaders to influence education policymaking and improve teaching effectiveness and student learning.

Such naivete explains why the Obama Administration has continually promoted case studies of reform - minded school leaders working closely with NEA and AFT locals, why Class Struggle author Steve Brill floated the laughable idea of Weingarten becoming chancellor of New York City's traditional district three years ago, and why organizations such as Educators4Excellence and Teach Plus — which represent younger, reform - minded teachers who now make up the majority of NEA and AFT rank - and - filers (and are staffed by teachers who are themselves centrist and progressive Democrats)-- work so hard to aim to lead reform from within union ranks.

Easy to read and follow, the guide is useful for government officials looking to learn more about progressive solutions and TNR advocates attempting to educate local municipal leaders.

For progressives and liberals, a carbon tax holds appeal because it will reduce local pollutants and make Washington a national leader in the collective imperative to reduce greenhouse gasses and improve public health.