Sentences with phrase «more federal measures»

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What's more, critics say, these laws are preemptive measures — offering to steel religious business owners from having to serve same sex couples, should the Supreme Court in June return a verdict giving same sex couples a federal right to marry.

Add on the jumps in market - based measures of inflation expectations, the chances of more Federal Reserve hikes, and other macro-economic data points and the moves for the economy have been dramatic.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

But a continuation of favorable economic growth and low default levels — which we expect — and measured Federal Reserve tightening — which we also expect — should support more narrow high - yield bond spreads for some time to come.

«Federal employees can't do their jobs by being hermetic,» Hansen said, adding that «the Obama administration is trying to take a more measured approach.»

Nor is the U.S. Federal Reserve Board's latest policy gimmick, «the twist», likely to prove any more effective in breathing new life into a stagnating economy than the measures to prevent a Greek default.

In this regard, the measures implemented in recent months by federal authorities are expected to contribute to a more sustainable housing market in Canada.

That seems doomed to fail, as more than a century of case law dating back to the early days of the railroad suggests that provincial measures that directly thwart interprovincial infrastructure may be overruled by federal jurisdiction using 92 (10)(c) and this would be a prime example of when it should be (and has historically) been used.

Some economists say the effects of lowering the federal government's credit rating to AA from AAA can be measured in the billions of dollars in increased borrowing costs for the government, and in the billions more that consumers, corporations, states and municipalities will have to pay for their credit.

The poll also found strong support for other policies that would help accelerate Canada's transition to clean energy, including federal support to help provinces use more renewable electricity, switching buildings and vehicles to clean power, and measures to cut the carbon emissions from gasoline and diesel fuel.

But to remedy the situation the commission recommends measures looking to centralized government control (which would only invite more federal interference and also infringe on the citizens» liberties); for example, development, on the federal level, of a plan for coping with disorder, and the creation of a special police force for suppressing riots.

But according to the House Minority Whip's office, some 280,000 people voted online or via text on the particular measure they'd like to see deleted from the federal budget, in what Cantor's new media guy described as «the most direct use of technology to establish a more direct democracy in the history of the federal legislature.»

Long Island Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor who was elected in 2016 running on an anti-corruption platform following Skelos» conviction (but was not involved in either the Silver or Skelos cases), released a statement saying the Silver decision demonstrates the need for state lawmakers to stop relying on the feds to bring corruption cases against state - level elected officials, and also pass more anti-corruption measures, which lawmakers declined to do this past session.

Katko said he is heartened that Trump consulted with his cabinet and issued a far more measured response than the travel ban ordered in January, which was blocked by federal judges.

The driver's license contract is rebid under the federal «Real ID» measure from the Department of Homeland Security to make licenses more secure and more states are expected to face similar contract decisions.

He warned the federal government against taking such step and advised government to take more proactive measures in nipping the activities of the sect in the bud.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo renewed his call for federal gun control measures after a shooting in San Bernardino, California left at least 14 dead and more than a dozen others injured.

He said he supports the measure to keep people from becoming addicted to smoking, but considers it to be more of a state and federal issue.

The new measure will more than double that timeframe to between 70 and 80 days and give county boards of elections adequate time prior to special elections for absentee ballots for military voters to be mailed and counted in compliance with federal law.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has renewed a call for federal gun control measures after a shooting in San Bernardino, California left at least 14 dead and more than a dozen others injured Wednesday.

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The measure would come after more than 320,000 people have been left without heat or hot water this winter and following months of revelations that the housing authority had failed to conduct inspections for lead paint as required by federal rules and city law for four years.

Collins said the New York measure differs from the Nebraska plan pushed by Democrats, because those efforts were designed to steer more federal funding to Nebraska.

There is considerable overlap between AAU's recommendations for the government and measures proposed by the three bills, including a call for increased federal investment in basic research and more graduate scholarships in science and engineering.

Another measure, the federal Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, will require still more expensive controls on coal plants in the Midwest and South to reduce sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions that travel across state lines, creating ozone and fine particle pollution downwind.

The intricacies of regulating fertility technology requires more careful consideration that can only come with a measure of federal guidance.

Sometimes it measured 7,000 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter, which is more than 400 times the maximum level that federal standards consider healthy.

It is the policy of the Federal Government, in cooperation with State and local governments, Indian tribes, and other interested stakeholders to use all practicable means and measures to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources to enable them to become more resilient, adapt to, and withstand the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification.

The chairperson of the full Senate committee on government oversight, Senator James Lankford (R — OK), took a slightly more measured tone in critiquing current practices at federal research agencies.

Future federal clinical trials of cognitive treatments for schizophrenia will use the tests developed by the MATRICS committee, based upon the above seven domains, for a more standardized measure of efficacy.

The good news is that, in large part because of NCLB and the accountability measures that federal law has encouraged at all levels of school reform — not to mention the dogged efforts of Diane Ravitch and Sol Stern to keep Bloomberg and Klein on their toes — these arguments are smarter and more refined — and, yes, despite public relations — more transparent.

More than 50 percent of the district's students qualify for the federal lunch program, a common measure of disadvantage.

Nevertheless, a measure of state and federal court cases calculated per enrolled student would demonstrate similar upward trends, more than doubling from the years 1976 — 1992 to the 2003 — 2007 period.

Ironically, however, it is not clear that these growth models would fulfill the more simplistic federal requirements for adequate yearly progress, which dictate that the performance of students at each grade level be measured against a fixed standard of proficiency.

The federal law he championed has been replaced by a measure touted as more flexible and fairer to schools, but...

Federal officials should allow Arizona school leaders to decide the best way to measure student progress and make good on the federal commitment to give states more flexibility througFederal officials should allow Arizona school leaders to decide the best way to measure student progress and make good on the federal commitment to give states more flexibility througfederal commitment to give states more flexibility through ESSA.

More importantly, the federal pilot program's focus should be to allow schools to choose the best way to educate their students and measure progress, not just require all students to take the same test.

After more than a decade of strict federal mandates and measures of school success, a new education law is inviting...

After more than a decade of strict federal mandates and measures of school success, a new education law is inviting policymakers across the country to rethink «accountability.»

This annual survey — developed and reported by EdChoice and interviews conducted by our partner, Braun Research, Inc. — measures public opinion and awareness on a range of K — 12 education topics, including parents» schooling preferences, educational choice policies, the federal government's role in education and more.

The NEA, which has an annual budget of $ 371 million, spent more than $ 56.3 million in the 2007 - 2008 election cycle on state and federal campaigns, political parties, and ballot measures, $ 12.5 million ahead of the second - place group.

This is why movement conservatives not engaged in education discussions are naturally be more - supportive of measures such as the expansion of school choice (because they conform to their views that markets and private actions by families should be the deciding forces in education) than of other reform efforts that seem to involve what they may perceive more - robust federal or state government roles, or involve what they consider to be an abrogation of roles they think should be in the hands of families or local governments.

Under the federal education bill passed in 2015, states are permitted to forgo single end - of - year subject tests and use more nuanced measures instead.

And the official child poverty rate, which the report describes as a conservative measure of economic hardship, increased 18 percent between 2000 and 2009, meaning that 2.4 million more children are living below the federal poverty line.

US Grant Funds $ 20,000 Teacher Bonuses at «High - Need» LA Schools Los Angeles Unified Schools Superintendent John Deasy said that a $ 49 million federal grant awarded to the district this week to improve teacher effectiveness will help pay for a new multiple - measure teacher evaluation system and more professional development programs, including a bonus for certain teachers at high - need schools.

Together, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter Balanced) received more than $ 360 million in federal grants to develop these Common Core — aligned next - generation assessments that will not only measure deeper learning but also evaluate student and educator performance (Gewertz, 2012).

But the measure does more than «return» the federal tax windfall.

Those measures, which did not receive Democratic support, would eliminate more than 40 federal education programs and provide states with unprecedented funding flexibility.

The new federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), has given states (and D.C.) more freedom to use measures beyond reading and... [Read more...]

After 15 years of work by states and school districts to raise standards, disaggregate data, and close gaps, the federal government is taking the foot off the gas and leaving even more decisions to the states and to local school officials, including those about measures, metrics, incentives, and interventions.