Sentences with phrase «office remains in a state»

I am in favour of the Post Office remaining in state hands and will not vote for any measure which would wholly or partly privatise it.

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Most likely places where the money would be spent include upgrades on infrastructure, which President Obama, in his State of the Union address last week, mentioned as one of his top priorities in his remaining two years in office.

New York will remain steadfast in pushing back against federal encroachment efforts like the [Office of the Controller of the Currency's] proposal to impose a one - size - fits - all national bank charter that increases risk and seeks to usurp state sovereignty.»

Yet the campaign's payroll remained thin, and there did not appear to be much new in the way of office leases across the country, including in Ohio and other crucial states.

Sabet, who worked in the White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy during President Obama's first term and serves as director of the Drug Policy Institute at the University of Florida, said the negative consequences of marijuana legalization include advertising aimed at kids, an increase in drugged - driving incidents and a spillover of marijuana from Colorado into surrounding states, where the drug remains illegal.

Although the UN Global Compact Office has powers to exclude companies, it stated: «Of course, abuses of the 10 Principles do occur; however we believe that such abuses only indicate that it is important for the company to remain in the Compact and learn from its mistakes.»

Jané noted that it no longer sells the Muum stroller in the United States, and that Jané USA, a division of the Jané Group, recently closed its offices in the U.S. and remains open only to honor warranty claims.

Chief Ogbeh who described Governor Aregbesola as a visionary leader per excellence, said his landmark achievements since assumption of office remained memorable legacy in the political annals of the state.

Despite the fact that the state has voted for Republicans in every presidential election from 1980 until 2008 the governorship (until 2012), legislature (until 2010), as well as most statewide offices, it remains in Democratic control.

The state income tax returns would be posted for every year the elected official remains in office, according to the legislation.

Arcuri took the opportunity of announcing his line to swipe at his opponent, Richard Hanna, for accepting the Indy line at a time when the local party is under investigation by both the Oneida County DA's office (which Arcuri used to occupy) and the state party remains in the crosshairs of the Manhattan and Staten Island DAs.

Among other findings, the report also revealed that while the total number of County residents on Medicaid has risen due to fuller implementation of the Affordable Care Act («ACA»), Erie County's portion of Medicaid costs is projected to drop by more than $ 6.4 million from 2013 due to the Act's implementation and the state's Medicaid cap, and is approximately $ 340,000 less than 2012; the biggest increase in Medicaid recipients was seen among whites age 18 - 64, while other demographics remained consistent; and that the number of persons on Medicaid continues to grow at an average rate of more than 4 % each year, a trend noted by the Medicaid Inspector General's office in his September 2013 report.

Nevertheless, the state remains in a dispute with the federal government over disallowing $ 1.26 billion in Medicaid payments to the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.

Further, two members of the mainline Democratic conference — Bronx State Senator Ruben Diaz Jr. and Westchester State Senator George Latimer — are seeking local office, which could leave holes in the numerical Democratic majority for as long as their seats remain vacant.

«Where an election does not result in a clear majority for a single party, the incumbent Government remains in office unless and until the Prime Minister tenders his and the Government's resignation to the Monarch,» Cabinet Office guidance soffice unless and until the Prime Minister tenders his and the Government's resignation to the Monarch,» Cabinet Office guidance sOffice guidance states.

Despite last having held elected office in 1998, he remains the political godfather of his native Long Island, with close ties to Mr. Flanagan and the rest of the dominant downstate wing of the State Senate GOP.

Turning to the job performances of other prominent office holders in New York State, Governor Andrew Cuomo's rating remains upside down.

State Sen. Shirley Huntley (D - Jamaica) and state Assemblywoman Barbara Clark (D - Queens Village) have been campaigning over the summer to remain in their offices for another State Sen. Shirley Huntley (D - Jamaica) and state Assemblywoman Barbara Clark (D - Queens Village) have been campaigning over the summer to remain in their offices for another state Assemblywoman Barbara Clark (D - Queens Village) have been campaigning over the summer to remain in their offices for another term.

Bernard Fineson will be the 20th facility closed by the state if its doors are shut as planned in March 2017, leaving the state Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) with only two remaining DDSOs in New York.

In terms of diversity and representation in the Shadow Cabinet, for the first time two of the «Great Offices of State» will be held by women, with Emily Thornberry remaining as Foreign Secretary, and Diane Abbott becoming Home SecretarIn terms of diversity and representation in the Shadow Cabinet, for the first time two of the «Great Offices of State» will be held by women, with Emily Thornberry remaining as Foreign Secretary, and Diane Abbott becoming Home Secretarin the Shadow Cabinet, for the first time two of the «Great Offices of State» will be held by women, with Emily Thornberry remaining as Foreign Secretary, and Diane Abbott becoming Home Secretary.

Should he lose in the congressional primary he can still run for state senate, as the primary for state senate and other state offices remains in September.

The state comptroller's office, in announcing the cap for the 2017 - 18 school year on Wednesday, noted that the level remains well below the 2 percent widely regarded as an indicator of what is affordable for local systems.

«I believe it's going to move and we are going to get it to the floor,» said Jonathan Carey, whose autistic son, Jonathan, was killed in 2007 in Albany County by an Office of Mental Health aide who remains in state prison.

States in the alliance will remain committed to reducing emissions by 26 to 28 percent and meeting the targets of the federal Clean Power Plan, according to the statement from Cuomo's office.

Conifer Realty, which specializes in affordable housing projects across New York and four other states, was one of more than two dozen companies named in a broad subpoena served on Cuomo's office late last month, but exactly what is being examined remains uncertain.

But, with elections for state offices taking place this year, many leaders in Albany remain reluctant to sign off on a congestion pricing system.

Both agencies acted with official city and state misconduct, and in both cases, honest, credible evidence was repeatedly dismissed and ignored, and so was the corruption that remains to date — where knowingly false statements were made to discredit me (then later completely reversed during oral argument by my accusers), and both the DOI investigators (who appeared at my doorstep many times to collect evidence) and MTA Office of the Inspector General investigators invited me back to their headquarters (more than six times), from 1989 to 2008), and continued to take no action to restore and reinstate my city job, pension and social security contributions.

However, available information sourced from the Oyo State Accountant General's office confirmed that Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi has approved the immediate release of N500million counterpart subvention, while the remaining grant of additional N500million from Oyo State Government would be transferred in the coming weeks.

Cuomo's office remains silent about 911 funding, despite criticisms that New York is one of only six states in the country to move 911 money into its general fund.

County lawmakers on a committee charged with overseeing the Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency say that they remained unaware of a State Comptroller's Office audit of the agency, even as they discussed a deal expected to funnel millions of dollars in added revenue to the public benefit corporation.

Of the 2008 victors who got campaign cash from Smith, only Addabbo and state Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins (D - Yonkers) remain in office.

Advocates and faculty held a «die in» at Cuomo's New York City office on Thursday afternoon and a number of legislators say they remain ready to delay the state budget and vote against it should CUNY

Morano says he was informed by state Indy Party First Vice Chairman Tom Connolly that AG Andrew Cuomo, who accepted the Indy line despite the fact that the party remains embroiled in an investigation by the Manhattan DA's office, wanted Hyer - Spencer to get Row C.

This mobilized electorate divides about whether current state senators should remain in office, and nearly half of these voters — 48 % — prefer a new representative in the Assembly.

Republicans have criticized Cuomo for chiming in on the attorney general selection process, saying the state's top legal agency must remain independent from the governor's office.

Dayo and Sodipo contended in their suit concerning the office of the Deputy National Chairman (South) of the party, that a candidate for the position and the delegates from the state that voted in the December 9, 2017 convention were not nominated by their executive committee whose tenure they claimed remains valid till 2020.

She could have faced a conflict of interest had she remained in her position as deputy borough president and conducted fund?raising for her campaign, according to an advisory opinion issued by the board in 2001 that states individuals making a bid for office must resign from their positions if they are policy?makers before they solicit donations.

State Republican Committee Chairman Ed Cox in a statement Tuesday insisted the Republican bench for statewide office remains strong, with «season, well - known individuals» considering running for governor.

The report from the budget office, a arm of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration, released late, found the state faces a gap of $ 1.7 billion if spending increases remain capped at 2 percent as they have in previous years.

A new audit from the office of state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli found «significant deficiencies» in the «transformation» of information technology services at state agencies — a process that is now in its fourth year and remains ongoing.

His son's record of using three months to campaign and win a major election in Ghana will forever remain a tough record, first Gonjaman to have risen to the highest office of the land is another enviable record.Taking over the Presidency after the unfortunate death of Mills, another record.The first head of state to have been born after Ghana's independence on 6th March 1957 is another record noteworthy.The first President in the fourth republic to have come from the legislature is another record worth celebrating.If you read books on philosophy one would understand some these things though we take them as normal life situations.

Those that we put (as members of) committees to investigate for abusing office they were given whatever they had misappropriated and I remained in detention until a journalist from Edo state said «My mother had to die to safe me from detention because I was only released when my mother died after three years.

Also, keep in mind the fact that the selection of the politically - connected AEG during the second round of this Aqueduct mess (the first saw the selection of Delaware North, which couldn't come up with the up - front cash and withdrew) remains under investigation by the US attorney's office and has also attracted the interest of the state Inspector General.

Returning to his office, he settles into a chair in the center of the room, surrounded by his wife; his son Pedro G. Espada, a former state assemblyman; a grandson who is smashing two dinosaurs together; a funereal uncle; Schlein; Steven Pigeon, the political aide to billionaire Tom Golisano, who helped engineer the leadership coup; and the remains of a large sausage pizza.

When Labour re-entered government in 1964, Bacon became a Minister of State at the Home Office, remaining until 1967, and served under Frank Soskice and Roy Jenkins during a period when liberalising reforms were introduced.

As the two investigations diverged, the U.S. attorney's office focused almost exclusively on potential quid pro quo arrangements with de Blasio donors from the 2013 campaign, while Vance's office remained focused on complaints referred by the state Board of Elections over whether the mayor violated contribution limits in steering money to Democratic State Senate candidates in state Board of Elections over whether the mayor violated contribution limits in steering money to Democratic State Senate candidates in State Senate candidates in 2014.

Nevertheless, then - Secretary of State Ted Brown ruled that the SLP should also remain on the ballot for 1972, even though the party had polled less than one - half of 1 % for Governor in 1970 and even though the new law required a 5 % vote for that office for a party to remain on the ballot.

«Worse still is the fact that up to $ 14bn in revenues from the Nigerian LNG remain unaccounted for, and indeed until the Buhari administration came to office, state governments never got any allocations from this source of fund which properly belongs to the Federation Account.

Under the constitutional rules governing protocol in the event of a hung parliament, Brown, as the sitting Prime Minister, would remain in office until a new government could be formed, a process which could continue without resolution until the State Opening of Parliament, which was scheduled for 25 May.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has expressed concerns about the state's ability to regulate medical marijuana, but his office remains in talks with lawmakers, said Bryan Clenahan, counsel to state Sen. Diane Savino.