Sentences with phrase «public pressure state»

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The state, which has the highest incarceration rate in the country, is feeling the pressure of a massive criminal justice budget, and is already slashing funds for public defenders.

Interview summaries released previously by the FBI also show at least one official in the State Department telling investigators that there was pressure by senior department officials to mislead the public about the presence of classified information in Clinton's emails ahead of their public release.

They'll be forced to rethink their practices under mounting litigation filed by cities, counties, and states, not to mention growing public pressure.

On hand will be several of our Sector Leads and analysts to review and discuss S&P Global's research related to credit pressures facing U.S. states and local governments, with a focus on pension issues and emerging risks / trends in public finance.

New accounting rules are likely to show that public pension plans could face hundreds of billions of dollars in additional liabilities, putting new pressure on state and local governments to act.

The charity also stated that it wants «politicians to recognise pressures on Christians in the public sector to affirm beliefs contrary to traditional faith.»

[T] he exposure of persistent human rights violations by the contras has led the Administration not to pressure contra leaders to enforce international codes of conduct,» the Americas Watch Report cited earlier states, «but to drown U.S. public opinion with praise for the «freedom fighters,» and to attempt to discredit all reports of their violations as inspired by communist or Sandinista propaganda.

February 2011 — Although he filled posts in the State Department, for more than two years, Obama did not fill the post of religious freedom ambassador, an official that works against religious persecution across the world; he filled it only after heavy pressure from the public and from Congress.

He stated that public pressure has forced Jordanian environmental organizations to sever their contacts with Israelis.

The amateur Public Links championship is a delightfully low - pressure tournament year in and year out, but the 32nd renewal at the Hershey Park Golf Club in Hershey, Pa. saw some very high - pressure golf displayed by an 18 - year - old Indianapolis boy named Don Essig III who has just finished his freshman year at Louisiana State University.

No matter what the intentions, all that public interest in the state of your waistline can leave moms feeling pressured.

The 2010 Republican Gubernatorial Candidate told Time Warner Cable News Reporter Ryan Whalen, Tuesday night, he believes recent public comments by State Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long are designed to put pressure on Trump.

This ruling was passed after a pressure group, Occupy Ghana filed a suit against the Auditor General praying the court to compel them not to only report on financial misappropriations by public officials but to take steps to retrieve all state finances that may have gone into wrong hands.

Three, the Franco - German plus Frankfurt club's attempts to solve the crisis by imposing ever deeper austerity on struggling member states whilst starting to intervene — through high profile public statements and pressure — into other member states» domestic politics is a combustible situation and completely at odds with how the EU should and normally does function politically.

The public matching program was approved in the state budget in 2014 as a compromise with Senate Republicans and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who was under pressure that year from good - government advocates and public - financing supporters to create a public financing system.

Gary Greenberg, an outspoken child sex abuse survivor, has purchased a digital ad urging the public to pressure state leaders into passing a law making it easier for victims to seek justice as adults.

The city's five primary public defender organizations have teamed up to put pressure on the state legislature to pass meaningful criminal justice reforms after the measures were left out of the state budget.

Kink said his group plans to continue to keep pressure on the state's top politicians to return the Loeb donations and will «bird - dog» Cuomo and other elected officials at public events this fall.

-- Slashing the state and local tax deduction, pressuring lawmakers to decrease revenue sources that would otherwise be expected to support public transit.

Over the weekend, Dan Padernacht, the candidate who had refused to heed Samuels» call and pressure from a plethora of Rivera backers (WFP, 1199, NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, state Demoratic Party Executive Director Charlie King et al) to quit the race, finally decided to throw in the towel, saying King had played a key role in helping him get there.

«In states across America, legislators have been pressured into a toxic game of cross-border business poaching that drives millions of dollars in tax breaks and subsidies to wealthy executives — draining funds we need to invest in infrastructure, schools, parks, and other public goods that is the bedrock of economic health.»

Public employee benefit costs in New York are incredibly out of line with those in the private sector, and impose enormous pressure on state and local government budgets.

As Gov. Andrew Cuomo wrestles with whether or not to allow hydraulic fracturing in the state, a Queens councilman has lauded him for refusing to buckle to pressure and allowing a critical deadline to pass rather than speed up a review of the controversial drilling method's potential impact on public health.

The state Health Department and village officials were widely criticized because they waited roughly 16 months — and faced pressure from the EPA — before they warned the public to stop drinking the water.

Under intense public pressure, the Presidency, ordered the company to cough up the excess funds it unjustly took from the state.

Brannan's request comes in response to mounting pressure on state legislators to secure funding for New York City public schools as Albany lawmakers head into budget negotiations.

Meanwhile pressure continues to build against Coughlan, who has been under fire since April over retweets he sent from his personal Twitter account, including one made public this week that stated, «Unless you're my wife don't call them «our» children.

But Lopez and Silver have been under increased pressure since last week, when reports from Special Prosecutor Daniel Donovan and the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics detailed allegations involving four female staffers.

But he said his group, which has been under intense pressure from progressives to return to the fold since the election of President Trump, is «ready to move forward,» but only if any final agreement is based on a legislative agenda that includes passage of a bill to strengthen abortion laws, enact a state DREAM Act, create a public campaign finance system, and adopt a single - payer health care program.

Cuomo also said he has overwhelming support from unions, even though the state's AFL - CIO — a labor coalition encompassing 2.5 million workers — declined to endorse him under pressure from teachers and public employees.

Governor Andrew Cuomo is facing pressure to revive an issue that failed in state budget negotiations, enacting a public campaign financing system for statewide elections.

Cuomo has pushed the legislature to enact a series of ethics reforms in response to scandals and public pressure, but public integrity in New York is worse today than it was three years ago, according to a new 50 - state analysis.

BY ANDY HUMM Ten major Olympic sponsors from Coke to Dow Chemical ---- none of which has acceded to calls that they speak out forcefully against Russia's laws making it a crime to be gay in public ---- are now being pressured by the $ 161 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund, led by Comptroller -LSB-...]

He directed the state Democratic Party to launch an «aggressive» TV and digital media campaign urging the public to pressure Republicans in Congress to replace and repeal it.

Among the findings: States will face continued pressure due to skyrocketing Medicaid costs, underfunded pensions for retired public employees and volatile tax revenues, as well as reduced federal funding.

ALBANY — Unions and their legislative allies are increasing the pressure on New York State education commissioner John King, with state lawmakers calling for his resignation and a powerful teachers» union planning public forums to «fill the void» created by the ones the commissioner cancState education commissioner John King, with state lawmakers calling for his resignation and a powerful teachers» union planning public forums to «fill the void» created by the ones the commissioner cancstate lawmakers calling for his resignation and a powerful teachers» union planning public forums to «fill the void» created by the ones the commissioner canceled.

The Oneida County Health Department overcame numerous obstacles including an evolving epidemic and the pressure to deliver medications that were sometimes in short supply in its efforts to protect the public health during the H1N1 influenza pandemic, according to a letter from Dr. Richard F. Daines, Commissioner of Health for the State of New... Read more

Senate Republicans are also being pressured by the state's Conservative Party not to agree to a broader public campaign financing plan.

Wadleigh supporters say intense pressure from numerous politicians, including Rep. Charles Rangel, Assemblymen Keith Wright, state senator Bill Perkins, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Comptroller John Liu and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, and even professor and activist Cornel West, helped to galvanize support for the school.

Public education advocates warned that certain provisions could put pressure on state and local...

Ratcheting up the pressure in a bitter battle between New York City and the state over health care costs, the city's public hospital system is planning on suing New York State officials over a payment of some $ 380 million in federal funding it says the state is unlawfully withholstate over health care costs, the city's public hospital system is planning on suing New York State officials over a payment of some $ 380 million in federal funding it says the state is unlawfully withholState officials over a payment of some $ 380 million in federal funding it says the state is unlawfully withholstate is unlawfully withholding.

State Cites Oneida County Health for H1N1 Response The Oneida County Health Department overcame numerous obstacles including an evolving epidemic and the pressure to deliver medications that were sometimes in short supply in its efforts to protect the public health during the H1N1 influenza pandemic, according to a letter from Dr. Richard F. Daines, Commissioner of Health for the State of New York.

Organizations like the Sheridan Hollow Alliance for Renewable Energy (SHARE) have kept the pressure on state officials — sending a letter to Cuomo signed by two dozen Albany County legislators opposed to the project's fossil fuel - powered status and holding multiple public meetings with the New York Power Authority to express their grievances.

But a senior state Democrat predicted Silver would come under «enormous pressure» to hold up passage of Cuomo's first proposed budget from many of his most important political allies including public - employee unions desperate to limit the extent of budget cuts.

De Blasio cited other examples of what he perceived as revenge, including inconveniently timed pressure from the state for the city to increase transit funding and a fight over money for public housing.

This year, New York approved the first - ever free tuition program at the state's public colleges, putting even more pressure on schools like Saint Rose to compete for a declining pool of college - age students.

Mr. Dumelo, who like many others in the showbiz industry, has been criticized for actively getting involved in politics, became a subject of public discussion in May 2015, when he reportedly stated that Ghanaians were putting undue pressure on President Mahama to fix the country's economic challenges.

Boling says «there was a feeling of being rushed» to meet state budget deadlines, and he says it's better that that pressure is now off, and that the process be done «right», even if it takes longer, because in order for the industry to proceed, the public needs to be «assured that hydraulic fracking is safe».

At the event, Jones, who serves as Franklin County Chairman, introduced his education platform, which includes increasing state aid to public schools and the elimination of the Common Core, which he said places teachers and students in high - pressure environments with «high stakes» testing.

A number of insiders see Bharara's announcement in January that he did not have enough evidence to indict anyone on the untimely end of The Moreland Commission on Public Corruption as a way to take some pressure off of Cuomo to allow him to take the initiative on ethics in his State of the State address.