Sentences with phrase «administrations in the state did»

«The current administration in Osun State has surpassed what successive administrations in the state did since the creation of the state.

Not exact matches

«Until we see over the next month or two that the administration... is going to follow through on their stated intent to make sure that whatever regime is put in place... come (s) with quotas that don't dent one iota the intended impact of the tariffs, then there's going to be some uncertainty out there.

The United States has started to deploy missile defenses in South Korea that China views as a threat, Washington believes Beijing could do more to rein in Pyongyang's weapons programs, and prominent Trump administration officials and Trump himself have bashed China's trade practices.

Senior administration officials said the individuals targeted by Thursday's sanctions will have assets frozen in the United States, will be barred from doing any business in the U.S. and will be unable to make transactions in American dollars.

Consequently, Perdue will be the lone member of the Trump Administration who does not attend the State of the Union in the U.S. Capitol.

The Small Business Administration defines businesses eligible for SBA loans as those that: operate for profit; are engaged in, or propose to do business in, the United States or its possessions; have reasonable owner equity to invest; and use alternative financial resources (such as personal assets) first.

«While Mr. MacManus has a career of service in the State Department, it is concerning that the Trump administration is considering nominating ambassadors that do not share the conservative values of the American people who voted for President Trump, and in this case, who helped then - Secretary Clinton clean up her Benghazi mess,» Lee told the Washington Free Beacon.

Five million people could be affected, analysts have estimated, if the administration loses the legal fight and subsidies disappear from the federal marketplaces that have been set up in states that did not create their own exchanges.

After mentioning the strike, Trump's tweet said: «In any event, the United States, under my Administration, has done a great job of ridding the region of ISIS.

Only then did she go back to college to Georgia State for a master's in business administration, making Cole the only member of CNBC's Next List to have an MBA while having failed to finish a bachelor's degree.

Dealers will replace the pumps but the company did not say when parts will become available, according to a filing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in the United States.

Threatening to leave NAFTA altogether may be the administration's preferred tactic to force Canada and Mexico's hand, but — as discussed in a previous commentary — Trump probably does not have the political support in Congress and at the state level to pull the U.S. out.

«Repatriations did not lead to an increase in domestic investment, employment or R. & D., even for the firms that lobbied for the tax holiday stating these intentions,» concluded the study, which was conducted by a team of three economists that included a former Bush administration official.

Incoming Attorney General Jeff Sessions has said that «good people don't smoke marijuana,» and press secretary Sean Spicer hinted that the administration may crack down on marijuana in some states where it's now legal.

The president did not mention his abrupt firing earlier this week of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson by tweet, the personnel turmoil engulfing his administration, special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign or reports of his alleged affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels — and his lawyer paying her to keep silent about the relationship.

After traveling through Mexico under the Trump administration's watchful eye, nearly 200 Central American migrants attempting to seek asylum in the United States were stopped when border inspectors said a crossing facility didn't have enough space.

After traveling through Mexico with great fanfare for a month under the Trump administration's watchful eye, nearly 200 Central American migrants attempting to seek asylum in the United States were stopped in their tracks when border inspectors said that a crossing facility didn't have enough space to accommodate them.

People of color have voted and will continue to vote for Barak Obama... The only thing he has done for people of color is be of color and be the elected POTUS... When Obama's eight years is at an end the person who runs against the next democrat will only have to campaign by stating repeatedly «I am a Republican»... Whatever doesn't go right in his administration will be blamed on Obama just as he blamed his failures on Bush... His signature health care program exempts Muslims, Scientologists, Amish etc..

• Why did the United States work to undermine regional diplomatic initiatives such as the Contadora and Arias peace plans, which would have achieved goals publicly stated by the Reagan administration, such as no foreign military bases in the region?

Their message did not single out individual countries, but the administration of President Donald Trump has announced it is withdrawing the United States from the Paris climate accord, which seeks to curb emissions of heat - trapping gasses in the atmosphere.

Either he does not travel with a protocol officer — the State Department does not seem to count for much in this Administration — or, what is more worrisome, he is too confident in his own intelligence to be instructed.

Veteran Israeli politicians expect the Obama administration to give Israel an ultimatum later this year to make peace with the Palestinian Authority» that is, with a political entity that is kept alive on the West Bank by an American - trained militia and the Israeli Army, and that is headed by a prime minister, Salam Fayyad, whose party won 2 percent of the vote in the last elections and who faces a constituency two - thirds of which tells pollsters that it doesn't want any deal with a Jewish state.

Within it, one can condemn, as the Popes have consistently done, Palestinian terrorism without rejecting the legitimacy of Palestinian peoplehood, even as one can condemn Israeli heavy - handedness in the administration of the territories without rejecting the validity of the Jewish State or its necessity as a place of security for the Jewish people.

Ironically, Rice's political career as Secretary of State in the Bush Administration is why some people don't believe she should be on the committee.

State Rep. Elaine Nekritz kept waiting for the Food and Drug Administration to do something about bisphenol A, a plastic chemical additive used in many products, from baby bottles to metal canned food linings.

While Cuomo didn't give specifics, he did say his administration is working to keep USA Luge in Lake Placid, with potential additional state dollars on the table.

Some of the proposals go beyond what Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration has sought when it comes to nuclear power (the state is closing the Indian Point facility in Westchester County while another in central New York will remain open with the aid of subsidy), though many of the issues Nixon has raised are in line with what the state has done.

«His intervention in the discourse with the view to defend his record has opened up a number of issues... the truth is that he presided over an administration that did enormous damage to the fortunes of this country; and it was not just that he presided over it; and I regret to say this, he was an active participant in depriving this country of precious resources; indeed he was an active participant in the abuse of resources of the state entrusted into his care as President...

Thus, although he started his presidency by enunciating that his Administration would not intervene internationally as the Clinton Administration had done, due to 9/11 he altered his policy and transformed theUnited States, in a sense, into a revisionist power.

Long also blasted the measure as a «political charade» that only boosts Cuomo's political standing by being the first state in the nation to pass gun control legislation, even before the federal government and Obama administration can do something on the issue.

Aregbesola who had earlier walked for about 9.5 km within Osogbo, the state capital, said no Governor or leader in Africa has ever walked freely with their people as being done by his administration.

But the people have spoken and I think here in New York we must do the best we can and hope that his administration is not going to be one that is harmful to the state of New York.»

He says statistics don't bode well for the economic future of the state, despite the dozens of economic development program promoted by the Cuomo administration in recent years.

A rep for the de Blasio administration also told the Times that the city has been in talks with the state, the MTA and Vornado over potential development plans in the area, but they didn't resemble what Cuomo pitched during 11th hour budget discussions.

Administration insiders said they've been stunned to find that Silver (D - Manhattan), despite a $ 10 billion projected deficit, is «more concerned with satisfying the spending demands of this or that bloc in his conference than he is in doing what's best for the state.»

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told a female reporter she did «a disservice to women» on Wednesday after she asked what his administration was doing to deal with sexual misconduct in state government.

I'm looking at what other administrations have done in other cities, here in the state of New York.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP & WXXI News)-- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told a female journalist she was doing «a disservice to women» Wednesday by asking what his administration was doing to confront sexual harassment in state government.

«What we have done could not have been accomplished without the hard work and dedication of a wonderful staff who endured a running start to this administration in 2009 and the busiest political season this state had seen in more than 30 years in 2010.

The Cuomo administration will begin contract negotiations with state worker unions next week, but is already preparing for 9,800 layoffs — just in case those talks don't go as planned.

«This is a metaphor for how this administration has approached state government over the last five years: Re-examine everything, keep what works, and fix what doesn't in order to better serve New Yorkers,» Cuomo said in a statement.

-- Stalled meeting delays Cuomo promises on water contamination limits - POLITICO's Marie French and Nick Niedzwiadek: The state has yet to reschedule a postponed meeting to discuss limits on emerging contaminants in drinking water — stalling action on new standards that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration promised to implement if the federal government did not act.

«Unquestionably, Bob Duffy has done an outstanding job as lieutenant governor both in representing the Cuomo administration and in addressing the interests and concerns expressed by New Yorkers in every region of our state,» said the Silver statement.

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

It must be stated emphatically that my wife's company never received a county contract, and was actually barred from doing so by the policy that my administration put in place.

''... And you did that regularly with members of the administration at the time, the people who were in the executive chamber in Albany and at various state agencies, right?»

He is doing all these things in the interest of the state so that grassroots administration will be improved on, because allowing the entire system to come in with fresh people you know the implication.

He pledged his administration's commitment to the welfare of the people of the state in the remaining period of his tenure, adding also that President Muhammadu Buhari - led Federal Government will continue to do all it can to improve the living conditions of Nigerians.

Cuomo said he's comfortable with the state's review of hydraulic fracturing, telling reporters in Utica that his administration is «doing the best we can to understand all the facts.»

Glick argued that the state didn't try to take over schools in New York City during the 12 - year Bloomberg administration, even though some of the same schools that the governor calls «failing» now were struggling under the former mayor's leadership, as well.