Sentences with phrase «again leading their states»

This priority continues even through current budget challenges, and state legislators are once again leading their states to reforms that were not likely just a few years ago.

Not exact matches

The latest round of national research grants has once again highlighted the University of Western Australia as the state's leading research institution, with Curtin University of Technology following close behind.

The natural - resource - rich state is also known for its natural gas production (it leads the nation), coal, electricity (again, number one in the States) and renewable energy — specifically, wind energy.

Again, as I stated before, whether one prays intensely or does not pray intensely, God does not speak to or lead or guide or direct anyone or put thoughts in anyone's mind or show them signs or speak to their heart or mind or tells them what to do or calls people or chooses people or has a plan for people's lives.

To fight against terrorism led us to commit a family massacre in front of their children and drag their dead bodies again in front of their children, in their family home and famous celebrations over it in the States too.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

The Huskies, who returned five of the six leading scorers from a national championship team and added a likely lottery pick in freshman center Andre Drummond, looked listless once again and never really threatened to knock off Iowa State.

After a stop, SDSU again fouled Williams on a three - pointer, and he converted all three free throws to further extend Ohio State's lead.

Which leads us again to the current state of play, which our Sports Today counterparts, and eagle - eyed photographer, Alex Ho captured over the weekend, while at the women's rugby sevens tournament, Saturday, March 17.

He just scored his best win yet, when his Warhawks lost a halftime lead to Sun Belt heavyweight Appalachian State, got it back, lost it again, then won anyway.

The idea of tailored services is again beguiling for state actors, but probably won't lead you in the right direction.

«Once again Long Beach is leading Nassau County and New York State,» Long Beach City Councilman Anthony Eramo said at a rally in support of the measure outside City Hall Tuesday.

The failure of US secretary of state John Kerry's heroic efforts to get negotiations going again between Israel and Palestine may be resumed, but the collapse last spring led him to expect «apartheid» between the two countries.

And any NY resident who does not believe it would be good for NY State to have Schumer leading the Senate should think again!

The tax cap talk at the joint legislative hearing on the state budget and its impact on local governments was dovetailed by the GOP - led Senate approving, once again, a cap on property tax increases for New York City.

The governor again called on lawmakers to slash state spending and predicted the failure to do so on the local level would lead voters to reject school budgets across the state today.

«New York is once again taking aggressive actions to not only push forward our nation leading energy goals, but also protect our state from harmful air pollution.»

Twice now — first in 2012 and again in 2014 — the Westchester Democrat appeared on the cusp of becoming the first woman to lead the State Senate.

The statewide probe led to indictments against eight men, and again shook the foundation of political ethics in the state: Among those indicted were Joseph Percoco, who'd been close to both Andrew Cuomo and his father; Dr. Alain Kaloyeros, former president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute and a key economic adviser; and several top officials from LPCiminelli, a Buffalo contractor involved with millions in business as part of the state initiative.

The GOP - led United States House of Representatives once again voted to repeal President Obama's Affordable Care Act today in Washington.

In New York state government news, Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo is once again slamming talk in Washington of a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, and a woman will lead the Assembly's budget committee for the first time.

The Supreme Court judgment of last Friday that recognised the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, executive in Anambra State putatively led by Chief Chris Uba has again exposed the fault lines in the opposition party in the sState putatively led by Chief Chris Uba has again exposed the fault lines in the opposition party in the statestate.

Now, after once again coming up short in last year's elections, Democrats in the mainline conference are making a public show of independence from a governor who, despite sharing their political affiliation, has shown little desire of seeing the conference take the lead in the state Senate.

The state Senate once again approves the legalization of mixed - martial arts, but the measure's fate in the Democratic - led Assembly remains in doubt.

Members of the cabinet, opposition and Labour MPs are also reportedly concerned about Mr Blair's failure to take a tougher line with the Jewish state - a failure that has only exacerbated fears that yet again, Britain is following Washington's lead too closely.

«We would hope it would come up again and we're going to make sure that it does because it's an issue about which we are extraordinarily passionate,» Dolan, the Roman Catholic archbishop of New York, said after leading the state Senate in a prayer opening first day of this year's session.

Dan Armbrust, president and CEO of SEMATECH, said, «New York State, led by Andrew Cuomo, demonstrates once again the global leadership and long - term commitment necessary to spur innovation and create a complete regional ecosystem that bridges research, development and manufacturing.

I'm proud that the New York State Senate won the 2016 Online Democracy Award, once again showing that New York always leads the way in the nation.»

Like in Cleveland with the Republicans, the New York delegation in Philadelphia is once again at the center of the action, with a home state nominee leading the ticket.

The following November, Crowley again allowed state Democrats to lead the way as he remained a considerable force in the room.

It will be the first new airport in the United States in over 20 years and New York will lead the way again.

So, with this I think the next wiser step left for Osoba is to lead his people out of (Egypt) APC to promised land.Moreso, with what his on grand now in ogun state toward 2015 election, am sorry for Amosu, especially when all who is who in ogun politics are ready to work with Osoba and there is strong alliance discussion going on in opposition party, but people even in Amosun cabinet were leaving APC day by day, I foresee what happened in Ekiti and kwara between Olushola SARAKI and then governor Lawal again in ogun come 2015, The victory of Aregbesola for APC in osun is so diffrent with this: some few month to election in osun many politician especially former governors were started joining APC to support Aregbesola while reverse is the case in ogun here, many even in cabinet are leaving the government to oppose Amosun, just imagine ew months to election now all former governors were agaist Amosun, all senators, Reps, and many assembly members were leaving APC agaist him and this is just the begining.Though,» ETI O WUN A WI TI OLUWA LASE» yet All EYI O WUN TI A NWI NI 2001, ILE OSOBA NI OLUWA TI FI ADE SI NI 2011.

The Erie County Legislature's Minority Caucus, led by Legislator John J. Mills, R - Orchard Park, once again took a strong stand against an unfair New York State fee increase to save taxpayers from having to pay more for Albany's dysfunction.

The speculation about the real estate deal and the lieutenant governor's political future led to a rare, testy exchange with reporters at the State Fair in Syracuse last summer, where Duffy was once again filling in for Cuomo.

The Nana Addo led government was again highly went applauded when government in the 2017 Budget Statement and Economic Policy stated that it had placed high premium on combating climate change through prioritization of climate change programmes and projects.

Other candidates who have looked at the race previously, and may do so again, include Joyce Johnson, whom the New York Times endorsed; Assemblyman Keith Wright, the chairman of the Manhattan Democratic organization, who is close to Rangel and could be a leading candidate to replace him should Rangel step down or not seek re-election, as is often rumored to be the case; Adriano Espaillat, a newly elected state senator who could appeal to the growing Hispanic population in the district, depending on what happens with redistricting; and Adam Clayton Powell IV, the former assemblyman and the son of the legendary congressman whom Rangel unseated 40 years ago, who has run and lost against Rangel twice in the past.

If a brilliant and charismatic military General like Emeka Ojukwu could not achieve Biafra i wonder how someone with no military experience even political experience like Nnamdi Kanu can lead the Igbo Nation AGAIN to war against the Nigerian state.

Tennessee state senator Mark Green said he wanted to «Make America Great Again» by serving in the post, but dropped out of consideration Friday after «false and misleading attacks» led him to become a distraction.

A juror asked to be dismissed from the Sheldon Silver trial again on Monday, leading us to believe that either the position is cursed exactly like the Defense Against the Dark Arts professorship at Hogwarts, or it's otherwise triggering a corruption - inspired allergic reaction among the people forced to listen to days of testimony about the state legislator's extracurricular activities.

If the Empire State is behind the rest of the country on an issue again, lawmakers might as well look for a way to spin their bill as leading the nation in some regard.

«I'm delighted at this latest accomplishment by NASA, another first that demonstrates once again how the United States leads the world in space,» said John Holdren, assistant to the President for Science and Technology and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

When I saw him again the next day, the reason for the question became clear: I had an opportunity to spend the summer abroad, working at the University of Zurich (UZH) in Switzerland and learning state - of - the - art purification techniques for membrane proteins in the group led by Andreas Plückthun.

With the new report, published by the non-profit organization maribus gGmbH, again with support from the magazine mare, the International Ocean Institute and the Cluster of Excellence «The Future Ocean», scientists from Kiel together with other leading international fisheries experts have produced one of the most comprehensive investigations into the state of worldwide fisheries.

Following an unlikely appearance as a football player in The Replacements (2000) and a turn as the son of Old Scratch in Little Nicky (2000), Ifans» role as a socially challenged forest dweller turned opera - loving socialite in the eccentric Human Nature provided audiences with abundant laughs and a further glimpse into the quirkiness of a truly unique actor.Of course the ever - eccentric Ifans was only warming up, and after supporting roles in such efforts as The 51st State, The Shipping News and Once Upon a Time in the Midlands Ifans once again took the lead in the 2003 comedy Donnie Deckchair.

Nearly six years after Connecticut's landmark desegregation order, the group that initiated the lawsuit that led to the ruling is asking the courts to step in again — this time with a plan of its own that proposes how state leaders should carry out the mandate.

Finland's PISA scores and rankings slipped in 2009, and again in 2012, followed by a scathing report from the University of Helsinki that led the program's uber - advocate Pasi Sahlberg to warn that the time had come for Finns «to concede that the signals of change have been discernible already for a while and to open up a national discussion regarding the state and future of the Finnish comprehensive school that rose to international acclaim due to our students» success in the PISA studies.»

Again, the studies discussed above do not offer much explanation, but two theories come to mind: perhaps universities look to exploit their pricing power in the market leading them to raise tuition whether appropriations rise or fall; or maybe when faced with a reduction in state funding, universities cut spending instead of raising tuition dollar for dollar.

That's according to a survey conducted last fall by the Learning Policy Institute, which found that persistent teacher shortages are once again leading districts to rely on underprepared teachers to fill classrooms throughout the state.

Those issues came up again yesterday at the state board meeting as Cerf's staff, led by assistant commissioner Peter Shulman, presented the new GPA requirement as part of a wide - ranging package of changes in regulations for teacher preparation.

On - again, off - again negotiations eventually led the city to miss a Jan. 17 deadline for submitting an evaluation plan that met statutory requirements, costing the city some $ 250 million in additional state aid.