Sentences with phrase «back federal efforts»

Donald Trump will likely set back federal efforts for school integration, but the 100 school districts promoting economic diversity mostly created their plans on their own and school districts can continue to do so in the age of Trump.

These cuts would scale back federal efforts to foster the development of wind and solar energy, in line with President Donald Trump's campaign promise to bring back coal industry jobs.

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Those efforts were further set back by a federal safety review.

To be fair, many of Avon's problems can be traced back to Jung's mistakes: there was a federal bribery probe that cost Avon $ 500 million and distracted management for years, stemming from overseas expansion efforts and deprived Avon of any viable China business.

In Hoey's opinion, the federal government's efforts amount to little in trying to entice a foreign company to enter Canada's wireless market, mainly because a cap on foreign involvement still exists in the form of a 10 per cent limit on the market share of any wireless entity with international financial backing.

It's back to the drawing board for the eight - year - old effort to create an SBA women's procurement program, as the most recent federal spending bill scraps controversial, restrictive Bush - era regulations.

And though the Justice Department's push to overhaul troubled police agencies was a staple effort of the last administration, Sessions announced his desire to «pull back» on federal scrutiny of local law enforcement, winning praise from some quarters.

That's according to MKM Partners» chief economist Mike Darda, who was referring to the Federal Reserve's efforts to unwind its $ 4.5 trillion balance sheet after it bought vast quantities of government bonds and mortgage - backed securities to mitigate the effects of the Great Recession.

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.»

Federal Reserve policymakers are putting markets on notice that the central bank's $ 4.5 trillion balance sheet is back on the agenda in an apparent effort to give investors time to prepare for changes rather than to signal any action is imminent.

They predicted in a recent note that the Federal Reserve won't raise interest rates until next September, and until then the U.S. recovery will far outpace Europe's efforts to bounce back.

GLEED, Wash. — Potato growers are fighting back against efforts to ban or limit potatoes in federal child nutrition programs, arguing the tuber is loaded with potassium and vitamin C and shouldn't be considered junk food.

Cuomo couched the unity effort as part of his push back against the federal government, controlled by Republicans, and President Donald Trump's administration.

«We strongly oppose any efforts by the federal government to pull back previously promised funding to New York for this case,» he said.

A federal judge in California on Thursday temporarily blocked an effort by the attorney for adult - film star Stormy Daniels to depose President TrumpDonald John TrumpUS ends aid for northwest Syria: report FBI informant met with three Trump campaign advisers: report McCabe lawyer fires back at Trump: «You need to stop lying» MORE and his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, over a $ 130,000 payment from Cohen to the actress before the 2016 presidential election.

The case aims to stop federal housing officials from rolling back efforts to enforce the Fair Housing Act.

At 1 p.m., de Blasio and NYC First Lady Charlane McCray will make an announcement about healthcare in Queens and discuss federal efforts to roll back healthcare at the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center, 136 - 26 37th Ave., Flushing.

Farley, a partner at the equity firm Mistral Capital, launched her effort with a video that borrowed an argument recently deployed by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo: New York State pays roughly more in federal taxes ($ 40 billion in 2016, she noted) than it gets back in federal aid — money, Farley said, that could be used to rebuild state infrastructure and boost education, among other things.

East Hampton officials, who have so far been stymied in their effort to cut back air traffic into and out of the town airport — and the accompanying noise that causes complaints across the East End — agreed this week to apply to the Federal Aviation...

One day after it was revealed that Carl Paladino will be suing the Buffalo Board of Education over efforts to oust him from that body, some board members are pushing back against the charge that there is a conspiracy against him The expected federal lawsuit is revealed in a letter Dennis Vacco, an...

The measure, backed by Queens Democratic Sen. Michael Gianaris, was inspired by former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno's successful effort to have his legal fees repaid by the state after he was found not guilty following a federal corruption trial.

Environmental groups that vowed to fight President Donald Trump's efforts to roll back his predecessor's plans to curb global warming made good on their promise, teaming up with an American Indian tribe to ask a federal court to block an order that lifts restrictions on coal sales from federal lands.

He said they are intervening in order to complement efforts of the federal government, and said they hoped to adopt local - conflict resolution mechanism to bring back trust and understanding among all the people of the region.

He helped run the redistricting effort for the Senate GOP as far back as 1991 in a once - a-decade process that occurs after the federal census is taken.

Today, I am urging the Federal Highway Administration to proceed with efforts to work with New York to roll back the commercialization of rest areas and ensure compliance with federal law.Federal Highway Administration to proceed with efforts to work with New York to roll back the commercialization of rest areas and ensure compliance with federal law.federal law.»

«Some of the changes needed would benefit cities all over the country... I would borrow from Mayor Bloomberg's efforts on gun control... but I have a more economic frame... I'm concerned about getting the federal government back into the mass transit and affordable housing business where it was for a half - century and should be and can be again.»

Question topics included the estimated time for completion of all of the Sandy recovery home rebuilding, the implementation of new flood maps, whether de Blasio's reported future endorsement of Hillary Clinton is tied to a longterm need for federal government assistance, whether in Secretary Castro's view the City could do better on any element of Sandy recovery efforts, communicating an increased sense of urgency to City agencies, significant variations in the reported number of Build It Back applicants, how the City will continue its increased rate of repairs, details on the construction firms used in the program and praise for developer Gerry Romski.

Red States Called Moochers as Hillary Defends Tunnel Project Hillary Clinton came to the defense of the Gateway Project and accused President Donald Trump of playing politics by holding back federal funds as several members of the New Jersey congressional delegation criticized Republican House efforts to cut funding.

Miner has been resistant against the DOJ's efforts to scale back sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration agencies.

New York state, he said, should be a bulwark against what he said was damaging federal policy and must counter efforts to roll back cuts to health care, environmental protections and safeguards of marginalized populations.

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to celebrate children's day, the Senate had at Thursday's plenary, urged the Federal government not to relent in its effort to bringing all abducted and missing children back home safely.

Transportation emissions threaten to undercut blue states» climate goals, raising questions about their ability to lead U.S. climate efforts at a time when the federal government is rolling back environmental regulations.

AAAS wrote to leaders in Congress and the White House, encouraging them to back efforts to expand federal support for stem cell research.

Efforts to undermine the Clean Water Act and other federal initiatives must be strongly opposed, and I have led the charge against legislative proposals to roll back important clean water protections that may benefit some special interests, but risk public health and will damage the broader U.S. economy.

And Australian scientists have their fingers crossed, hoping the directive from Greg Hunt, revealed this morning, really indicates the federal government is reversing a previous decision to scale back climate research efforts.

The 50 researchers also call on the federal government to provide better funding for crop breeding efforts at public universities, and for universities to develop new ways of steering revenues from popular crop varieties back into research.

That new approach could include strategies such as removing or setting back levees in some locations to promote seasonal flooding, strengthening regulations to reduce the discharge of contaminants into waterways, reworking the operations of some dams to facilitate fish passage, and changing federal and state laws to move conservation efforts to a broad, ecosystem - based approach.

4] and keep repeating the same tone - deaf talking points, mostly just infuriating the skeptics (the enthusiasts are apparently in disbelief that anyone might regard an enterprise driven by two DC associations and backed by federal incentives as anything other than a truly «voluntary» state effort).

Those schools are now subject to strong improvement efforts, backed by billions of dollars in federal support.

We should continue efforts to scale back NCLB's federal micromanagement so that states can reclaim their role as education leaders and make decisions that meet their students» needs.

«Trump Administration Quietly Rolls Back Civil Rights Efforts Across Federal Government.»

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He once spoke movingly about the virtues of NCLB, calling it «an effort to end decades of failed federal education policy that allowed billions of taxpayer dollars to be spent without insisting on results for students» But that was before Boehner had to corral a caucus full of Tea Party - backed freshmen.

But will pulling way back on federal efforts to reform education — most likely by putting the money on a stump and letting states do whatever they like with it — benefit the other 49?

The effort to end de jure segregation back then enjoyed broad public and judicial support; OCR worked hand in hand with the federal courts to desegregate southern schools.

Every federal expenditure of substance has beneficiaries that can be expected to oppose efforts to roll back the funding from which they reap an advantage.

Additionally, it is critical to resist an effort to roll back the influence of the federal government now, since it would be hard to correct for in future administrations.

1912: NEA endorses Women's Suffrage 1919: NEA members in New Jersey lead the way to the nation's first state pension; by 1945, every state had a pension plan in effect 1941: NEA successfully lobbied Congress for special funding for public schools near military bases 1945: NEA lobbied for the G.I. Bill of Rights to help returning soldiers continue their education 1958: NEA helps gain passage of the National Defense Education Act 1964: NEA lobbies to pass the Civil Rights Act 1968: NEA leads an effort to establish the Bilingual Education Act 1974: NEA backs a case heard before the U.S. Supreme Court that proposes to make unlawful the firing of pregnant teachers or forced maternity leave 1984: NEA fights for and wins passage of a federal retirement equity law that provides the means to end sex discrimination against women in retirement funds 2000s: NEA has lobbied for changes to the No Child Left Behind Act 2009: NEA delegates to the Representative Assembly pass a resolution that opposes the discriminatory treatment of same - sex couple

This is because the federal government ultimately amplifies education policy decisions made at the state level, especially by those reform - minded governors and legislators (along with reformers) who also seek help from the federal level to beat back opposition to their efforts by entrenched traditionalist interests.

Instead, due in large part to the efforts of Noelle, Sasha and Leslie, congress did not act to pass this proposal, but acted put dollars back into the important federal programs providing services to children.