Sentences with phrase «backed by public funds»

A national group called American Atheists is suing the museum to stop the display of the cross, arguing that a religious symbol has no place in a memorial that's backed by public funds and that is supposed to serve as a monument to victims of many different religions - and to those who had no religion at all.

It's also backed by public funds.

Not exact matches

Authorities suspended initial public offerings, introduced a $ 120 billion market stabilization fund backed by the central bank, and encouraged executives to buy company shares.

Founded in 2005 by Zhang Lei, this $ 15 billion fund house invests in both public market and private firms and is particularly known for backing Chinese startups, especially internet firms in the country.

White Paper by Roland Reynolds & Ken Wallace September 2009 INTRODUCTION Two key trends have dramatically altered the venture capital industry over the last three decades: the rise of larger fund sizes and the decline of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) as an exit market for venture - backed companies.

Kirk Falconer PE Hub — IPO (Canada) Canada's market for initial public offerings came roaring back this year from a dismal 2016, due in no small part to new issues backed by private equity and venture capital funds.

Kirk Falconer PE Hub — IPO (Canada) Polychain Capital, a blockchain technology hedge fund manager backed by U.S. venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Sequoia Capital, is planning to launch an initial public offering in Canada, according to a report -LSB-...]

While we typically invest 65 - 75 % of our funds of funds portfolios in early stage venture capital, we inevitably have exposure to the public markets through venture - backed companies that have gone public and late stage companies which are marked to public comparables by our underlying fund managers.

Hewitt Cattle Australia, backed by one of Canada's biggest pension funds, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, has snapped up a 15 per cent stake in Australia's leading organic beef company Arcadian Organic & Natural Meat.

Prince George's County Public Schools (Md.) was one of the original five districts funded by the first cycle of the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom grant back in 2010 - 11.

Withdrawing national funding from England's bus operators could set local public transport back by decades, MPs have been warned.

He kicked off his mayoral bid by loaning his campaign $ 100,000 of his own dough, intending to pay the money back once he qualified for public matching funds.

The attendees pointed out that the influence of independent spenders like Jobs for New York, a group backed by real estate developers, was blunted by the public funding system.

In Yost's view, JobsOhio's principal funding source, bonds backed by state liquor revenues, was so closely tied to public money that he should be able to audit JobsOhio's books.

But the measure remains opposed by the teachers union, who see it as a way of creating a back - door voucher program and not funding public schooling at appropriate levels.

The Senate Republicans, meanwhile, took issue with the public funding proposal, which has also part of Senate Co-President Jeff Klein's proposal and backed by Cuomo as well.

Tkaczyk is benefiting from a $ 230,000 advertising campaign from Friends of Democracy, a group funded by Jonathan Soros, the son of billionaire George Soros, which supports the public financing of political campaigns and backed her narrow victory two years ago.

The Funding For Great Public Schools is backed by the New York State United Teachers union, listing its treasurer as NYSUT Vice President Andy Pallotta.

NYSUT spokesman Carl Korn hit back at StudentsFirstNY on Wednesday, arguing the pro-charter school organization was bankrolled by hedge fund managers who seek to privatize public education for a profit.

The November ballot will include two funding initiatives for public education, including one backed by Gov. Jerry Brown.

Speaking at the last public hearing before the City Council and City Hall finalize next year's budget by the June 30 deadline, Mulgrew said the UFT has repeatedly brought ideas to the table on how to close the city's projected budget gap without teacher layoffs, such as cutting back on outside contractors at the Department of Education or using a portion of the city's rainy - day fund.

WILLIAMSBURG — A 43 - year - old community center on the verge of eviction was saved at the last minute by two Brooklyn politicians who pooled public funds to buy the building back from from developers.

Corbyn said he would take each line back into public ownership when the franchise expired and improve Network Rail assets through a national investment bank, partly funded by quantitative easing.

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, a public - private partnership backed by the U.S., France, Japan, the Gates Foundation and others, has had some recent funding troubles and allegations of corruption, and it recently underwent some major restructuring.

Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner said lifting the cap on public sector pay, including for teachers, is «meaningless» unless it is backed - up by funding.

In a recent school finance decision forced by plaintiff claims that public schools were inadequately and inequitably funded, a state of Washington judge, John Ehrlick, cut a Gordian knot that had for years tied up state legislatures from New York to Ohio and back to New Jersey.

As a reminder, plaintiffs included nine public school students (backed by some serious corporate reformer funds as per Students Matter) who challenged five California state statutes that supported the state's «ironclad [teacher] tenure system.»

But Nyland surprised the board room by saying he would donate the amount of this year's increase in his base salary — more than $ 13,800 in total — back to Seattle Public Schools» general fund.

An education advocacy group founded by two New York City teachers and backed financially by Bill Gates is launching a public - relations push to pressure the city and the local teachers union to strike a deal on a new teacher evaluation system, two weeks before a state - mandated deadline that could cost the city millions of dollars in education funding.

As public schools are increasingly threatened by a view of education that supports privatization, zero - tolerance discipline policies, less funding, and high - stakes standardized tests, AROS is fighting back with a broad vision of American public education that prioritizes racial justice, equity and well - resourced, world - class, public community schools.

Lawmakers put the $ 11 million back into the public school budget, meaning they will have to draw the funds from somewhere else in the $ 21 billion budget to pay for the voucher program, which was temporarily halted by a superior court judge in February, but that decision was reversed by the state Supreme Court a few weeks ago.

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

The national group, Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools, issued a statement explaining: «As public schools are increasingly threatened by a view of education that supports privatization, zero - tolerance discipline policies, less funding, and high - stakes standardized tests, AROS is fighting back with a broad vision of American public education that prioritizes racial justice, equity and well - resourced, world - class, public community schools.»

Last Friday, the education department asked to shift $ 2.2 million back to the technical high schools by cutting funding for public charter schools.

MBIA Corp. issues financial guarantees for municipal bonds, asset - backed and mortgage - backed securities, investor - owned utility bonds, bonds backed by publicly or privately funded public - purpose projects, bonds issued by sovereign and sub-sovereign entities, obligations collateralized by diverse pools of corporate loans and pools of corporate and asset - backed bonds, and bonds backed by other revenue sources such as corporate franchise revenues, both in the new issue and secondary markets.

MBIA Corp. issues financial guarantees for municipal bonds, asset - backed and mortgage - backed securities, investor - owned utility bonds, bonds backed by publicly or privately funded public purpose projects, bonds issued by sovereign and sub-sovereign entities, obligations collateralized by diverse pools of corporate loans and pools of corporate and asset - backed bonds, both in the new issue and secondary markets.

MBIA issues financial guarantees for municipal bonds, asset - backed and mortgage - backed securities, investor - owned utility bonds, bonds backed by publicly or privately funded public - purpose projects, bonds issued by sovereign and sub-sovereign entities, obligations collateralized by diverse pools of corporate loans and pools of corporate and asset - backed bonds, and bonds backed by other revenue sources such as corporate franchise revenues, both in the new issue and secondary markets.

The Back Door is presented concurrently with Public Art Fund's installation of a new large - scale work by Creed, on view May 4 to October 23, 2016, at Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 6.

Despite its advanced knowledge of the climate disruption fueled in large part by oil, gas and coal pollution, ExxonMobil turned its back on crafting responsible solutions and instead funded a sophisticated campaign to sow doubt and delay action to curb carbon emissions — honing the tobacco industry's playbook with even more advanced public relations, advertising and lobbying muscle.

The recent Heritage Lottery Fund's 2016 State of UK Public Parks report backs this up, demonstrating that parks are used regularly by over 37 million people each year, and good quality parks are helping to tackle many of society's greatest challenges, from childhood obesity to a changing climate.

Public Provident Fund or PPF scheme is an investment instrument backed by the government of India.

Articles on polling data commissioned by Family Rights Group, thanks to funding from Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, on public backing for children in family and friends care getting the same support as those who are in care or are adopted.

Funding for the stadium, which opens next year, includes $ 200 million in public money backed by hotel and motel taxes and $ 200 million from the National Football League, according to the team.