Sentences with phrase «battle against the administration»

Dolan's New York Archdiocese won a victory this month in its legal battle against the administration and the mandate.

Not exact matches

Looking for a way to battle against a potential crackdown by the Trump Administration on legalized marijuana, California lawmakers have turned to another area where they don't always see eye - to - eye with officials in Washington.

The battle against the «Islamic State» / ISIS has just begun, and officials in Washington are reiterating that it will be a long - term fight even in the Obama administration's priority front, Iraq.

Still, the battle — pitting Ottawa championing Bombardier against Washington defending U.S. jet - maker Boeing — raised larger questions about what it's like to try to talk trade with President Donald Trump's administration.

Later Saturday, de Blasio spoke to a luncheon hosted by the City University of New York and said the school, with its belief in an equal education for all, «epitomizes the things we are fighting for» in the battle against the Trump administration's policies.

In the 21st Congressional District in upstate New York, outside groups came to the rescue of former Bush administration aide Elise Stefanik, in her primary battle against investment fund manager Matt Doheny.

«CPV has met and exceeded every state and federal standard to operate this plant and build the pipeline needed to supply it with natural gas, winning hard - fought battles against the Cuomo administration in court as a result,» said Tom Rumsey, the company's vice president for external affairs.

In his first public speaking appearance since Trump took office, Bannon said the new administration is locked in an unending battle against the media and other globalist forces to «deconstruct» an outdated system of governance.

In his own reaction, Governor Okorocha said that his administration would sustain the battle against crime and criminals in the state.

Mr. de Blasio was locked in a bitter battle with Uber, pitting some progressives against a company that enlisted veterans of the Obama, Bloomberg and Cuomo administrations to wage an effective public relations war against City Hall.

(Reuters)- The Obama administration is teaming up with researchers from Texas to intensify the battle against a fungus that has caused $ 1 billion in damage to coffee plants across Latin America and the Caribbean, U.S. foreign aid officials said on Sunday.

The young wizards of Hogwarts will need something much more effective than Umbridge's Ministry - approved course in defensive magic if they are to truly succeed in the extraordinary battle that lies ahead, however, and when the administration fails to provide the students with the tools that they will need to defend Hogwarts against the fearsome powers of the Dark Arts, Hermione (Emma Watson), Ron (Rupert Grint), and Harry take it upon themselves to recruit a small group of students to form «Dumbledore's Army» in preparation for the ultimate supernatural showdown.

Certainly a few reformers, notably those of a civil rights orientation, have battled strongly against the waiver gambit; this includes Alliance for Excellent Education, which has rallied organizations, along with congressional leaders such as Rep. George Miller (who helped craft No Child) to beat back against the administration's efforts to allow states to game graduation rates.

Grassroots parent activists battling against the Common Core standards in their individual states say the Trump administration would show it stands up for parental rights by reversing the Obama administration's regulatory gutting of FERPA.

Wall Street's main lobbying arm has hired a top Supreme Court litigator to study a possible legal battle against a bank tax proposed by the Obama administration, on the theory that it would be unconstitutional, according to three industry executives -LSB-...]

In February of 2004, the Hemp Industries Association (HIA) won its three - year legal battle against the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA's) misguided attempt to ban safe and nutritious hemp foods.

For example, here's what The New Yorker's Hendrik Hertzberg wrote last week, obviously referring to the same datasets used by Knappenberger, to spur the Obama Administration onward in its battle against the forces of Global Warming:

«Reagan Vs. Cities and States: The 20th Century Battle over South African Apartheid» tells the story of how cities and states joined the fight against apartheid in South Africa and won even as the Reagan administration and special interest groups like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) sought to suppress those efforts.

The lawsuit, headed by California and its coalition of 16 states and the District of Columbia, represents an important step in California's ongoing battle with the Trump administration over climate change regulations — the challenge marks California's 10th lawsuit against the EPA and its 32nd since Trump took office.

Legal Times: «Wednesday's decisive Supreme Court ruling against Wyeth in a landmark pharmaceutical product liability case may also close off a major front in a hard - fought battle by businesses and the Bush administration to insulate national corporations from state tort litigation.»

(MCT)-- Individuals waging losing battles against cellulite saw a rare beacon of hope last month, when the Food and Drug Administration cleared «the world's first and only» one - time laser treatment clinically proven to reduce cellulite by disrupting its underlying structure.