Sentences with phrase «battle for funding»

These are actually inflammatory notes appropriated from United States senator Alfonse D'Amato's remarks against the work of Andres Serrano during the battle for funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in 1989:

As Zimmerman admits, they'd face an uphill battle for funding, as the major financial backers of the movement prefer supporting charter networks that can grow.

Again, further dividing public traditional schools from public charter schools and the battle for funding.

But a few years after his group discovered the link between ApoE and Alzheimer's, he wearied of the constant battles for funding.

However, I was more interested in the science itself and the creations and preventative measures more than the battles for funding or the see - saw regarding weapons inspectors in Iraq in the 1990s.

Not exact matches

Apply for grant funding and you can miss the opportunity while battling with red tape.

State pension funds, facing a potential multitrillion - dollar shortfall, find themselves in the center of a four - way battle: Employees and retirees expect to be paid their promised benefits; the pension systems have clear obligations but may not have the resources to pay them; politicians are looking for ways to resolve the underfunding and balance the burden among retirees and workers; and state taxpayers, challenged to provide for their own retirements, resent the additional tax load.

Starting last August, she, along with sister Rosemary and niece Holiday, had battled with large fund managers and Paul Jr. for control of Cara.

Aspen Group's battle for ownership of Aspen Parks Property Fund has intensified, after Discovery Holiday Parks put forward a $ 135 million takeover offer for the business.

«We finished one battle but we are engaged now with a war for reconstruction,» said Mustafa al - Hiti, the head of Iraq's reconstruction fund.

A German court has acquitted the former CEO and CFO of sports car maker Porsche of manipulating the company's share price during its takeover battle with Volkswagen 0.09 %, dealing a serious blow to a seven - year battle for compensation by U.S. hedge funds.

BRUSSELS, May 2 - The European Commission met on Wednesday to agree proposals for a bigger new multi-year budget that will trigger battles among member states over how to fill the funding gap left by Britain's exit next year.

Amid the countdown this week toward a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, a battle has escalated about funding for a small business lobby group.

Keystone has become a can't - lose battle for the environmental movement, with activists staging frequent protests against the pipeline and California billionaire Tom Steyer funding major advertising campaigns to move public opinion.

Activist hedge fund manager Nelson Peltz — who took a large stake in DuPont back in 2013 and fought an unsuccessful proxy battle with the company in 2015 — was also pushing for the company to do a deal.

Fortune's Steve Gandel takes a look at the bruising four - month battle between the chemical giant and hedge fund Trian, saying it offers a new window into whether shareholder activism is good for corporate America, or crippling it.

The #MeToo movement is shining a light on stories of sexual harassment and discrimination that have remained in the dark for far too long, but women founders are still facing an uphill battle when it comes to securing venture capital funding for their startups.

That campaign produced a move to eliminate the funding for the IRS crackdown — one of multiple fronts on which a legislative battle is being waged.

(Bloomberg)-- An investment fund that's seeking a payout from the Cuban government on more than $ 1.3 billion in defaulted debt and back interest has hired the lawyer who won a settlement for hedge funds in a long - running legal battle against Argentina.

An engaging speaker, Shull has received rave reviews for her talks «How the Psychology of Risk is Fractal» and «Emotions are Also Information» at MIT's Sloan Fellows program, WBR's Equities and Fixed Income Leaders» Summits, LiquidNet, Battle of the Quants, 100 Women in Hedge Funds Behavioral Finance Series and many other conferences.

The most interesting part is the back story of how a billionaire was upset over an inappropriate news story about him and plotted for years to get his revenge, and then secretly funded someone else's legal battle to get it.

«This data shows that the battle for market share is far from over,» John Kilduff, a partner at Again Capital LLC, a New York - based hedge fund that focuses on energy, said by phone.

Frieden and Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, asked for funds from Congress to help battle the virus during a briefing Thursday.

ATTACs principal focus areas at the moment are: the different forms of taxation of financial transactions, in particular the Tobin tax on currency speculation; the creation of new instruments for the regulation and control of finance at the national, European and international levels; the battle against tax havens and financial crime; and the demystification of pension funds.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

The fund raising with Maryland has been an on going battle for several decades.

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Here at Little Hearts our readers have BIG hearts full of love for little people and have joined together to Give the Gift of Gentle Parenting and Give the Gift of Life, raising funds to donate gentle parenting books and resources in bulk to hospitals for new parent bags, to children's hospitals, and to crisis family centers and also to help with author L.R.Knost's medical expenses as she battles a rare neuroendocrine cancer.

What isn't in dispute is who will foot the bill for the expected legal battle between the two units of local government, both funded by Vernon Hills taxpayers.

We're unlikely to see him poring over dense regulations, struggling to meet an underfunded budget, lamenting the lack of a real school kitchen in which to cook and store food, dealing with a cafeteria too small to accommodate his students, competing with fast food outlets because of an open school campus, or, most importantly, battling an unyielding Congress for more school food funding.

I'm so excited to be able to officially announce the Dads4Kesem Hadrian's Wall Walk in July 2016, when I'll be joining 11 other dad bloggers, writers, and influencers, as we walk together to raise funds for a new Camp Kesem chapter at the University of Maryland in honor of my friend Oren Miller, who lost his battle with cancer last year.

The funding would be a welcome relief for several communities in central New York that have been battling the blooms for years.

The governor's potential support comes during a battle between Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio over funding subway improvements and just as the mayor unveiled his own plan to create a new funding source for the MTA: a millionaires tax to fund MTA operations and half - fare MetroCards for low - income city residents.

The benefits of incumbency mean that it is harder for either Labour or the Tories to win an overall majority, as they have to battle against incumbent MPs who have large amounts of state funding to bolster their campaigns.

(If I recall correctly, the Conservative Party did at least two ads for Lazio, who, unlike Paladino, did not have his own funds to fall back on during the primary battle).

Gov. Cuomo is holding a $ 15,000 - a-head Manhattan fund - raiser to raise money for a likely battle with special - interest groups over his soon - to - be-released state budget.

Labour unions have for the past seven years battled government over payment of their second - tier pension funds.

Mahoney last night defended the economic development council program, which many of her fellow Republicans have dubbed the «Hunger Games,» because it pits regions against one another in the battle for state funds — a process critics say is inequitable and unfair.

Sen. Adriano Espaillat characterized the city's political battle for pre-K funding as a «street fight» at a town hall meeting in Harlem.

In spite of the intra-Bronx battle with Klein, Rivera has the support of Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., and is reporting about $ 175,000 in available campaign funds versus just under $ 40,000 for Cabrera.

Oswego County Assemblyman Will Barclay, Sen. Charles Schumer (D - NY) and Farnham Family Services Executive Director Eric Bresee discuss the funding for battling the opioid crisis that Congress recently included in its budget.

Counteracting President Trump; bolstering the Affordable Care Act; and publicly funding campaigns are the issues at stake for the Independent Democratic Conference in a video released Monday as the lawmakers in the breakaway bloc seek to re-affirm their support for liberal causes they believe has been lost in the pitched battle being waged by progressive advocacy groups to pressure them into forming a coalition with mainline Democrats.

«She was an ardent supporter of the plaintiff's fourteen year court battle, which resulted in a $ 5.5 billion increase in funding for New York City public schools.

The battle has potential consequences for New Yorkers as discussions will begin soon over a $ 150 billion - plus state budget and an array of policy issues, from immigration and funding for legal services for the poor to whether to legalize ride - hailing upstate or permit physicians to assist terminal patients end their lives.

When Gov. Andrew Cuomo had to get to Utah for the debut of his longtime girlfriend Sandra Lee's new documentary on her battle with breast cancer, he hopped on a private plane owned by his big campaign donors, billionaire hedge fund manager Barry Rosenstein and his wife, Lizanne

Still on the table: Education funding — a battle that is again pitting traditional public schools against charters — worker's compensation reforms that the business community and its Senate GOP allies have been pushing, and the governor's ongoing desire for local government consolidation.

School funding has always been a perennial battle at the state Capitol, with lawmakers pushing for a slice of the state pie for their districts, while education advocates have decried the complicated formula they say has starved the neediest districts.

He's a narcissist and a huckster, an opportunist who not only failed to join conservatives in the big fights about the size and scope of government over the past several decades but, to the extent he was even aware of such battles, was often funding the other side, with a long list of contributions to the liberals most responsible for the dire state of affairs in the country, including likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

The prime minister followed Jeremy Corbyn on the Channel 4 News / Sky News «Battle for Number 10» programme and was challenged by members of the public on reductions to police numbers, the Conservative plans for social care, and cuts to school funding.

«We are seeing improvement in our battle against opioid and heroin addiction, which is why we must continue to prioritize funding for the programs that are working to save residents.