Sentences with phrase «by citizen initiative»

«Missouri, the puppy mill capital of the U.S., just passed stronger standards for the care of dogs by citizen initiative, encouraging some overwhelmed puppy mills to surrender dogs to the care of rescue groups.

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Investors Against Genocide is a citizen - led initiative dedicated to encouraging mutual funds and other investment firms to make an ongoing commitment to genocide - free investing by avoiding companies that substantially contribute to genocide or crimes against humanity.

Burnaby has pushed to be a better city for its citizens and it has been recognized in the past for its initiatives with awards even the Best Run City in Canada, as named by Maclean's Magazine.

Finland: 03-19-2013: The citizens» initiative overrides the committee's decision, and thus the bill must now be considered by the Parliament.

Come to Joppa on April 11 for a lecture by Ann - Marie Runfola about the Stellwagen Sanctuary Seabird Stewards (S4) Program, an inspiring citizen science initiative that monitors seabirds off the coast of Massachusetts.

David Nelson, who was co-chairman of the citizens group pushing the referendum initiative, supports the proposal being considered by the Park District board.

With the repatriation of all its citizens now impossible — particularly the most vocal opposition activists who left Rwanda in the post-1998 period and were thus unaffected (in theory) by the Clause's implementation — the Rwandan government shifted its approach to generously support a range of other initiatives and durable solutions in refugee - hosting states, for example the provision of passports to Rwandan refugees abroad from visiting delegations.

«We therefore wish to assure citizens of ECOWAS member - states, including citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, that they are welcome to travel to Ghana, and their entry into the country will not be affected by this new policy initiative we intend to introduce later this year,» she said.

Plus, the last time I checked, we don't DO budgeting by direct democracy, particularly considering how well the budget - by - citizen - initiative process has worked in California.

Stymied on his top immigration initiatives, Trump is making good on one plan that critics denounce as fearmongering and misleading: opening an office for victims of crimes committed by immigrants, although studies show immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than native - born citizens.

Thus, on the one hand, Volodin has cancelled the Duma's traditional New Year's party; the summer vacation might be shortened; United Russia has formalized measures to filter legislative initiatives, partly with a view to limiting the emergence of odd, PR - motivated bills; opportunities for deputies to miss plenary sessions and vote by proxy have been significantly reduced, with the penalty of pay deductions for absenteeism; and deputies are now required to deal personally with appeals from citizens.

Many of those principles are to be applauded, such as wider use of citizen's initiatives and selection of candidates by means of open primaries.

Congratulations to Governor Cuomo and his staff for his March 11th Executive Order instructing state agencies and authorities controlled by the governor to «Use technology to promote transparency, improve government performance, and enhance citizen engagement» via a new open data initiative and website.

Commending the leadership of the police force for appreciating the yearning of members of the public by ordering the dismantling of police road blocks which have consistently constituted a dark side of policing and object of discord between the police and the citizenry, Buhari said the initiative of the IGP to introduce the «Safer Highway Motorized Patrol Scheme» and deploy 555 patrol vehicles along all major highways to fill the void created has reassured the citizens of their safety and security».

The Chairman charged responsible and responsive citizens to — Register to vote, hold elected leaders accountable, seek only candidates that will deliver, vote by voting right and support the «Rescue Nigeria» initiative in its entirety.

However, the power of initiative and referendum was eventually restored to the citizens of Mississippi by the passage of Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 616 during the 1992 regular session.

► On Wednesday at ScienceInsider, Tania Rabesandratana reported from Brussels that the European Commission has denied a request by a citizens» initiative to «block E.U. funding for research using embryonic stem cells.»

Both equally proposals prohibit referendums or citizens» initiatives on hometown in depth solutions together the lines of your «Hometown Democracy» constitutional modification that was rejected by Florida voters previous yr.

The national - service initiative, in particular, is seen by Mr. Clinton as an example of how citizens receiving federal benefits can be required to shoulder...

Healthy People 2010 is a U.S. government initiative that sets health objectives for citizens to meet by the end of the decade.

Those were citizen initiatives to authorize charter schools by direct popular vote, as allowed by the state constitution.

The We the People initiative was conceived by the Obama administration in 2011 to provide citizens with a new way to petition the administration to take action on a range of important issues facing our country.

The Our Schools Now citizen initiative effort is officially off and running — with the filing Tuesday morning of a petition that, if approved by voters next year — would over three years raise the current state sales and personal income tax rates by around $ 700 million annually.

When he toured America, Alexis de Tocqueville was struck by the initiative and creativity of our citizens in banding together to take care of public affairs.

By adopting an approach that looks holistically at the current technology, policy, and cultural environments of the agency and actively soliciting and incorporating public feedback, DOT is creating a plan that will enable the agency to align Open Government initiatives with strategic objectives, mitigate the risks associated with transparency, and improve performance by embracing the use of emerging communications technologies to increase citizen involvemenBy adopting an approach that looks holistically at the current technology, policy, and cultural environments of the agency and actively soliciting and incorporating public feedback, DOT is creating a plan that will enable the agency to align Open Government initiatives with strategic objectives, mitigate the risks associated with transparency, and improve performance by embracing the use of emerging communications technologies to increase citizen involvemenby embracing the use of emerging communications technologies to increase citizen involvement.

Through Kalimat, Horouf and Rewayat, Kalimat Group aims to be a major part in these initiatives by reaching out to all segments of society and instilling in UAE citizens a passion for reading.

In this piece, Kiel continutes his superb coverage of these products by chronicling the citizen's ballot initiative undertaken by Missouri consumers once they realized that their legislature was «bought and paid for» and would not be outlawing high - cost credit in Missouri.

The city of Sacramento, California also has an open - government initiative, which was launched in 2013 to promote transparency and openness, and to make public data easily accessible by citizens.

Among the Suffolk Police Department's listed core values are «providing the highest level of assistance to those in need, demonstrating our compassion and sensitivity to the needs of our community,» ensuring «each employee is an ambassador of our profession and each citizen contact reflects our commitment to quality,» promoting «innovation and initiative to solve ongoing community problems,» «safeguarding the public trust by our dedication to values that promote honesty, ethical behavior and treating others as we would want to be treated,» and offering «superior performance in service to our community.»

And despite a $ 9 - million campaign by agribusiness to defeat Prop 2, it passed with the greatest number of votes of any citizen initiative in California history.

a statue enacted by a citizen's initiative except by either a three - fourths vote each of the House of Representatives and the senate, or a a vote of the people through a referendum.

Currently, a citizen's initiative can be amended by a simple majority of the legislature and the governor's approval.

A citizens» initiative supported by The HSUS to promote more humane treatment of dogs in Missouri's large - scale commercial puppy mills has been certified by the Missouri Secretary of State's office.

This, for those that forgot, is an initiative by Nintendo to create devices for senior citizens to help them continue living at home while having the necessary help they need.

(Two) Colorado citizens submitted to the Legislative Legal Council Wednesday a proposed ballot initiative restoring the right of consumers to lower their utility bills by choosing less - expensive forms of energy....

Furthermore, it presents various awareness ‐ raising initiatives developed by the United Nations system with the aim to enable citizens to critically engage in decision ‐ making and action ‐ taking for sustainable development.

This approach is already part of the regional greenhouse gas initiative in the northeast and is promoted nationwide by the Citizens Climate Lobby.

If each of these citizen - led initiatives could succeed in developing jus one new tiny housing project, in addition to projects being pursued by more traditional developers, we believe this would make a significant contribution to the broader world of affordable housing in Oregon and beyond.

The initiative, hosted at StopParisAgreement.org, asks citizens to voice their concerns to the president by signing a petition demanding America withdrawal from the U.N. climate deal.

The initiative therefore invites companies, organizations, governments and citizens to work towards climate neutrality by reducing their climate footprint thanks to a simple 3 - steps method, whereby they shall:

By connecting digital outreach, live media programs like 24 Hours of Reality, organizing events across US college campuses, and many, many more initiatives over nearly a year, Road to Paris brought together over 2.2 million citizens from Philadelphia to the Philippines to call on world leaders to act boldly and decisively at COP 21 with a strong agreement to limit emissions.

This initiative is required by the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), a U.S. law requiring all citizens of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda to have a passport or other accepted document that establishes the bearer's identity and nationality to enter or depart the United States from within the Western Hemisphere.

In accordance with Article 10 of Regulation 211/2011, this consists of receiving the organisers at an appropriate level to allow them to explain in detail the matters raised by the Initiative (Article 10 (1)(b)-RRB-, and consequently within three months setting out in a communication its legal and political conclusions on the citizens» initiative, the action it intends to take, if any, and its reasons for taking or not taking that action (Article 10 (1)(c)-RRB-.

«The only effect of a positive vote will be to make same - sex couples, and their families, unequal to everyone else; this is discrimination in its rawest form... There is no Massachusetts precedent discussing, or deciding, whether the initiative procedure may be used to add a constitutional provision that purposefully discriminates against an oppressed and disfavored minority of our citizens in direct contravention of theprinciples of liberty and equality protection by Art. 1 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights.»

Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana is a great initiative by the Government of India, especially for the underprivileged and poor citizens.

The free internet initiative was heavily advertised by Mark Zuckerberg and his social networking company as a method to provide a free internet facility to citizens of India.

The legislative process of the EU may be generally simplified in this way: the European Commission, i.e. a body of supposedly independent experts appointed by the European Council (see, the 28, soon 27, heads of State or government of its Member States) and approved by the European Parliament (the only institutions directly elected by EU citizens), has the initiative to table legislation.

Triple P seminars, one - on - one primary care sessions and group courses are being offered in the Province, as part of the Integral Plan for Citizens» Security and Crime Prevention, an initiative led by the Ministry of Government in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice and Humans Rights and the Ministry of Health.

Schuyler Center's policy initiatives are determined by its citizen - led Board of Trustees in collaboration with senior policy staff and include work in the following areas: high quality early care & learning, maternal and infant home visiting, child welfare, children's mental health and adult home reform, and health care policy & finance.

This is a wonderful initiative taken by Erin in her part as a world citizen; A contribution in the form of an act of service to our children, who will be the future business people — including Realtor's — professional's, teachers,... etc..