Sentences with phrase «by governors about»

Moreover, it led to more thought and discussion by governors about equity within their states.

But the warning by the governor about a broad restructuring raised new questions about the government's willingness to pay the debt owed by Prepa and other government enterprises on the island.

Not exact matches

«The President multiple times reaffirmed in general to all of us, and looked at Larry Kudlow, and said Larry go get it done,» Sasse said after exiting a White House meeting with the President about trade and agriculture that he attended with several governors and congressional leaders who represent states that they say will be adversely impacted by the President's recently announced tariffs.

The governor was asked whether someone in a place such as Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan should worry about the value of his or her home being pulled down by a correction in Toronto and / or Vancouver.

In early 2004, as American house prices roared higher and there came dire warnings from some quarters about the existence of a bubble — accompanied, of course, by strident denials from banks, most economists and the mortgage and real estate industries — Ben Bernanke (then still a governor before he became Fed chairman) addressed the problem of what to tell the American people.

Over the last two months, everyone from IMF head Christine Lagarde and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney have warned that a vote to leave would hit financial markets, while President Barack Obama and others, supported by a stream of studies from think - tanks banks and universities, have warned about the long - term damage to the U.K.'s economy.

Now that Puerto Rico's Governor Ricardo Rosselló has introduced a fiscal proposal that will cope with the island's debt and balance the budget, and our decisions are being disciplined by a federal fiscal control board, we need to start thinking about what it will take to create a sustainable economy where more companies like Señor Paleta can grow.

At the FinTech Thought Leadership Roundtable Series presented by FINTQ, Nestor Espenilla Jr., governor of BSP, spoke about the dramatic growth of the digital currency industry and emphasized the importance of oversight.

But if by taking a run at Mark Carney, these Liberals have initiated a never - ending cycle of speculation about the possible political ambitions of future Governors of the Bank of Canada, they will have weakened — perhaps fatally — the foundations of Canadian monetary policy.

Meanwhile, the former governor of the Bank of Canada raised a red flag about the «carbon bubble,» Canada's premiers agreed to develop a Canadian energy strategy that would address climate change, and Elon Musk broke ground on his Gigafactory that will slash the costs of electric vehicle batteries and, by extension, the cars themselves.

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada tried to quell questions about its governor's impartiality and judgment Monday, saying Mark Carney was not afoul of conflict rules by vacationing in the

Abbott's opinion echoes the statement made today by Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, about the need to hold Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to the «same standards,» as the rest of the financial system.

«If there's one area that I'm concerned about, it's retail,» real estate investor and former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer said in June at a conference hosted by the Israeli Building Center, adding that he does his shopping on Amazon nowadays.

About California Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development The Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO - Biz) was created by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. to serve as California's single point of contact for economic development and job creation efforts.

The Ports Automobile Import / Export facility, which currently processes 150,000 cars and employs more than 300 direct workers will also benefit by receiving about $ 90 million of the Governor's Capital Investment program.

A small but growing number of countries now have legal requirements for institutional investors to report on how their investment policies and performance are affected by environmental factors, including South Africa and, prospectively, the EU.36 Concern about the risks of a «carbon bubble» — that highly valued fossil fuel assets and investments could be devalued or «stranded» under future, more stringent climate policies — prompted G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in April 2015 to ask the Financial Stability Board in Basel to convene an inquiry into how the financial sector can take account of climate - related issues.37

He smelled the 2006 disaster well ahead of most, even if I do recall his also getting No Left Turns folks like yours truly in 2008 a bit too excited about the prospect of some unknown governor by the name of Sarah Palin becoming McCain's veep pick.

The decision responded to two appeals brought by Walter Pierce, the governor of Oregon, about the Oregon Compulsory Education Act of 1922, a voter - passed initiative....

PS, Piilate was recalled by Rome, after about 8 years as governor.

At one time the Nestorians had seven monasteries there, all of them founded about the year AD 1279 by Mar Sargis, a devout governor of that city.

Question to ask is why the supporters of the Islamic center in lower Manhattan are so adamant about building it there and not some place else as proposed by Governor Patterson.

Thus the Vestries in America soon gained effective control of the spirituals as well as the temporals of the churches, largely through assuming power to hire and set the salary of the clergyman, plus a studied neglect of presenting him to the Governor for permanent induction into the «living» until forced to do so.14 «In 1697 the Arch - bishop of Canterbury expressed surprise that the clergymen might «be removed like domestic servants by a vote of the Vestry,»»15 but obviously neither he nor anyone could do anything about it.

So, I'm really trying not to spend too much ink or emotional energy on this one, but... Yesterday, it was widely reported that New Jersey governor Chris Christie was asked by an 11 - year - old boy on the campaign trail what he'd do about school food... [Continue reading]

Paladino, who is not shy about sharing his controversial views, was unapologetic about saying Erie County Executive Chris Collins should stand by comments that compared Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (an Orthodox Jew) to Adolf Hitler and the anti-Christ and pledged to «take down» the Manhattan Democrat if he's elected governor.

NNY economy has been abandoned by this Governor to a large degree — it's not all about the tourist dollars or PR campaigns.

But Working Families Party members, who have been burned by the governor in the past, remain skeptical about just how helpful the governor plans to be before Nov. 8.

The Governor stated that when he came to government, the first task of his administration was to convene an education summit which was chaired by Prof Wole Soyinka, adding that all intervention of government in education since inception came from the recommendations of the summit and nothing about religion.

Grisanti has already taken the liberty of running a TV ad touting his relationship with the Democratic governor, who did Amodeo no favors by saying he knows «nothing about» the Senate hopeful.

Ojudu was reacting to a claim on Sunday a news portal allegedly operated by an aide to Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti, Mr. Lere Olayinka, which reported that Ojudu was about to leave the APC to realise his ambition on the platform of the AD.

«His indifference has gotten to the point where there are many State Senators complaining about the Governor's refusal to support Democrats, leaving Senate Democrats in jeopardy by possibly allowing the Republicans to remain in the Senate Majority.

«When I left the race for Governor I said this race needed to be about ideas and policies to grow the economy and bring jobs back to New York,» Lazio said in a statement forwarded by his former campaign spokesman David James.

Paladino, the party's 2010 nominee for governor, has never been shy about criticizing Senate Republicans over backing measures that are being pushed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

«We know APC government does not obey court orders, they do not care about due process of the law, they are not moved by protest, and therefore, the best option is to use their votes to chase the governor out of seat when he comes out for re-election.»

Carl Paladino just fired back at Post Editor - in - Chief Col Allen, who said in a statement yesterday that the Buffalo businessman invited the scrutiny he and his family have received both by running for governor and, as Allen put it, «speaking openly about his mistress and love child.»

Can the drive by media please, please, put a full court press on the candidates for Governor and the incumbent legislators to go on the record about what they think of this taxpayer ripoff and what any of them would do to stop it, once and for all?

Troopergate sparked numerous probes — including one by Albany County DA David Soares, who, ironically, was also a member of the now - defunct Moreland Commission, and complained (according to the New York Times» opus) about not receiving any case referrals before the governor shut the commission down.

The day kicked off with a Times report by Nick Confessore about how the infighting caused in no small part by Cox's insistence on pushing Democrat - turned - Republican Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy for governor has cast a pall on what is supposed to be a banner election year for the GOP.

These sojourns certainly are not unusual: Cassey studied a decade - long period starting in the mid-1990s and found about 500 trade missions led by governors nationwide, with more than 40 states launching at least one.

The recent debut of a new biography — «American Cicero: Mario Cuomo and the Defense of American Liberalism» — by Saladin Ambar (Oxford University Press) rekindles the conversation about the late former governor, Bob McCarthy writes.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio faced tough questions from state lawmakers about the city's contribution to the MTA as officials in City Hall, the governor's office and the Legislature continue to debate how to bail out a subway system beset by breakdowns and delays.

The Empire Center's EJ McMahon breaks down what we know and what we don't — which is quite a bit — about the new CSEA contract announced by the governor yesterday.

Aregbesola who had earlier walked for about 9.5 km within Osogbo, the state capital, said no Governor or leader in Africa has ever walked freely with their people as being done by his administration.

A spokesman for Cuomo was asked numerous questions by The Buffalo News» Tom Precious about what the governor knew, related to certain revelations at the trial, and when he knew it.

NY - LEAD has so far floated no proposals to curb the power of so - called independent expenditure groups like, say, the Committee to Save NY — the pro-Cuomo entity formed by business interests that spent about $ 10 million last year to bolster key aspects of the governor's agenda and is gearing up for another push this year.

Nixon wants to repeal the state's property tax cap begun by Cuomo, and she disagrees with voluntary limits by the governor to keep state spending growth at about 2 percent per year.

While DeFrancisco's sentiments about the pay commission are common among legislators, there are others who recognize the reality of legislative horse - trading and remember that the last salary hike, in 1998, was traded for the authorization of charter schools sought by then - governor George Pataki, a Republican.

The former Arkansas governor also expressed concern about the pop star's marriage to Jay Z, wondering whether the rapper «is arguably crossing the line from husband to pimp by exploiting his wife as a sex object?»

One carries the text: «For the Lady of the Harbor» followed by Cuomo's quote about 2017 being a year of reckoning; another states, «Join Governor Cuomo's Fight to Change #MeToo to #NotOneMore in New York.»

The governor's offensive began with a Sunday statement from Budget Director Robert Mujica about a proposal to combat educational inequality not with more funding — as school advocates and Nixon have called for — but by granting the state power to review and veto plans by large districts to distribute it among schools.

The subpoena comes after Newsday made inquiries last week about why Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, who is considering a run for governor on a third - party line, has filed a different financial disclosure form than the one mandated by county law.