Sentences with phrase «by national legislators»

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Responding to the Abuakwa South legislator, the Organised Youth of Krobo said bringing development to an area should be national in character and not based on ethnicity, religion, economical status, race, or religion as propounded by the framers of the 1992 constitution.

Partly fueled by national politics — in particular negative sentiments toward President Donald Trump — voters helped secure a Democratic Board of Legislators supermajority, increasing the lead from nine seats to 12, and propelling former state Sen. George Latimer, a Rye Democrat, to the county executive's seat.

The statement showed that Malliotakis, a state assemblywoman from Staten Island, traveled to Athens, Greece, for a conference hosted by the World Hellenic Inter-Parliamentary Association; attended the GOPAC Emerging Leaders Summit in Nashville; and kicked off the holiday season with a December trip to Hawaii for the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators» National Summit at the Sheraton Waikiki.

Proud to say I was rated the number one pro-business legislator, have been named a guardian of small business by National Federation of Independent Businesses a couple of times now, number one by the Business Council in New York, so on top of that, we're going to try modernize our technology in this town.

She said that empowering the National Assembly to remove governors and, by extension, local government chairmen, would make the legislators «omnipotent.»

Mr Tinubu who said the visit was a great honour to him, commended the legislators for the effort made by the two chambers of the National Assembly to meet minds on ways to properly amend the country's 1999 constitution.

Some National Democratic Congress (NDC) legislators, have criticized the move by the regional chairmen of the party to ostensibly back the candidature of John Dramani Mahama for the elections in 2020.

Although it remains unclear who the post is directed at, it comes on the heels of scathing attacks launched on the former boss of the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE), by fire brand New Patriotic Party's legislator, Kennedy Agyapong.

Former senator Dan Coats triumphed in Indiana's Republican Senate primary on Tuesday night, beating out two candidates who had sought to upend the longtime legislator by tapping into the energy of the national «tea party» movement.

Some leading legislators have left the door open for changes in the evaluation law during their next session, which begins in January.State Sen. John Flanagan (R - East Northport), during an interview last week with National Public Radio on WCNY in Syracuse, said he believes any required changes probably could be made by the Regents and their staff in the Education Department.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The cloning of an adult sheep by Scottish biologists was on every legislator's mind when Harold Varmus, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), appeared to defend his budget request on Capitol Hill today.

The legislators hint at part of their agenda by describing how the assessment should examine «the relationship, or lack of relationship, of our research universities with other parts of our national research enterprise, including the federally - funded National Laboratoriesnational research enterprise, including the federally - funded National LaboratoriesNational Laboratories.»

That cut, which the Association of American Universities had assailed as «inconceivable,» triggered a campaign by university lobbyists to convince legislators of the value of basic research to national security.

Legislators held the hearing to discuss the report «More and better science in Antarctica through increased logistical effectiveness» by the US Antarctic Program Blue Ribbon Panel — a panel headed by Augustine and convened by the Office of Science and Technology and the National Science Foundation.

In a strongly worded letter sent this month to chief state school officers, legislators, state board of education members, representatives of the National Education Association, and publishers nationwide, the Florida leaders point to the «pervasive» influence of textbooks and other classroom materials on the educational process and say that their state's school - improvement efforts «have been impeded repeatedly by the declining...

Noting that the six national education goals adopted by President Bush and the nation's governors paid scant attention to higher education, the resolution also called on the President, the Congress, the governors, and state legislators to include higher education «in any statement of education goals.»

The report in question, authored by Arizona State University researchers Audrey Amrein and David Berliner, purported to examine student - performance trends on national exams in states where legislators have attached «high stakes» to test scores.

Members of the Citizens Council on Women's Education (ccwe), a project of the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education, also endorsed the civil - rights act of 1984 — the measure tabled by the Senate last week — and urged participants to vote against legislators who failed to back that and other legislation affecting equity in education.

The hearings, which are being held by the National Commission on Excellence in Teacher Education — a group of teacher educators, legislators, teachers, and school administrators established last March by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education — began last month in St. Paul.

Cambridge, Mass — The elimination by the Reagan Administration last year of the $ 6 - million federal program for the gifted and talented, along with the reluctance of state legislators to appropriate funds for such programs, may hamper schools» commitment to providing special programs for gifted students, several researchers and educators told the National Commission on Excellence in Education last week.

Arizona, California, Iowa, Massachusetts, Nevada, and Ohio lawmakers participated in the first «America's Legislators Back to School Day,» sponsored by the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Held in conjunction with National Charter Schools Week, Advocacy Day is a great opportunity to grow the advocacy strength of the movement by connecting the charter community with legislators in Sacramento.

This project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, supported the Honor States Grant Program, an initiative of the National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices, by providing hands - on professional development to state teams comprised of governors» staffs, members of state education boards and commissions, state legislators, and senior legislators, and senior state officials working in K - 16 education.

This project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, supported The Honor States Program, an initiative of the National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices, by providing hands - on professional development activities to state teams comprised of governors» staffs, members of state education boards and commissions, state legislators, and senior state officials working in K - 16 education.

This project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, supported The Honor States Program, an initiative of the National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices, by providing hands - on professional development activities to state teams comprised of governors, their staffs, members of state education boards and commissions, state legislators, and senior state officials working in K - 16 education.

Parent Power activists such as the Connecticut Parents Union are already gearing up for a fight with the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association over expanding the reach of the state's Parent Trigger law; the fight is particularly tinged by revelations earlier this year of the AFT's presentation on how it unsuccessfully attempted to kibosh the passage of the Parent Power law and how it exacted revenge by ousting Jason Bartlett, the legislator who led the passage of the law and the neutralizing of his former colleague, Gary Holder - Winfield.

As a member, your voice will be heard by Texas state legislators as our Influence Committee influences policy makers at national, state, and local levels.

I think that standardized testing would come to an immediate halt if legislators — state and national — had to show their competence by taking tests.

National law proposed That argument is echoed by other legislators who have introduced similar bills.

It went on to have 20 - some screenings around the U.S. — including two official film festival selections (2013 St. Louis International Film Festival, 2014 Kansas City Film Fest), as well as supported by national animal welfare organization, Best Friends Animal Society, who sent copies of that version to legislators faced with this issue.

Affecting Change at the Local, State, and National Level This presentation will address the legislative process for regulated industries, perceptions held by legislators, and recommendations on the ways pet businesses can create constructive change.

With backing from national scientific organizations, he survived a politically motivated witch hunt by the attorney general and legislators in Virginia, who didn't like the implications of his work.

A report prepared for state legislators by the National Conference of State Legislatures and the University of Maryland Center for Integrative Environmental Research presents damages amounting to billions of dollars in eight states (CO, GA, KS, IL, MI, NV, NJ,... Continue reading →

Killing off both minimum and partial harmonisation as hinted at in Tobacco Advertising I would have left the EU legislator with nothing but full harmonisation; allowing both would have run the risk of rendering harmonisation under Article 114 TFEU into no more than harmonisation attempts, which would soon be undermined by ever more divergent national rules.

The efforts by legislators in Arizona and Georgia appears to be part of a larger national trend to alter the number of justices on courts of last resort as detailed here.

Besides, it would be up to the national judges» interpretation to verify the applicability of the new norms and their practical consequences, and to the Italian legislator to specify and / or integrate such normative framework by means of new dispositions, in case that proved necessary.

According to information provided by the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America as of July 2015, 21 states have adopted laws on credit or regulations based largely on the National Conference of Insurance Legislators» (NCOIL) model law (discussed above).

In a town hall hosted by CNN, students engaged with local legislators and the National Rifle Association.

By voting, you can help ensure The Voice for Real Estate ® is heard by legislators at the local, state and national levelBy voting, you can help ensure The Voice for Real Estate ® is heard by legislators at the local, state and national levelby legislators at the local, state and national levels.