Sentences with phrase «citizens of the state over»

He said: «The President has just finished speaking to Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State, in the course of which he commiserated with him, the families of the victims and the citizens of the state over the tragic shooting incident this morning.»

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According to State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert, in a statement seen by CNBC, this was «Due to mounting concerns over serious risk of arrest and long - term detention» of U.S. citizens.

Obama's executive order comes over two months after the US intelligence community first accused the Russian government of orchestrating a series of cyberattacks on US citizens and political organizations, stating that «only Russia's senior-most officials could have authorized these activities.»

Bloom stated that, despite the popularity of FICO, the credit system leaves over 45 million U.S. citizens with no credit score, thus, they are not allowed to — or they have to work hard to — take loans from financial institutions.

In a letter announcing his retirement from the army at the close of the War, he wrote: «I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have you, and the State over which you preside, in his holy protection, that he would incline the hearts of the Citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to Government, to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another, for their fellow Citizens of the United States at large, and particularly for their brethren who have served in the Field, and finally, that he would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all, to do Justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that Charity, humility and pacific temper of mind, which were the Characteristicks of the Divine Author of our blessed Religion, and without an humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy Nation.»

He states that «it is obvious that we must not demand another mentality presiding over these other actualities (a kind of Uncle Sam over and above all the U.S. citizens).»

As I have wrestled over whether it is appropriate for me as a Christian and citizen of the kingdom of God to feel love, loyalty, pride and a sense of belonging to a nation state, I have come to see there is an unresolvable tension at the heart of the question.

«When both the logic of the market and the logic of the State come to an agreement that each will continue to exercise a monopoly over its respective area of influence, in the long term much is lost: solidarity in relations between citizens, participation and adherence, actions of gratuitousness, all of which stand in contrast with giving in order to acquire (the logic of exchange) and giving through duty (the logic of public obligation, imposed by State law).

This is not just a logical nicety but an important protection of the freedom of association — a freedom that has been safeguarded in decisions like NAACP v. Alabama (357 U.S. 449, 1958), which held that a state may not compel a voluntary association of citizens to turn over its list of members because that might subject them to governmental penalties.

In our state, any U.S. citizen over the age of 18 can vote if he has lived here for 30 days.

For well over five (5) boring and uninspiring months this government has been struggling so hard to be visible to it's citizens who continue to now live in a state of insecurity, fear and hopelessness.

Of these, over 40 citizens were critically shot and injured in Anambra (30thAugust, 2nd and 17th December 2015); 30 in Abia State (18th January 2016 alone), 21 in Rivers State (30th August 2015); 10 in Delta State (30th August 2015) and 6 in Enugu State.

Though we have no way of knowing whether average Iranian citizens regard state - run media as truthful or just a Persian Pravda, for now the government's control over television, radio and newspapers has allowed it to portray the protests in the worst possible light.

A citizen can not claim means - tested benefits without proving habitual residence, they can not marry a non-EEA national without verifying the partnership's legitimacy in the eyes of the state, and they can not bring this spouse into the UK without earning over a minimum income threshold.

Over half a million UK citizens world wide have their State Retirement Pension frozen at the rate it first becomes payable in the country of their retirement.

Andrew Cuomo begins his second term in office amid strife over the police killing of Eric Garner, an unarmed citizen in State Island who was selling illegal cigarettes, and the murder of two police officers.

«If the governor is going to hire people for his political operation, he should be much more transparent and not bury them in corners of state government so as to avoid scrutiny,» said Dick Dadey, executive director of the government reform group Citizens Union, which is currently in litigation with the Cuomo administration over a 2016 nonprofit lobbying law.

The state Ministry of Justice, while rendering its activities in the second quarter of the present administration, added that the state Citizen Mediation Centre, CMC and the Office of the Public Defender, OPD and the Directorate for Citizens Rights, DCR assisted residents of the state to recover over N309 million (N309, 943, 513), through debts settlement and compensations for clients in various matters.

The watchdog group Citizens Budget Commission says the event comes in the final days of the legislative session, when over 50 bills have emerged that enhance benefits for state and local public employees, with a price tag of $ 140 million dollars.

The group Concerned Citizens for Saratoga Racing says a proposal being circulated by the governor would «exert his control over NYRA and the future of our state's Thoroughbred racing industry.»

«Over the past several days Assemblyman Heastie and I have discussed at length how to advance the best interests of the citizens of our state by making the New York Assembly more inclusive and member - driven,» Morelle stated.

According to poll results published this week by the Bush Foundation, 83 percent of Minnesotans said «the voice of average citizens has been lost» in the debate over the state budget.

U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said in a statement Friday that corruption in the state's capital «casts a shadow over the many honest public servants who do good work in the administration of government, and deprives the citizens of New York of the honest representation they deserve.»

According to the organization, «In the face of rising poverty and economic inequalities across the country, the Lagos State government should be considering eliminating toll charges rather than allowing the Lekki Concession Company to get away with overcharging citizens and residents and prioritising profits over the public interests.

Whereas the role of the individual qua world citizen has hitherto been a weak and intermittent strand in Western cosmopolitan political thought, recent concentrated interest in both the theory of democracy and citizenship in the context of the state is starting to spill over to the global plane.

He stated that the preference for foreign goods over domestic ones was most cases are product of a misplaced priority, stressing that the citizens must align themselves with government to tackle what he described as «defective rhetoric» against Made - in - Nigeria goods and ensure a paradigm shift in that regard.

«This perception is creating much of the current acrimony over the recent police killings of New York citizens,» Richard Condon, then the state's executive director of Criminal Justice Services, wrote.

On a daily basis, the lives of over 3 million citizens in that part of Kaduna State are in danger of sudden death at the hands of terrorist Fulani herdsmen.

Read more: Over 6,000 guests expected at Nana Addo's swearing - in ceremony The ceremony which would be held at the Independence square in Accra will witness some heads of state, the diplomatic corps, members of Parliament and senior citizens.

In a rare and extraordinary political intervention, Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols said rules only allowing in non-EU spouses if the UK citizen earns over # 18,600 were «deeply unsavoury» and showed the government was betraying its stated commitment to the institution of marriage.

«The template of the Citizens» Mediation Centre over the years has been replicated in some States through the effort and assistance of the Lagos State CMC.

Cutting off over $ 9 million in benifits to Ilegal Aliens, passing a law that would make it illegal to educate children of Illegal Alien parents and refuse them FREE health care at our hospitals would begin to take a bite out of our deficit and see a decline in NY states Illegal Alein population that would open up jobs for American citizens as well.

Government sources are now suggesting that concern over immigration is so great that restrictions will have to be imposed on citizens from some of the current 27 EU member states.

He refused to jab back at the governor for calling out the judiciary in such a public fashion (which sort of reminded me of President Obama's verbal slap at the US Supreme Court justices at last year's State of the Union address over the Citizens United case).

Finally, the Citizens Budget Commission said the New York Power Authority, a favorite budget - balancing source for governors across party lines over the years, would again help Cuomo keep his state - funded portion of the budget below a 2 percent annual growth rate.

When leaders and citizens of a village are grappling with how to best deal with a crisis over polluted drinking water, it's a strange time for the state Senate to withhold documents that might inform their discussion.

The statement reads partly: «The leadership and entire family members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is horrified at the recent killing of over 46 innocent citizens in Kaduna State and the seeming silence of the majority over atrocities committed by a minority.

«Over the past several days Assemblyman Heastie and I have discussed at length how to advance the best interests of the citizens of our state by making the New York Assembly more inclusive and member - driven,» Morelle said in the statement.

Madden et al. identified over 600 of these species by genotyping house dust collected by citizen scientists from over 700 homes across the United States, revealing the presence of both expected species, such as cockroaches, and unexpected species, such as parasitic wasps.

Although the sample was not representative of the city, state, or nation, it did provide a glimpse into citizen concerns over homeland security issues.

For instance, it's estimated that millions of Americans travel to Mexico each year, including over 150,000 U.S. citizens who cross the border every day, according to the U.S. Department of State.

These responses, by teachers and citizens alike, could be just temporary negative responses to the difficulty of adjusting to a new system where some tests are being administered over a computer and, in many states, being used for the purpose of evaluating teachers» effectiveness.

While the monarchy no longer serves as the head of state, British citizens celebrate with fireworks and merrymaking the thwarting of Catesby and his accomplices» plan to take over the government.

That the publicized school grades have a direct effect on respondent ratings over and above the relationship between ratings and the underlying point variables suggests that the signals provided by the state's school accountability system do in fact affect citizen perceptions of their local schools.

After nearly 15 months of work, the plan was approved by State Board on March 15 and signed by Governor Bruce Rauner, after a series of three public drafts, approximately 100 listening forums throughout the state, and over 3,500 comments from parents, teachers, administrators, citizens, and other stakeholder grState Board on March 15 and signed by Governor Bruce Rauner, after a series of three public drafts, approximately 100 listening forums throughout the state, and over 3,500 comments from parents, teachers, administrators, citizens, and other stakeholder grstate, and over 3,500 comments from parents, teachers, administrators, citizens, and other stakeholder groups.

Along with parents, students, educators, and other citizens, we need policy, education, business, community, and faith leaders all over the state to share responsibility to expand opportunities and lift performance of all students.

January 27, 2015 — Washington, D.C. — Character.org (formerly the Character Education Partnership), a national advocate and leader in the movement to educate, inspire and empower young people to be ethical and engaged citizens through reclaiming our schools for character, is pleased to announce that 165 schools and districts (representing over 110,000 students and 21 states) have applied to be considered for State and National Schools of Character recognition.

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.

The bill destroys the fundamental role of local control because it allows the state to indefinitely take over schools and even entire districts, without a vote of local citizens.

When a state government is asked to step in and evaluate the mental capacity of an elderly citizen, it's usually over things like his ability to drive a car, or live on his own, or keep control over his finances.