Sentences with phrase «competitive state»

High on the Chinese government's priority list is building leaner, more competitive state companies.

This means that school leaders must increase local capacity to develop competitive state, federal, and private donor grant applications.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's struggles in New York could spell gains for Democrats running in competitive state Senate races.

Astorino says he knows the state can't immediately be number one in attracting business, but could perhaps become the most competitive state in the Northeast.

And each candidate had hundreds of thousands of dollars in in - kind contributions for what easily was the most competitive state Senate race between Ocala and the Georgia line.

Candidates in a handful of competitive state Senate districts are using Albany's corruption problem as a hook in this year's election.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) included roughly $ 115 billion in education spending, of which $ 4.35 billion was allotted for competitive state grants through a new program, Race to the Top (RTT).

In 2014, incumbent Democrat Al Stirpe faced off against Republican challenger Rob DeMarco in one of the most competitive state legislative races in the region.

The Race to the Top program, announced in 2009, allotted $ 4.35 billion for competitive state grants and encouraged states and districts to revamp their teacher evaluations.

Most recently, prekindergarten programs were primarily funded through competitive state grants.

Identify the challenges of the increasingly competitive state of Canadian retail industry and how it relates to the Canadian economy

This makes the Goa Pro league the number one and most competitive state league in India for the last decade.

There were three mildly competitive state House races in 2012, compared to 13 in 2010.

There were 13 mildly competitive state House races in 2012, compared to 12 in 2010.

As the Times Union reported in 2015, the Birches at Schoharie received state support despite getting a low initial score from the staff of Homes and Community Renewal, which allocates competitive state and federal grants and tax benefits for affordable housing projects.

Symbiotic Realism, a theory proposed in a previous work, posits that the classical realist perception of competitive state relations, in which states are primarily concerned with relative gains in a self - help system, does not withstand scrutiny in our globalised world.

However, making every vote in every state count toward electing the president under direct election would stimulate state party - building efforts in the weaker party, especially in less competitive states, and encourage both parties to campaign actively.

Excess taxation — an 8.97 percent state income tax rate, 12.62 percent in New York City — along with over-regulation and exorbitant government pension costs, have made New York one of the least economically competitive states in America.

New York is falling behind competitive states in the Midwest, where GOP governors and legislatures have used their political capital to improve the fiscal and business climate and attract jobs.

View the most recent RealClearPolitics polling averages in the most competitive states as identified by POLITICO.

These numbers should increase, especially in the portion of Nassau abutting the border with Queens, where an extremely competitive state Senate election will be held the same day as the primary.

Republicans are widely expected to make major gains in the 2010 congressional elections, and they appear poised to pick up seats in many competitive state races for governor and other offices.

The most competitive states where outcomes will determine the balance of the U.S. Senate include Alaska, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, New Hampshire and North Carolina, according to the New York Times.

Deepwater Wind won two competitive state solicitations to become the preferred offshore wind developer for both Rhode Island and New Jersey and also won the first - ever competitive auction for offshore wind sites held by the U.S. government.

According to our electoral competitiveness metric, the five most competitive state legislative chambers holding elections this year are:

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — One of Central New York's Republican senators said today he thought his party should concentrate on winning other, more competitive state Senate seats rather than the one held by Democratic Sen. David Valesky.

ALBANY — Lee Zeldin's decision to make another run against Democratic congressman Tim Bishop is making waves here, since he'll be leaving an increasingly competitive State Senate district for the G.O.P. without an incumbent.

Goa Pro-League has been considered is one of the most competitive state league of the country for quite some time now.

As the Times Union reported in 2015, the Birches at Schoharie received state support despite getting a low initial score from the staff of the state Division of Housing and Community Renewal, which allocates competitive state and federal grants and tax benefits for affordable housing projects.

Siena's second round of polls of competitive state Senate contests that could prove crucial in the upcoming re-match for control of the chamber give Sen. Mark Grisanti and his fellow Republicans reason to celebrate on this Columbus Day.

The spending caps a flurry of TV ads, polling and other campaign spending for Republicans running in competitive state Senate races.

Reflecting a changed electorate, a 33 - year - old Taiwan - born political staffer won a six - way Democratic primary for Sheldon Silver's old Assembly district, in the most competitive state legislative race Tuesday.

Democrats argue it's a desperate attempt to make Montana a competitive state in the 2018 midterm elections.

This competitive state program awards forgivable loans to students pursing heath care training leading to Missouri licensure.

The electoral college distorts the political process by providing an incentive to visit competitive states, especially large competitive states.

Yesterday, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele outlined his party's strategy to pour money into Dutchess County and two other counties «because of their competitive state Senate races.»

Obama has basically won every competitive state in the country so far, apart from West Virginia.

As has been widely noted, Democrats performed dramatically better in the New York City suburbs that contain most of the competitive state Senate districts.

On MSNBC Wednesday, new campaign manager Kellyanne Conway was non-committal when asked about New York and said the campaign will look at moving staff to competitive states.

The political ramifications of Mangano's arrest could start with next month's competitive state Senate elections and stretch into next year's races for nearly all county and Oyster Bay town offices.

That suggests that either Crystal Run executives had a strong idea that they were going to win the competitive state bidding, or the state gave $ 25 million to private projects that were already being built without the taxpayer subsidies.

and David Paterson (D - N.Y.) and a collection of governors term - limited out of office in competitive states — a list that includes Jennifer Granholm (D - Mich.), Don Carcieri (R - R.I.) and Brad Henry (D - Okla.)

Republican campaign operative John Haggerty, who was convicted of swiping $ 750,000 from Mayor Bloomberg's campaign in 2009 and faces prison time, is working as a volunteer in what is shaping up as one of the city's most competitive state Senate races.

Democrats were defeated in nearly every competitive State Senate race, including several where de Blasio's City Hall staff took leave to help candidates.

The first three areas to receive RNC dollars will be Erie, Monroe and Dutchess counties, chosen in part because of their competitive state Senate races.

Esposito, who is not registered with any political party, has the Democratic nomination for the 3rd Senate District, in what was expected to be one of the most competitive State Senate seats as Democrats try to take control of the Senate.

Seven other Democrats running in competitive State Senate races are also hoping to win the line.