Sentences with phrase «conservative think tanks after»

In recent months, START - UP NY, a central part of Cuomo's massive economic development arsenal, has been vilified by some state legislators and conservative think tanks after it was reported the program created just 408 jobs across the state since 2014, leading the critics to question whether the $ 53 million spent on advertising and marketing was worth it.

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Conservative MP Jason Kenney is a member, as are Brian Lee Crowley, head of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies and Michel Kelly - Gagnon of the Montreal Economic Institute, the second and third most important right - wing think tanks after the Fraser Institute.

Tim Hoefer, executive director of the Empire Center for Public Policy, a fiscally conservative think tank based in Albany, questioned how the village will afford the raises after its fund balance is drawn down.

Months after a request from a Virginia politician and a conservative think tank, the University of Virginia (UVA) has turned over documents related to embattled scientist Michael Mann's research into the history of Earth's climate.

«We've had 150 of these events since I've been here — people like Michelle Rhee after she closed schools in D.C. and (former New York City Schools Chancellor) Joel Klein when he was very controversial,» said Rick Hess, director of education policy for the conservative think tank.

Speaking at the Greener Britain Hustings, hosted by environmental think tank the Green Alliance, Davey called the potential for a Conservative government after the election a «nightmare scenario» that would distract from «the most important climate negotiations ever».

«100 + unpaid hours I could've spent playing w [ith] my baby...» The day after Hayhoe's tweet, the American Tradition Institute (ATI), a conservative think tank, announced that it had filed a FOIA request with Texas Tech University «relating to collaboration on a book, using public time and resources.»

Pew believed individual freedom was closely linked to political, religious, and «industrial freedom,» and until shortly after his death the Pew Trusts supported a variety of conservative think tanks.

Conservative MP Jason Kenney is a member, as are Brian Lee Crowley, head of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies and Michel Kelly - Gagnon of the Montreal Economic Institute, the second and third most important right - wing think tanks after the Fraser Institute.

GWPF, a conservative think tank based in the United Kingdom that promotes climate skepticism and denial, wanted Pruitt to deliver its annual lecture, after having already hosted Trump's EPA transition chief Myron Ebell.

The Center for American Progress is a liberal think tank and advocacy group created by former Clinton chief of staff John Podesta, modeled after conservative counterparts the Heritage Foundation and American Enterprise Institute.

A study of major U.S. newspapers found that up to 1994, climate scientists who were highly respected by their peers were cited considerably more frequently than the skeptics associated with conservative think tanks, but after 1995, as the conservatives grew more active, newspapers cited the two groups about equally.