Sentences with phrase «contentious issue for years»

The expansion of casino gambling in Florida has been a contentious issue for years that the Legislature doesn't seem to be able to solve and probably never will.

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As Brexit draws closer — Britain's split from the European Union is scheduled for March 2019 — the issue remains contentious nearly two years after British people voted 51.9 % to 48.1 % in favor of leaving the EU.

If a person told you that they have no thoughts one way or the other about a contentious issue after covering it closely for years, you would think they were either lying or an idiot.

Trump pressed lawmakers to send him «one terrific bill» combining several proposals aimed at reducing gun violence, although that could complicate the legislative outlook for such a contentious issue in an election year.

It has been of the most contentious issues for Arsenal fans in recent years.

The Working Families Party, which endorsed Cuomo in last year's election after a contentious process, only to feud with him publically later, issued a Sunday statement praising the proposal a a first step but pushing for a $ 15 minimum wage.

This was a highly contentious issue, although, based off of the data, it should not have been; academic, student retention rates, parent satisfaction surveys, student and staff surveys would indicate that our school community has been committed to our values of Student Achievement, We Serve, and Continuous Improvement for 10 years now.

I do agree with this comment but the problem is that this government does not and will not listen to teachers nor parents.There have been many contentious issues over the past ten years and the government just ploughs on regardless.There needs to be a massive demonstration by society in order to protect the interests of students first.Politicians are notorious for telling us what we need and what is good for us and they have no clue what goes on in schools.I do not see a solution to this but the teacher unions must be much more vocal and really speak up for the teachers and parents in this country.

Deasy's presentation did include a three - year plan, of sorts, his own spending recommendations for the next three years, which included pay raises for current LA Unified employees and allowing school sites to make their own spending decisions, a contentious issue.

In the wake of the contentious presidential election, schools have been criticized in some circles for de-emphasizing civics, and the issue is not going away given the controversial first year of the Trump administration.

Testing has been a contentious national issue for years, and the debate has only gotten more heated with the arrival this year of tougher tests aligned with the new Common Core State Standards in DC and dozens of states.

Testing has been a contentious national issue for years, and the debate has only gotten more heated with the arrival this year of tougher tests aligned with the new Common Core State Standards in DC... [Read more...]

Throttling is a contentious issue, but your internet service provider has been doing it for years.

The issue has been extremely contentious for years in Aurora, but especially since the city council pitched the question to voters.

Ten years later, paying artists for their labor is finally becoming standard practice, but at the museum level how much to pay and who gets to determine it are contentious issues.

As we have frequently reported in EthicandClimate.org over the last several years, (See articles on the website on the US media in the Index), the US media has been utterly ignoring the climate change justice issues that increasingly have become the most contentious issues in dispute in the international search for a global solution to climate change.

Every year we ask our network of some 7,000 + oil and gas professionals for their views on this contentious topic; our aim is to understand what they believe and feel about the issues, and what the implications for management are — it is not a survey to establish the rights and wrongs of a particular scientific argument.

One year after the CBA Futures Report, the debate over ABS still rages on and appears to be the most contentious issue, even while foreign firms state they're eyeing our territory for opportunities.

While both attorneys have received Chambers recognition in this area several times before, this year Mr. McDermott was specifically cited for «his abilities in handling contentious issues in the maritime space, particularly those involving personal injury and insurance disputes.»

This has been a contentious issue for the last few years, and the federal government stepped up verification of qualifying events in 2016 amid concerns that people could potentially be «gaming the system» when verification was not required.

The issue of PBC funding has been a contentious one for some years.