Sentences with phrase «corruption scandal»

A streak of record late budgets in the early 2000's and more recently, a series of corruption scandals has made it politically difficult for lawmakers to vote for a pay raise.

It's their first meeting since two lawmakers have been charged with bribery in corruption scandals.

It exposes the gross disregard for the rule of law that marked the entire project, including a massive corruption scandal involving high - level politicians and construction companies.

The 2015 legislative session has been dominated by corruption scandals.

A streak of record late budgets in the early 2000s and a series of recent corruption scandals have made it politically difficult for lawmakers to vote for a pay raise.

It was marked by the resignation of both its leaders over federal corruption scandals.

It's been the focus of several major corruption scandals including two that led to jail time for both former legislative leaders.

But legislative leaders say despite the on going corruption scandals, they have no plans to address any additional ethics reforms.

The proposals come in the wake of a far - reaching political corruption scandal in the state.

Despite the 62 % acceptance rating, the government has had its share of controversies, with several of them being alleged corruption scandals.

Some opposition members of parliament skipped the event, partly because of a rare corruption scandal that involves the national petroleum fund.

His fate is sealed as the consequences of his past sins start to arise, and he refuses to change his ways, despite a department - wide corruption scandal.

He said at the top of his agenda will be ethics changes to respond to a string of corruption scandals.

In fact, very little of the bill had anything to do with the recent corruption scandals or even public officials.

On Sunday about 1.5 million people marched through different Brazilian cities to demand the resignation of the Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who has come under huge scrutiny after corruption scandal involving the state - owned Petrobras oil company.

It's the latest in a string of legislative sex harassment cases and public corruption scandals in Albany in recent years.

In the ongoing corruption scandal embroiling college basketball for months, federal prosecutors in New York added charges on Tuesday against a former Adidas rep, Jim Gatto, which allege payments to families of players at four universities.

At least eight cops linked to the ongoing NYPD corruption scandal will get to keep their lucrative pensions, thanks to a little - known law signed by Cuomo four years ago.

But Kolb said that's not enough, given the spate of corruption scandals at the Capitol that have led to the arrests of both legislative leaders in the Senate and Assembly.

And this spring, with corruption scandals placing two neophyte leaders atop the State Senate and Assembly, the lobbyists could wield even more influence in shaping state policy.

If he were truly committed to ethics reform and cleaning up Albany, Cuomo would have immediately returned these funds to Glenwood Management and expressed outrage over this latest corruption scandal unfolding on his watch,» Samuels said in a statement.

Governor Andrew Cuomo appointed the commission in July following corruption scandals involving several legislators in Albany and the failure of the legislature -LSB-...]

You may have heard about the FIFA corruption scandal in the last few days.

This followed their indictment in the recent judicial corruption scandal exposed by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas.

It would doubtless end up in the kinds of corruption scandals which have rocked the French, Spanish and, most spectacularly, the Italian Socialist Parties in the past.

Connecticut's public campaign finance system was created in 2005 as a reaction to the massive corruption scandal surrounding ex-Gov.

The Working Families Party in an email to supporters on Monday is pushing the Legislature in the wake of the Sheldon Silver corruption scandal to enact the «number one recommendation» of the defunct Moreland Commission To Investigate Public Corruption, which it was says public financing.

In addition to that, the euro area has (a) worsening problems of political instability (Italy without government, unfolding corruption scandals in recession - hit Spain and France), (b) dysfunctional banking systems (weak banks and their impaired lending activities despite ample liquidity supplied by the ECB) and (c) lingering uncertainties about the financial system's credibility (problems with depositor and investor protection).

NBA agent Andy Miller of ASM Sports, who represents Kyle Lowry, Serge Ibaka, Kristaps Porzingis, Myles Turner, among many others, had his computer confiscated by the FBI, according to ESPN's Jeff Goodman, amid a college basketball corruption scandal on Tuesday.

The proposed nanotechnology center in Marcy is losing its main investor after the project has become entangled in the state corruption scandal involving the governor's upstate development programs.

Though it's the second set of reform proposals made public by the governor since two back - to - back corruption scandals swept through state government this month, Cuomo said he has no plans to put his specifics into print through a program bill, least it hurt an agreement.

Even after corruption scandals felled the former Assembly speaker and Senate majority leader in 2015, however, meaningful ethics reform failed to take hold during last year's session.

Disaffected Democrats furious with Gov. Cuomo after nine of his friends and donors were ensnared in a sprawling federal corruption scandal last week say they plan to run him out of office.

The governor also threw the down the gauntlet to the Legislature, urging lawmakers to pass ethics reform to end pay - to - play corruption scandals engulfing Albany.

The session is limping to a close, after a year that's seen the resignation of both leaders of the legislature over corruption scandals, and ongoing federal probes.

The ad says Cuomo is at the center of the biggest corruption scandal in years.

Anthony Bonomo, the new chairman of the New York Racing Association, is suddenly in the middle of the Dean Skelos corruption scandal.

Approximately 25,000 people, according to organizers, took to the Copacabana Beach and Cinelandia to protest against the government of President Dilma Rousseff for massive corruption scandal at state oil giant Petrobras.

Prior to joining our team of litigation attorneys as a partner in 2004, Curt spent five years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Florida in the Major Crimes, National Security and Public Corruption Sections taking on high profile cases, including one of the largest police corruption scandals in the history of the City of Miami.

At the State Capitol, lawmakers are scrambling to put forward plans to react to the latest twin corruption scandals involving bribery charges against a State Senator and Assemblyman.

Still, Flanagan said corruption scandals can paint the Legislature with a broad, if not unfair, brush.

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DA leader Mmusi Maimane said Friday's court ruling was a major blow for the president, who has faced months of criticism over various corruption scandals and the country's dire economic outlook.

«Member items» and other legislative discretionary spending — like the Multi-Modal Program — have been a feature of Albany and New York City corruption scandals for decades.

CBS2 political reporter Marcia Kramer reported that high anxiety about the burgeoning city corruption scandal drove the City Council to suddenly cut off funds to the Simon Wiesenthal Center, which has been involved in sensitivity training for cops and correction officers.

«Instead of a responsive government, there are more corruption scandals now than four years ago.»

Indictments are due by Wednesday in an economic development corruption scandal involving Gov. Andrew Cuomo's former top aide and other former associates.

Governor Cuomo says much of the responsibility for the alleged corruption scandal touching his administration is on the State University, specifically SUNY Polytechnic Institute, which oversaw many of the contracts.