Sentences with phrase «district in a given state»

In this graphic, each dot represents a school district in a given state.

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Pompeo won the state's 4th District seat in 2010, when Tiahrt gave it up to run unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate.

The school district is also protected from lawsuits by state statute in that plaintiffs have to give six months» notice before filing a claim.

TORONTO, April 3, 2018 — MaRS Discovery District announced today it has been accepted into three programs in the United States that will give Canadian cleantech ventures valuable access to customers, investors and partners in the world's largest energy market.

On May 2, 2014, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York gave preliminary approval to a settlement of $ 280 million to resolve claims against JPMC that it misled investors in billions of dollars» worth of mortgage backed securities.

The Breakdown by location chart gives volume broken down by location within your selected target area — so if you search in the US, you will break down volume by State, County, Municipality, City, Congressional district or Nielsen DMA region.

«Mr. Jeffs, although presumed innocent, has now been incarcerated for more than four years on charges that, given the [Utah] supreme court's opinion clarifying the law in Utah, will be difficult if not impossible for the state to sustain,» defense attorneys wrote in the motion filed in Utah's Third District Court earlier this month.

In the New Hampshire case, US District Judge Patti Saris gave the immigrants living mostly in the state's coastal towns 90 days to reopen their cases once they receive the necessary paperworIn the New Hampshire case, US District Judge Patti Saris gave the immigrants living mostly in the state's coastal towns 90 days to reopen their cases once they receive the necessary paperworin the state's coastal towns 90 days to reopen their cases once they receive the necessary paperwork.

Final Rule will probably give the state agencies 1 - 2 more years to train school districts, and school districts 1 - 2 years to fully implement changes, with minimum standards for all school districts fully implemented by either September 2014 or 2015, just in time for the new Dietary Guideline for Americans to be released in December 2015.

«We wanted to build something that was state of the art, to give residents what we thought they needed, but they got it in their minds that it was grandiose, «said Carl Hartmann, director of the Vernon Hills Park District.

«I was able to cross the whole state of South Carolina doing reviews of school districts, so it gave me a good idea of the differences in foodservice operations.

A given member of the U.S. House of Representatives or of the legislature of a state represents (in theory) only the people of their own district, giving the people of that district influence in federal or state - level decision making.

The district is a lynchpin to a plan that would unite the Independent Democratic Conference with the mainline Democratic conference in the state Senate and give the party a numerical majority in the chamber.

This assurance was given by the heads of the security agencies in the state following the announcement of the electoral umpire to conduct the bye - election into the vacant seat of the district next month.

«Voters in this upstate district would also be most susceptible to the argument that Democrat reunification and a Democrat Majority in the Senate (and therefore give downstate control of the entire state government) would lead to NYC getting everything at the expense of upstate and Central New York,» the source said.

Giving the Senate Republicans one more thing to worry about this fall, Saratoga County Sen. Kathy Marchione abruptly announced this evening that she will not be seeking re-election to her 43rd state Senate District seat in November, citing personal reasons as the motivation behind her imminent departure.

Nearly 80,000 public school students in 100 districts across Long Island refused yesterday to take the state mathematics exam given in grades three through eight, in a fifth straight year of boycotts driven by opposition to the Common Core tests, according to a Newsday survey.

The safest answer is that it will tend to help whichever party is in control of the redistricting process in a given state: the fewer legal constraints that party has, the freer it will be to draw Congressional districts as it sees fit.

One week after federal authorities announced they had uncovered two suspected bribery plots in Queens and the Bronx, Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled a legislative initiative designed to give the state's 62 district attorneys more power to prosecute corruption cases.

The Alliance for Quality Education, a statewide coalition of education groups including teacher unions, contends that all additional state financial assistance allotted to districts in 2016 - 17 should be distributed according to the state's «foundation» formula, which gives extra weight in funding distribution to districts with students who are poor or non-English speaking.

County leaders are feeling the squeeze this year, as are other local government and school district officials, given the allowable growth in the state's cap on property taxes is less than 1 percentage point.

Martins gave up his seat in the state Senate last year to run for an open congressional district being vacated by Democratic Rep. Steve Israel.

A state arbitrator in January ordered District Attorney William Fitzpatrick to reinstate his victims» assistance coordinator, Gigi Potocki, and give her $ 70,000 in back pay.

From the University of Edinburgh website, stating their policies for Humanities and Social Sciences, among a variety of other criteria: «08 Additional credit is given to students who:... * Apply from schools in the local area (defined as City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian, West Lothian, Scottish Borders, Fife, Falkirk and district, Clackmannanshire) and applicants from schools in the wider locality (defined as the rest of Scotland, Cumbria, Northumberland, Durham, Teeside, Tyne and Wear).

And as you may have it, the stakeholders approved it and the three senatorial districts of the state gave consent to the endorsement for him to go and constitute caretaker committees that will run the affairs of the Local Government councils in the state pending when the elections will be conducted, and that prompted the decision to set up the caretaker committees.

The revised plan, which would be included in the state budget, would also give districts more time to turn around what Cuomo calls «failing» schools or districts before a state - appointed «receiver» could seize broad authority over them.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER With the Hawaii State Senate giving final approval to a marriage equality bill on November 12, gay and lesbian couples in a total of 16 states plus the District of Columbia have now won the right to marry.

A reader with a lot of knowledge of the state of play in various New York House districts emailed to note that the possibility of three separate primary dates in New York — April 24 (presidential), June 26 (House and US Senate) and Sept. 11 (state Legislature)-- raises «some interesting, theoretical, maybe far - fetched but not impossible scenarios» that would give not a few elected officials and party leaders heartburn.

«As the chair of the Senate Education Committee, Senator Oppenheimer should be leading efforts to reform the state school aid formula so districts do not have to endure billions in cuts any given year and can operate within the confines of a local property tax cap,» said Cohen.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone has asked state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli to determine if $ 2.7 million in bonuses given by District Attorney Thomas Spota to staff prosecutors is legal.

The Empire Center and local taxpayer groups said the state needs to give districts greater leverage in negotiating teacher contracts by amending a law that deals with pay scales and benefits.

«At this critical juncture in our nation's history, I believe I can best serve our state by continuing to give my all as the representative for central and northwest Connecticut in Congress,» the 5th District Democrat said Tuesday.

State officials say the law gives the executives the option of inviting representatives of school districts, which account for nearly 70 percent of the property tax levy, and other taxing jurisdictions to take part in the process.

New York State caps individual donations to candidates running for local office using a formula based on the number of registered voters in a given district, which varies slightly from year to year — but leaves the single donor ceiling around $ 16,000 in a Republican primary for Nassau County executive, and $ 48,000 for the general election.

ELIZABETHTOWN — The Essex County Board of Supervisors moved a resolution in support of a state Senate bill giving counties the ability to create countywide EMS districts to the full board during its Economic Development Committee meeting Dec. 11.

-- Scuttles scuba dreams — Halloran given 10 years: Prosecutors in the Southern District won a lengthy 10 - year sentence for Dan Halloran on Wednesday, after the former Republican city councilman was convicted last year in a scheme to place former Democratic state senator Malcolm Smith on the G.O.P.'s ballot line in the 2013 mayoral race.

The statement read in part, «The senator representing Plateau North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Jonah Jang, is pleased to honour the invitation of the EFCC to give an account of his meritorious stewardship to the people of Plateau State, when he served as their governor for eight years from 2007 to 2015.

In response to this obvious gerrymandering, a 2010 referendum in California gave the power to redraw congressional district lines to the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, which had been created to draw California State Senate and Assembly districts by another referendum in 200In response to this obvious gerrymandering, a 2010 referendum in California gave the power to redraw congressional district lines to the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, which had been created to draw California State Senate and Assembly districts by another referendum in 200in California gave the power to redraw congressional district lines to the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, which had been created to draw California State Senate and Assembly districts by another referendum in 200in 2008.

The People's Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom State says it has begun the process of recovering the mandate freely given to a senator representing Akwa Ibom South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Nelson Effiong, who defected to All Progressives Congress.

«We have legislation that is moving through both houses that will give unions greater strength and making sure that the impact of Janus will be minimized here in New York state,» said Assemblyman John McDonald, a Democrat who represents an Albany - area district that is one of the most unionized state legislative seats in the country.

New York State Reform Party Chairman Curtis Sliwa told the Brooklyn Eagle that he'll give Bharara his party's nomination if the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District wants to replace Eric Schneiderman, who resigned the attorney general position in disgrace on Monday after four women alleged he had assaulted them.

Victories by Democrats Shelley Mayer and Luis Sepulveda in two open Senate districts would give Democrats 32 enrolled members in the state Senate, but not necessarily a working majority.

Cuomo signed a bill giving the state greater oversight of the deeply divided East Ramapo school system, with the district getting a $ 3 million boost in state funds.

Also at 1 p.m., AQE releases a report, «Gubernatorial Delinquency: Cuomo's Failure to Fund New York State's Public Schools», which gives a detailed accounting of how much the state owes schools in every Assembly and Senate district in New York, Sen. Neil Breslin and Assembly members Pat Fahy John McDonald and Angelo Santabarbara will attend, LCA Press Room, Legislative Office Building, 198 State St., AlState's Public Schools», which gives a detailed accounting of how much the state owes schools in every Assembly and Senate district in New York, Sen. Neil Breslin and Assembly members Pat Fahy John McDonald and Angelo Santabarbara will attend, LCA Press Room, Legislative Office Building, 198 State St., Alstate owes schools in every Assembly and Senate district in New York, Sen. Neil Breslin and Assembly members Pat Fahy John McDonald and Angelo Santabarbara will attend, LCA Press Room, Legislative Office Building, 198 State St., AlState St., Albany.

«Senator Skelos is incorrect in claiming «the State Constitution gives the Legislature the sole authority to draw district lines.»»

If state Sen. John DeFrancisco wins the Republican nomination for governor this year, he would have to give up his 50th Senate District seat — a post that has opened only once in the past 52 years.

Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove has asked the state district attorneys association to join him in challenging the constitutionality of Cuomo's executive order giving the state attorney general the authority to intervene in cases involving fatal encounters between police and unarmed ciDistrict Attorney Joel Abelove has asked the state district attorneys association to join him in challenging the constitutionality of Cuomo's executive order giving the state attorney general the authority to intervene in cases involving fatal encounters between police and unarmed cidistrict attorneys association to join him in challenging the constitutionality of Cuomo's executive order giving the state attorney general the authority to intervene in cases involving fatal encounters between police and unarmed civilians.

When asked by a reporter if the RiverBend snafu gives her any reason to worry about the state's investment in her district, Young said no.

(c) False information in registering or voting; penalties Whoever knowingly or willfully gives false information as to his name, address or period of residence in the voting district for the purpose of establishing his eligibility to register or vote, or conspires with another individual for the purpose of encouraging his false registration to vote or illegal voting, or pays or offers to pay or accepts payment either for registration to vote or for voting shall be fined not more than $ 10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both: Provided, however, That this provision shall be applicable only to general, special, or primary elections held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the United States Senate, Member of the United States House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, or Resident Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Puerdistrict for the purpose of establishing his eligibility to register or vote, or conspires with another individual for the purpose of encouraging his false registration to vote or illegal voting, or pays or offers to pay or accepts payment either for registration to vote or for voting shall be fined not more than $ 10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both: Provided, however, That this provision shall be applicable only to general, special, or primary elections held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the United States Senate, Member of the United States House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, or Resident Commissioner of the Commonwealth of PuerDistrict of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, or Resident Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Rensselaer County DA Joel E. Abelove filed a civil complaint in state Supreme Court that seeks to overturn an executive order Cuomo signed two years ago giving the state attorney general the authority to usurp local district attorneys in cases in which unarmed civilians are killed during confrontations with police.