Sentences with phrase «district race issues»

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The eight - justice court is hearing arguments Monday in two cases that deal with the same basic issue of whether race played too large a role in the drawing of electoral districts, to the detriment of African - Americans.

Advocates have portrayed the District of Columbia measure as a civil rights issue, saying studies have shown that African Americans are disproportionately more likely to be arrested on marijuana charges than are people of other races.

In the 19th congressional district, Republican Andrew Heaney, one of three GOP candidates vying for the nomination in the Hudson Valley battleground race, was the first to tie Democrat Zephyr Teachhout to the fundraising issues in the city.

Terrence Murphy won a race in the 40th Senate district two years ago while making heroin abuse a key campaign issue.

This race is expected to turn on the question of charter schools, and it remains unclear if there's enough passion in the district on that single issue to overcome the power of incumbency.

She cited several issues that led her to enter the 24th district race, including the economy, education and environmental concerns.

AARP wants to ensure the voting group it says will decide the 19th Congressional District race sees and hears Gibson and Eldridge on such issues as Social Security, Medicare, and age discrimination.

In what was the city's closest race on primary night, Golby led Scalzo by 17 votes — but at least 23 absentee ballots had been issued in the Pine Hills district.

«It should be an issue with the people of this district, as it obviously is an attempt to influence the race.»

This looks promising on paper: the district contains more Democrats than Repblicans, and polls taken last year in a race for district attorney showed the appearance of corruption was a major issue in voters» minds.

Of the 12,729 eligible voters in Saugerties, 5,530 cast votes; 510 absentee ballots were issued in Saugerties; so far, 332 have been received by the Ulster County Board of Elections, making definitive results of the Districts 1 and 2 races, along with the status of Schoonmaker's 42 - vote lead on Republican Donald Tucker, unknown until the ballots are counted on November 15.

Serino must not be campaigning on any hot - button, district - specific issues for the race to be this tight.

In an era where gerrymandering has made competitive congressional elections a relative rarity, the race for the 19th Congressional District between incumbent Republican Chris Gibson and Democratic challenger Sean Eldridge is garnering national attention and putting the spotlight on issues like Obamacare, energy, taxes and women's health.

Other issues that are central to the race for the district include school overcrowding, small businesses, and, for Jimmy McMillan especially, housing affordability.

Asked about the traditionally poor turnout of voters in the heavily - minority Fillmore District, Mascia says voters are turned off by nothing being done and says he will run a get - out - the vote campaign for his issues on race, class and economic inequities.

At issue is whether these grants can be used to send mailings that support the candidate in his district race — but also slam the opposing party's nominee for governor.

While there are always district - specific issues, some are prominent in most races, including education, affordable housing, public safety, employment, transit, and the somewhat opaque «quality of life,» which typically includes things like traffic, trash, parks, homelessness, and more.

Tune in tonight at 9 p.m. to BronxTalk (BRONXNET, Cablevision channel 67) and find out where the candidates of the 14th District Council race stand on all the important issues facing the northwest Bronx and local residents.

Democratic Congressional hopeful Dan Maffei says the issue draws a distinction between him and his opponent in the race for the 24th Congressional district.

The Erie County Board of Elections has issued mixed rulings regarding two petitions in the upcoming race for the New York State Senate 60th District.

Donations from Ciminelli are becoming an issue in the race for the 60th Senate district, with Democrat Amber Small citing the support the developer has given to Republican Chris Jacobs.

Israel ran through a handful of contested congressional races in New York, as in the 1st Congressional District, where Cantor immediately became an issue in a close Republican primary.

In the First District's Democratic primary on the East End, venture capitalist David Calone's repeated mailings that attempt to tie former Southampton Supervisor Anna Throne - Holst to Trump because she made contributions to the Conservative Party, which endorsed him, have fueled one of the most heated issues in the race.

«When I called for a not - for - profit public option during my first House race in 2006, in a two - to - one Republican district, it became very clear to me that this is not a partisan issue.

Candidates in the 19th Congressional District race will be part of a forum Tuesday afternoon in Dutchess County focusing on issues important to older voters.

ALBANY, NY (11/04/2009)(readMedia)-- Denis Hughes, President of the 2 million member New York State AFL - CIO today issued the following statement regarding the victory of Bill Owens in the race for the open seat in the 23rd Congressional District:

«Whether it's income issues, when you're talking about housing issues, when you're talking about services for seniors, all of that cuts across race and ethnicity, and this is about a united district.»

Among the many races to be decided by primary elections tomorrow in New York, a very contentious contest for the Republican nomination in the 43rd State Senate District, and a more issues - driven campaign for the Democratic nomination for the 107th Assembly District.

Equal pay for women has become one of the top issues in the 24th Congressional District race.

Abortion and the Hobby Lobby decision are the latest women's issues Democrats have used against Katko, R - Camillus, in the 24th District race.

Weiner, who was first elected to the 9th Congressional District in 1999, and Turner, a businessman who grew up in Woodhaven, sparred over a number of issues throughout the race, including campaign finances and the federal health care bill.

in regards to the so called violation of the establishment clause (just for the record, a law that forces a kosher deli to be closed on Sunday is not a violation of the establishment clause according to the still binding decision of the anti semetic Warren Court) since even in the super Orthodox jewish Senate district if there was a Catholic running against a Orthodox Jew and we liked the Catholic better then the Orthodox Jew on the issues then there would be only a slight disadvantage to the Catholic and depending on the issue at hand even an advantage as witnessed in the Weprin - Turner race.

But at times he has run a discordantly national race in a district deeply protective of its local identity, focusing on issues like the minimum wage, campaign - finance reform and abortion rights.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - In their first televised debate in the 24th Congressional District race, U.S. Rep. Dan Maffei tried to cast Republican John Katko as an issue flip - flopper and Katko portrayed Maffei as a Washington insider.

As in many districts, the race focused on economic issues.

The best known recent example of the style is the low - budget Lady Macbeth, which again tackled race issues in a more apparently - conventional period: here, in an adaptation of the Russian story Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Florence Pugh's genteel Katherine, trapped in a loveless marriage, embarks on a Lady Chatterley style love affair with an estate worker, played by another mixed - race actor, Cosmo Jarvis.

That was the angle drew national attention to this local race, but the key issue was how to help the district schools move beyond failed reforms backed by the previous board majority.

Race and Education takes a close look at the five jurisdictions that were directly at issue in Brown and its companion case, Bolling v. Sharpe: Topeka, Kansas; the District of Columbia; Wilmington, Delaware; Prince Edward County, Virginia; and Clarendon County, South Carolina.

The order was issued in the wake of criticism of the plan, which would have reassigned almost half of the district's teachers to different schools next fall, in an effort to distribute staff members equally at each school on the basis of race, sex, age, experience, and number of degrees attained.

In the study, to be published in the Spring 2011 issue of Education Next and available at www.educationnext.org, authors Stuart Buck and Jay P. Greene examined the key characteristics of performance pay plans currently in place in school districts, in light of increased attention given to merit pay in national debate and in the Obama Administration's Race to the Top (RttT) competitive grant program.

At the midway point of the federal Race to the Top program, the list of accomplishments for the 11 winning states and the District of Columbia is getting longer, but the challenges are getting more formidable as the time frame gets shorter, according to a progress report issued by the U.S. Department of Education last week.

As the recent battles over school re-segregation in various North Carolina school districts make clear, the use of race and poverty in school assignment remains a controversial issue.

Only now, in the aftermath of the race, are some of the most intriguing issues — controversial changes made at some district schools, budget problems, and campaign strategy — being unearthed.

Through engaging, interactive exercises, participants will: - Create a common understanding of diversity and inclusion - Link diversity issues with achieving district goals - Broaden the scope of diversity beyond race and gender issues - Reveal and assess the impact of subtle biases on district success - Discuss the behaviors required to create an inclusive environment where every man, woman and child feels included, valued and respected.

LA Mayor's Race: How the Candidates Stand on Your Issues Even though the mayor doesn't have any direct authority over the Los Angeles Unified School District, many voters said they want the next major to play a role in education.

When a proposal to expand the district's bilingual offerings to a school that was 85 percent African - American was presented to the school board, it sparked debates in the community about issues of race.

The Equity Sims are a flexible professional learning resource to help district and school leaders build shared capacity to identify and address actual issues related to race and equity.

Federal courts issue desegregation orders when they find that districts or states are maintaining separate educational facilities and systems for students of different races.

It's also an issue that played out in a salary arms race throughout Utah's more populated school districts as schools eyed to pay teachers more.

(2) signed by an individual, or his parent, to the effect that he has been denied admission to or not permitted to continue in attendance at a public college by reason of race, color, religion, or national origin, and the Attorney General believes the complaint is meritorious and certifies that the signer or signers of such complaint are unable, in his judgment, to initiate and maintain appropriate legal proceedings for relief and that the institution of an action will materially further the orderly achievement of desegregation in public education, the Attorney General is authorized, after giving notice of such complaint to the appropriate school board or college authority and after certifying that he is satisfied that such board or authority has had a reasonable time to adjust the conditions alleged in such complaint, to institute for or in the name of the United States a civil action in any appropriate district court of the United States against such parties and for such relief as may be appropriate, and such court shall have and shall exercise jurisdiction of proceedings instituted pursuant to this section, provided that nothing herein shall empower any official or court of the United States to issue any order seeking to achieve a racial balance in any school by requiring the transportation of pupils or students from one school to another or one school district to another in order to achieve such racial balance, or otherwise enlarge the existing power of the court to insure compliance with constitutional standards.