Sentences with phrase «expanded federal influences»

Federal involvement in education has trended up consistently, aided and abetted by conservatives who might have been expected to prefer local or state or family control of education decisions but instead expanded federal influences that favored their policy preferences, e.g., No Child Left Behind.

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Maple Street Charter School, the for - profit charter school hoping to open in Rochester next year, has paid tens of thousands of dollars to a lobbying firm at the center of a rapidly expanding federal investigation into improper influence in Albany.

A federal investigation into corruption in Suffolk County law enforcement has expanded, as the Justice Department examines at least a half - dozen cases to determine whether political considerations influenced decisions made by the local district attorney's office.

A federal investigation into corruption in Suffolk County, N.Y., law enforcement has expanded, as the Justice Department examines at least a half - dozen cases to determine whether political considerations influenced decisions made by the Suffolk district attorney's office, according to two people in law enforcement and three who have been questioned by the Justice Department.

The bill passed by the Senate includes anti-nepotism provisions, today: · Prohibits gifts from lobbyists and their clients of more than nominal value, including travel, lodging and other expenses, and broaden the types of lobbying activities that lobbyists must disclose; · Prohibits elected government officials and candidates for elected local, state or federal office from appearing in taxpayer - funded advertisements; · Closes the «revolving door» loophole by prohibiting former legislative employees from directly lobbying the Legislature for two years, and expands the revolving door restrictions for Executive Chamber employees to preclude appearances before any state agency; · Prohibits non-legislative employees from using their authority or influence to «compel or induce» any other employee to make political contributions; · Prohibits state employees from participating in any personnel decision or contracting matter concerning a relative.

Beyond solar, BHE's utilities have also played a major role in expanding the Western Energy Imbalance Market, as well as having an outsized influence on reforming federal regulations like PURPA.

Launched the HouseCall's Advanced Practice Committee that expanded and assembled across business segments with the purpose of organizing efforts to influence state and federal legislative activities that impact APN practice.

NAR expects its new program, Advocacy Everywhere, to expand REALTORS ®» influence on public policy at the local, state, and federal level by empowering members and consumers to quickly and easily take action.