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After muscling its way to the top as the largest contributor to federal races last year, RPAC now faces a new challenge: playing a decisive role regarding the issues and races that will be critical to the real estate industry.

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These included fathers» age in years, race and ethnicity, household poverty level (as a percentage of the federal poverty level), educational level (less than high school, high school or equivalent, some college or more), employment status (reporting regular work in the last week), and marital status with the child's mother.

The machines mandated by the federal HAVA law debuted last year as part of a pilot project in some select local races, but this is the first time they've been deployed statewide.

Tenney, a three - term member of the State Assembly, enters the primary race with a campaign debt of $ 110,000 from her last congressional bid, according to Federal Election Commission records.

Hanging over state business are both the federal corruption trial of Governor Andrew Cuomo's former top aide, Joe Percoco, which is now in jury deliberations after closing arguments last week and this year's state - level elections, including the race for governor.

Cuomo's deal, which was approved by the state Legislature last month, does not preclude bingo halls, horse racing tracks, charitable games of chance, or any gaming facility operated pursuant to the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act from operating within the counties where Indian casinos were granted exclusivity.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano «s indictment on allegations of bribery last week marked the latest ally of Gov. Andrew Cuomo to face federal charges — and another pol tied to one of the governor's leading donors and handpicked head of the New York Racing Association, which operates equestrian tracks across New York.

Early bellwethers for 2018 last week included high - profile races in Westchester and Nassau counties that saw voters elect Democratic candidates who promised to stamp out corruption (It didn't hurt that Nassau's county executive had been indicted on federal corruption charges.)

Democrat Laura Curran — who won her primary decisively on Tuesday — and Republican Jack Martins each kicked off the race to Nov. 7 by releasing television ads focused on proposals to restore trust in government after the arrest last year of Republican County Executive Edward Mangano on federal corruption charges.

The last time the Federal budget was balanced was in 1999 under the Bill Clinton administration, and American debts race towards the 20 Trillion dollar mark.

Yuh - Line Niou won a six - way race on Tuesday for the Democratic nomination to inherit the State Assembly seat once held by Sheldon Silver, in a repudiation of the stubborn grip Mr. Silver held on his Lower Manhattan district for four decades — held, that is, until his conviction late last year on federal corruption charges.

Democrats are expected to endorse Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky — a former federal prosecutor who has a stellar anti-corruption résumé, including the successful prosecution of former Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. (D - Bronx)-- for the Skelos seat, while Nassau Republicans, who suffered a surprise upset defeat in the race for district attorney last month, are having trouble recruiting a candidate.

The U.S. Department of Education tightened the noose last week when it announced New York could lose its federal Race to the Top money because it lags behind in complying with the terms of its grant.»

Georgia, once a Democratic bastion like the rest of the South, has gone heavily for Republicans over the last two decades, in both federal and state races.

Over the last several months, discussions of the Common Core State Standards have been eclipsed by the public's reaction to major issues which have arisen in their implementation — issues such as declining student test scores, and the role of such test scores in teacher evaluations, evaluations mandated if a state was to receive its share of federal money from the «Race to the Top» funds.

Although the ID debate was not an issue in most congressional races, voters may have punished Santorum because the once - vocal ID supporter tried to distance himself from the movement after a federal judge struck down an attempt last year by the Dover, Pennsylvania, school board to insert ID into the curriculum.

Ruling in Grove City College v. Bell last year, the Court held that the civil - rights statute — whose language is similar to laws barring discrimination on the basis of race, handicap, and age — applies only to programs and activities that receive federal aid, and not to the entire institution.

Indeed, one of the most contentious education reforms of the last decade was the effort, spearheaded in the federal Race to the Top initiative, to create accountability around teachers» performance.

Last month, Education Secretary Arne Duncan warned that those states risk losing their share of $ 4.3 billion in federal Race to the Top money offered as an incentive to improve schools.

Policies that promote school integration by race and class took a significant hit last week when the U.S. Department of Education announced that it was killing a small but important federal program to support local diversity efforts.

After the sweetness - and - nice between New York State Education Department (NYSED) and the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) to win $ 700 million from the federal Race to the Top fund last year (see my Education Next story), NYSUT yesterday sued the state's Board of Regents and NYSED's acting commissioner John King over the decision last May to ratchet up the importance of student test scores in a teacher's annual evaluation.

The Justice Department stepped up its attack on race - and gender - conscious affirmative - action plans last week, asking a federal district judge to modify hiring goals for Indianapolis» police and fire departments.

The major federal policy initiatives of the last decade and a half, No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top, were designed mainly to change the attitudes and behaviors of teachers and principals — the members of the school community known to have the greatest and most direct influence on students» academic achievement.

Last week, with the Washington Education Association (WEA) President standing at her side, Gov. Gregoire announced her legislative proposal for earning a $ 150 + million «Race To The Top» (RTTT) federal grant.

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.

Last month, I noted how states such as California and Tennessee have pushed to qualify for federal Race to the Top funding by passing measures lifting caps on the number of charter schools and allowing the use of student test data in measuring teacher performance.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Last year, when Tennessee was named one of the first two states to win a federal Race to The Top grant, worth $ 501 million, there was great joy all around.

Finally, Race to the Top, last year's federal competition for $ 3.4 billion in grants to support education reform, emphasized improving the training and evaluation of principals as much as it did the training and evaluation of teachers.

Since the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) last January, in which the federal government handed back to states the authority to decide whether to evaluate teachers with or without students» test scores, states have been dropping the value - added measure (VAM) or growth components (e.g., the Student Growth Percentiles (SGP) package) of their teacher evaluation systems, as formerly required by President Obama's Race to the Top initiative.

Under a law passed last year that helped the state win $ 700 million in a federal grant competition, known as Race to the Top, each school district must find a way to evaluate teachers on a scale from «ineffective» to «highly effective,» with teachers facing potential firing if they are rated ineffective for two years in a row.

Obtained favorable decisions for members of world - recognized racing family from Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and Federal Circuit in dispute over family members» use of last name for product sponsorships.

Last week, the Obama administration announced executive action that would require large companies (100 employees or more) to report to the federal government how much they pay their employees by gender, race, and ethnicity.

Last night Ted Cruz — the guy who tried to shut down the federal government to prevent people from getting care at Planned Parenthood health centers — announced that he was dropping out of the 2016 presidential race.