Sentences with phrase «first issue the state»

Public education reform was the first policy initiative Walker called for in his State of the State address and the first issue the state Legislature took up after inauguration.

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Three judges on the Ninth Circuit upheld a restraining order on the first travel ban issued by a Washington state judge.
The confrontation that followed lasted just a few minutes, but it was long enough to spark a class - action lawsuit, a criminal investigation spanning at least three states and a major regulatory crackdown in the U.S.. Now, for the first time, Canadian officials have confirmed they too are investigating the issues at the heart of the dispute.
Saudi Arabia's state - owned oil giant Saudi Aramco could first issue stock on its home market and privately place shares in the hands of big Asian investors before facing the complexity of listing on an international exchange.
After MSNBC broadcast a clip of an interview with Trump, the billionaire businessman rowed back his remarks, first saying that the abortion issue should be handled by states and later that doctors who performed abortions should be the ones held responsible.
The law, which was first introduced by Congresswoman Bella Abzug, technically states that the president is «authorized and requested to issue a proclamation in commemoration of that day in 1920 on which the women in American were first guaranteed the right to vote.»
Dig Deeper: Health Care Issues How to Open a Medical Marijuana Dispensary: Where You Can Open and What to Do If you're planning on opening a dispensary, first check with state officials to navigate the local laws and ordinances that will govern your dispensary's actions.
Crist must first defeat former State Senator Nan Rich in an Aug. 26 primary before he can take on the governor, but he is already setting his sights on Scott, particularly on the issue of education.
First, municipal bonds represent an «IOU» issued by a governmental entity — usually state or local.
LONDON — The United States and Britain on Monday issued a first - of - its - kind joint warning about Russian cyberattacks against government and private organizations as well as individual homes and offices in both countries, a milestone in the escalating use of cyberweaponry between major powers.
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Indeed, it would be un-Trump — in light of his campaign slogans of «Make America Great Again» and «America First» — if the first days of the new administration passed without major U.S. actions on issues like the Chinese currency, market access for U.S. companies, and Chinese exports to the United StFirst» — if the first days of the new administration passed without major U.S. actions on issues like the Chinese currency, market access for U.S. companies, and Chinese exports to the United Stfirst days of the new administration passed without major U.S. actions on issues like the Chinese currency, market access for U.S. companies, and Chinese exports to the United States.
A Broward County judge on Friday issued the state's first order temporarily removing guns from a person under Florida's new gun - control laws.
Lawsky said last month that his agency plans to issue rules for businesses handling virtual currencies, including a «BitLicense», which could make New York the first U.S. state to regulate virtual currencies such as bitcoins.
In the United States, there's also a First Amendment issue.
Issue Size Increased Houston - based Calpine, an independent power producer with 93 plants and customers in 21 states, sold $ 2 billion of first - lien senior secured notes due in February 2021 with a coupon of 7.5 %.
In July of this year, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took a critical first step to rein in the growingly speculative bubble surrounding these start - ups when it issued a report concluding that such coin offerings should be predominantly classified as securities offerings, and hence mandated to fall under registration, disclosure and other requirements that apply to securities, regardless of whether those securities are purchased with virtual currencies or distributed with blockchain technology.
The only governmental or quasi-governmental notes were those issued by the short - lived first and second Banks of the United States (whose shares were 80 % in private hands) and by state - government - owned commercial banks in a few frontier sStates (whose shares were 80 % in private hands) and by state - government - owned commercial banks in a few frontier statesstates.
But if the state issued a dollar - for - dollar state tax credit for charitable contributions made to, say, the state's general infrastructure fund, the first $ 6,000 donated, though reducing state tax liability by $ 6,000, does nothing to lower federal taxes owed because the taxpayer would still take the standard deduction.
The major banks dominated hybrid issuance, issuing securities in Australia, the United States, and for the first time, the United Kingdom.
He stated that, although digital currency as a 21st century analog to paper currency is a «fascinating idea,» there are a number of policy issues that need to be analyzed first.
China issued on Thursday the first batch of licenses for road tests of driverless vehicles to NIO, a Chinese electric vehicle startup, and the state - ow...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson issued the following statement on why she will not attend President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address: «For the first time since I began serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, I will not be attending the president's State of the Union address.
Ironically, one of the significant differences between the cryptocurrency and the currencies of nation - states issued and overseen by Central Banks appears to have led to this state of affairs being possible in the first place.
The outstanding balance of WMPs issued by mid-tier banks reached 42.2 percent of the total in 2015, for the first time surpassing the number issued by large state - owned banks, which accounted for 36.9 percent of the total.
A grant committee featuring national, state and local experts in the areas of long - term recovery, nonprofit and government leadership, and the issue areas identified during the assessment has been convened and held its first meeting on January 11, 2018.
@sbp — I acknowledged in my first words that Anti-semitism is a reality outside of Israel, so when the state of Israel was founded has little to do with the issue I raised.
even my daughter would understand this as meaning that there was once a book in whatever language and then someone printed it in another one and there was an issue... it doesn't state that the FIRST bible ever was in latin now did it?
The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, which represents the 1.5 million Conservative Jews in the United States, has just issued a new Torah and commentary, the first for Conservatives in more than 60 years.
The issue is expected to be one of the first to surface in Alabama's state legislature as lawmakers there head back to session this week, and a colorful standoff is likely.
The statement suggested two legal remedies: first, the Supreme Court could reverse Roe, returning the issue to the states; second, the nation could pass a constitutional amendment that would extend Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment due process protection to unborn persons.
In 1999 the State Department issued its first and comprehensive Annual Report on International Religious Freedom.
Second, stating we know there had to be a first cause, capitalizing that to imply god was said «first cause» is your issue with assumption and not realizing what you are actually posting.
Editor's Note: In the August / September 2009 issue of First Things, currently on news stands, is a major new essay by René Girard drawn from his recent book, Achever Clausewitz, forthcoming as Battling to the End: Politics, War, and Apocalypse from Michigan State University Press.
The issue trended on social media sites, and there has a big reaction from Jews abroad - especially those in the United States - when the detentions first made the news in February.
First, while it was true that no gay or lesbian couple had requested married - student housing on campus (this event being prior to Obergefell v. Hodges, but after some states had begun issuing marriage licenses to such couples), several couples had already chosen not to apply to live in married - student housing because the policies at the time didn't support such a thing.
It is not my purpose to argue for the correctness of one or the other view of education, only to note that these are issues over which reasonable people may differ, and to question whether the State has a right to impose the first approach in the face of opposition from parents.
The first passage concerning the issue of teaching states that women are not allowed to teach Scriptures to men.
That Prof. Novak and his coauthors chose to lower the level of discourse not only in First Things but in their strident letter in the April 2002 issue of Commentary, in which they dismiss the possibility of dialogue with Prof. Levenson «in his present state of mind,» is most lamentable.
This month, First Presbyterian asked the Sooner State's top court to take a third look at the case, arguing that the justices mixed up two separate issues of law: the ecclesiastical extension / church autonomy doctrine and the ministerial exception.
But more unexpectedly, given that Hawaii was one of the first states where the issue surfaced, a Hawaii state representative has caused waves for becoming the first openly gay lawmaker to vote against a state's same - sex marriage bill.
In what must surely be a first for a Church document discussing grave moral issues, DP states that the unjust situation of these embryos «can not be resolved».
The agitation on the Church - State issue during the late 1950's and early 1960's appeared to be but the first phase of an ongoing shift in practice in the American context.
For the first time in Australia, state elections in Tasmania in 1989 brought five «Greens» into parliament, which resulted in them having the balance of power with the prospect of a major change in direction in environmental issues in that state.
Most Americans assume that the separation of church and state is a fundamental principle deeply rooted in American constitutionalism; that the First Amendment was intended to ensure that government does not involve itself with religion (and vice versa); and that contemporary debates over such vexing issues as school prayer, voucher programs, government funding of faith - based organizations, and the rights of religious minorities represent ongoing attempts to realize the separation intended by the Founders and like - minded early Americans.
Hitler issued a proclamation on February 1, 1933 that stated, «The National Government will regard it as its first and foremost duty to revive in the nation the spirit of unity and co-operation.
What is the particular relevance of Pope Benedict XVI's first «Apostolic exhortation», Sacramentum Caritatis --(issued on March 13 as the concluding act of the Synod of Bishops held in Rome in October of 2005)-- to the political career of Ruth Kelly, since May 2006 Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government?
The Commission first issued warnings the TPP negotiation process in 2010, stating «a more transparent and strategic approach is required to ensure that there is an appropriate focus on policies that are most in Australia's interests».
In another study3, the authors stated «the first cycle of certified farms consisted of those that already had a commitment to environmental and social issues
Loyola's Erik Etherly broke the net on one of the goals during the first half of the Greyhounds» loss to Ohio State, which wouldn't have been a major issue had the man sent onto the floor to fix the problem had any idea how to thread a net into a basketball rim.
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