Sentences with phrase «for changes in state»

Dean pledged to push for changes in state law to allow Nashville to adopt a living wage and also pledged to use his considerable clout with the General Assembly to advocate for a $ 10 an hour state minimum wage.

Some groups that are pressing for changes in the state's school funding system represent the interests of a small number of school districts that see themselves as somehow «unfairly» impacted by the state's recapture provisions.

Speaking to a downtown meeting of California newspaper publishers, the mayor said he would lobby for changes in state law that would alter the rules for evaluating teachers and for granting tenure to teachers.

Districts must advocate for changes in state policies, both those affecting evaluation and others, that act as barriers to scaling up these kind of roles across districts.

We also adjusted the data to account for changes in state spending on education and for parents» educational levels, which provides controls for simultaneous changes in state policies or differences in demographics that might confound the analysis of how accountability systems influenced student achievement.

Only then would local districts have the incentive to both lobby states for changes in state laws and to negotiate tough contracts with teacher unions.

Sampson's soiree at the Stadium also raised eyebrows among his colleagues, who noted the Yankees are lobbying for changes in the state's ticket - selling laws.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the national reckoning over sexual harassment in the workplace should provide momentum for changes in state and local government and in the private sector.

To this end, advocates have begun to press for changes in state laws to provide parents some degree of control over classroom placement.

«There's a lot more to nutrition than that,» said Lemon, whose organization lobbied for a change in the state law.

To that end, he's looking for a change in state law that would allow the city, like the state, to award contracts to MWBEs even if they are not proposed the least expensive qualified bid.

From NY Daily News: State Assemblyman David I. Weprin on Sunday called for a change in state law that bars adoptees from seeing to their birth records.

Institute officials say they are hamstrung by a provision in Proposition 71 that puts a 50 - employee limit on CIRM and are asking for a change in state law.

Then in June, at a Los Angeles school board meeting at which the parent trigger was on the agenda, board member Steve Zimmer offered a resolution calling for a change in the state law that would bring «more transparency to the signature - gathering process.»

Another option may be charter schools, which are lobbying for a change in state law so that they can offer prekindergarten classes.

State Superintendent Tony Evers issued a statement Dec. 21 asking for change in state law to minimize the use of state standardized test results in the evaluation of educators.

Since joining the North Carolina Association of REALTORS ® as CEO in 2010, after 14 years with the Oregon Association, Andrea Bushnell, RCE, has been a driving force for change in the state.

Not exact matches

«Jaguar considers it highly unlikely that the Board will cause a change in leadership or a change in strategic focus, unless Ms. Stymiest and Mr. Martin push for dramatic change,» the release stated.

WASHINGTON, April 25 - A day after flaunting his friendship with Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron forcefully challenged many of the U.S. president's policies on Wednesday, urging the United States to engage more with the world, step up the fight against climate change and stay in the Iran nuclear pact for now.

In the states of California, Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island and West Virginia, employers are not allowed to record sounds, voices or videos for monitoring purposes in areas designated for comfort, health and security of the employees such as restrooms, locker rooms and changing roomIn the states of California, Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island and West Virginia, employers are not allowed to record sounds, voices or videos for monitoring purposes in areas designated for comfort, health and security of the employees such as restrooms, locker rooms and changing roomin areas designated for comfort, health and security of the employees such as restrooms, locker rooms and changing rooms.

He has personally participated in vision clinics for low income societies in the United States and South America, and doing so completely changed his perspective of the world.

North Carolina Republican Meadows said the changes being considered for the Medicaid program would not go far enough if they left it up to states to decide whether to put in place a work requirement.

Beyond climate change, low - cost natural gas has been one of the most important transformations to have occurred for the energy industry in the United States.

American sanctions on heads of state are rare, largely reserved for instances where the U.S. is seeking a change in government leadership.

«I can imagine these changes would be really good for the morale for the Chinese diplomats at the foreign ministry at a time when the morale of the diplomats in the US foreign service is at an all time low,» Susan Shirk, a former deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asia, told Bloomberg.

Ashley Anderson, a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University, stated that «When people encounter an unfamiliar issue like nanotechnology, they often rely on an existing value such as religiosity or deference to science to form a judgment.»

Although the US military, Secretary of State Tillerson, and Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis all say unequivocally that the US does not want or train for regime - change missions in North Korea, the president and the military have to do what's best for the country at any cost.

SolarCity and Nevada utility NV Energy, owned by Berkshire, famously have been battling it out in Nevada over that state regulator's decision to change the rates and economic structure for rooftop solar.

With the landscape rapidly changing for regulation of pot in various states, employers must be sure their guidelines keep pace.

Andrew Wilkie's plans for legislation on poker machines could change the way gaming plays out in this state.

The headache of intercity bus travel hasn't changed much in the United States for decades.

Tree — who said the policy change restored a price support for growers by reintroducing a «federal risk premium» — told Business Insider that while consumers in states were marijuana was legal were probably used to a high - quality and tested product, he suspected cracking down on legal marijuana production and sales would incentivize trafficking of lower - quality marijuana to states where the drug is still illegal.

Interior Department officials on Wednesday released draft changes to conservation plans for the greater sage grouse in seven states.

Indeed, nowhere are the barricades being stormed more aggressively than in PG&E's home, California, whose mandate for change is more audacious than any other state's: Its law requires that 50 % of utilities» power be generated by renewable sources by 2030.

The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts («NAREIT») defines funds from operations («NAREIT FFO») as net income / (loss) attributable to common shareholders computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States («GAAP»), excluding gains or losses from sales of operating real estate assets and change in control of interests, plus (i) depreciation and amortization of operating properties and (ii) impairment of depreciable real estate and in substance real estate equity investments and (iii) after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures calculated to reflect NAREIT FFO on the same basis.

After Trump won the presidency, Nicole Hockley, another founder of Sandy Hook Promise, said that the group would continue its efforts at the state and local level - and argued that, no matter who is in the White House, «I still don't think our country is ready yet for federal change.»

Arby's has meanwhile launched an attack on Subway's meat supply chain with its «Slicing Up the Truth» campaign, which has produced no discernible change in its fortunes — although it did have to apologize to the state of Iowa for impugning its residents» meat - slicing skills.

California's government agency responsible for maintaining healthy air quality voted on Friday to adopt stricter emissions standards for automobiles, essentially daring President Donald Trump to confront the state in a legal battle over climate change.

In an e-mail message Scott Sinclair, a director at the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives, wrote that he suspects «these revelations call into question the validity of the distinction between foreign state - owned enterprises and private corporations underlying the recent changes to the Investment Canada Act.

Keisling's organization, for example, held a call - in session Friday to provide advice to transgender people worried that changing their gender designation on federal and state identity documents might become more difficult in the new political environment.

This would include deductions for state and local tax payments, a change that could alienate support from lawmakers in states such as California and New York with higher state taxes.

There is no question that a lot has changed in Michigan — its ranking in America's Top States for Business, for instance.

This acclimation process gives the software a chance to record your brain waves and trains you to use them consistently before it throws a series of increasingly difficult challenges at you, such as reconstructing simply via thought a fallen bridge needed for a mystical journey while a fiery sky changes hue in response to your emotional state.

The change, which applies to all retailers that accept AmEx, comes in addition to similar policy changes the company has already made, such as the elimination of signature requirements for purchases under $ 50 in the United States, $ 100 in Canada and 30 euros in the United Kingdom.

For small - business owners in high - tax states like California and New York, this change represents a significant departure from earlier tax years.

For example, Collado said, New York would be quick to challenge a change in domicile if retirees are just spending half the year in Florida and everything that is near and dear to them, such as doctors and charities, is back in the Empire State.

In 2015, Nevada's public utility commission changed the favorable rates that were crucial for the rooftop solar industry in the statIn 2015, Nevada's public utility commission changed the favorable rates that were crucial for the rooftop solar industry in the statin the state.

On one morning late this spring, dozens of inmates at Solano State Prison in Northern California scurried around the penitentiary's gym, ready for a life - changing day.

The bipartisan Senate plan would attempt to maintain TPS in return for ending or changing a «diversity» lottery program that has been aimed at allowing up to 50,000 people a year from countries with few emigres to the United States.

WITH State legislation before the Parliament in preparation for the introduction of Australia's new tax changes — now less than nine months away — there is also a need to ensure the Government is GST compliant by next July.