Sentences with phrase «hear from the public about»

«The purpose of this hearing was to simply hear from the public about how they felt about accepting a state funding to provide substance abuse treatment services at the former Broome Developmental Center,» said County Executive Jason Garnar.

Australia's government wants to hear from the public about its tax treatment of cryptocurrencies.

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This will often be from members of the public who are not directly involved in the cartel but are concerned about what they have seen or heard,» he confirmed.

«The collaboration we saw was some billing and administrative contacts between the two of them, so you'd see similar people show up in each of the accounts,» said Schroepfer, when asked for more detail about what it had found, before declining to say anything else in a public setting on account of ongoing investigations — despite the committee pointing out other witnesses it has heard from have not held back on that front.

Recently, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau launched a public inquiry to hear from borrowers about their experiences with student loan servicers.

I've heard some chatter about this on some subreddits I frequent, but nothing has materialized and I couldn't find any public announcements about this from IBM.

Hearings into the massive Trans - Pacific Partnership kicked off in Vancouver with a stark warning from the Trade Justice Network about the deal's many negative consequences, and an urgent call for a comprehensive, public and independent assessment of the pact.

A survey released Tuesday from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life found that among Catholics who have heard about the issue, 55 % support giving religious institutions that object to birth control an exemption from the federal contraceptive rule, while 39 % oppose exempting those institutions.

Nava called, and a Public Safety officer came, took a brief statement, and collected the threatening note, but Nava didn't hear back from them for several weeks, and when he did he informed them about a third threatening note he had just received the previous day.

They only hear about politics from people who are on the left — Hollywood entertainers, mainstream news anchors, public school officials.

I've heard or read varying degrees of that same attitude when it comes to some of the conversations about «biblical» womanhood as people heap guilt on mothers or fathers for everything from choosing public school education to relying on babysitters or daycare, from Sunday School to family structures.

Members of the public who attend the full - day Good Food Festival programming have the opportunity to learn directly from experienced farmers and gardeners through long - form DIY workshops and «Good Food Commons» mini-sessions; hear from thought leader panelists about the future of our agricultural system; watch cooking demos, emphasizing local food, by culinary leaders such as Frontera's Rick Bayless and One Off Hospitality's Paul Kahan (both past recipients of FamilyFarmed's Good Food Chef of the Year Award); and engage with more than 150 farmer, food business, and nonprofit exhibitors.

LDS homeschoolers have been warned about the physical and spiritual dangers of public schools by and heard about the desirability of home schooling since 1969 from presidents of Brigham Young University.

Lynn Harvey, chief school nutrition services director for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, said she heard complaints from many public school districts about the 100 - percent whole grain requirement because the reformulation has affected a regional favPublic Instruction, said she heard complaints from many public school districts about the 100 - percent whole grain requirement because the reformulation has affected a regional favpublic school districts about the 100 - percent whole grain requirement because the reformulation has affected a regional favorite.

Robin Kaplan: Here's a comment from one of our Facebook friends, this is from Shelley, and what she wrote was, «I posted this on the Leaky Boob as well, but with all the negative stories we've been hearing lately about nursing in public, I thought I'd share the wonderful breastfeeding encouragement I had a couple of weekends ago, from my 85 - year - old great uncle.

Geneva — The park board will hold two public hearings over the next few days to gather input from residents about plans for Park District facilities.

We hear a lot of stats from the counties about how many licensed gun owners have filed opt - out forms for public disclosure, but absolutely nothing about how many citizens are rushing in to register their «assault weapons.»

Day three of the hearing to remove Carl Paladino from the Buffalo School Board began with School Superintendent Kriner Cash taking the stand and testifying that Paladino's public comments about the teacher contract hurt the district and its future contact negotiations.

During the recent years I have heard now and then about George Soros being demonized in several public speeches of some politicians from various countries.

The bill would have shortened a station's license term from eight years to four, with the requirement that a license - holder cover important issues fairly, hold local public hearings about its coverage twice a year, and document to the FCC how it was meeting its obligations.

At 10 a.m., Port Authority representatives open seven public hearings about proposed changes in freight transportation across the Hudson River and New York Harbor, open to public comment from Thursday, Nov. 13, through Friday, Feb. 27; faculty lounge and room H750, CUNY's Baruch College, 151 E. 25th St., Manhattan.

Blair Horner, with the New York Public Interest Research Group, says he'd first like to hear an explanation from Speaker Sheldon Silver about the details of alleged payments from a law firm specializing in real estate taxes.

We heard today from parents in public housing, in middle school deserts, from parents who are upset about the ATR pool and those who want more school choices.

Taking such an approach would have prevented broadcasters from having to make paternalist decisions on a case - by - case basis about when a party is doing well enough for the public to hear more of them.

So I don't want to hear anything about bullying from the benches opposite, the public can draw its own conclusions.»

We have heard noises from government about giving the public more of a say.

About 50 members of Italian American groups protested de Blasio's controversial monument commission across the street from Columbus Circle outside of Central Park on Saturday, the day after the public got its first chance to weigh in at a Queens hearing.

Also at noon, the Jamaica Downtown Revitalization Initiative hosts a public open house to hear about potential neighborhood projects from residents, Queens Public Library — Central Branch, 89 - 11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, Qpublic open house to hear about potential neighborhood projects from residents, Queens Public Library — Central Branch, 89 - 11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, QPublic Library — Central Branch, 89 - 11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, Queens.

Following a lengthy public session where the Ulster Town Board heard from members of the public concerned about oversight on

Following a lengthy public session where the Ulster Town Board heard from members of the public concerned about oversight on the proposed Niagara Bottling plant, the town board voted to deny both the Kingston Common Council and Woodstock Town Board involved agency status in the plant's coming environmental review.

Since proposing the Erie County Theft of Valor Law, I have heard from numerous veterans who strongly support this law and shared their personal stories about why such a law is meaningful to them at the public hearing held on Oct. 24.

Day three of the hearing to remove Carl P. Paladino from the Buffalo School Board began Monday with School Superintendent Kriner Cash taking the stand and testifying that Paladino's public comments about the teacher contract hurt the district and its future contact negotiations.

An ongoing lawsuit over the closing of nineteen public schools has delayed notification for 80,000 of the city's eighth - graders waiting to hear from the Department of Education about where they'll be going to high school, and parents are steaming mad.

City Council education chair Daniel Dromm is pushing chancellor Carmen Fariña to make Diwali an official public school holiday, but said he hadn't yet heard from the administration about a letter he wrote to Fariña on the topic last week.

According to Mr. Amidu, President Mahama is plotting to block his oral examination of the man at the centre judgement debt saga and prevent the people of Ghana from hearing the truth about the looting of the public purse.

Teachers from the Buffalo Public and Cheektowaga Central School Districts heard from a best - selling author about how to relate students of color in the classroom.

Blair Horner, with the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), says he'd like to hear from Speaker Sheldon Silver about the details of the speaker's alleged payments from a law firm specializing in real estate taxes.

We heard about the success of «Shark Girl,» the impossibly popular sculpture at Canalside, which emerged from a new public arts partnership among Erie County, the City of Buffalo and the Albright - Knox.

I thought that was just such a pleasant thing to hear from a scientist because we're often, you know, in the science community accused of not reaching out or listening, and I have to tell you that he got a standing ovation from all the scientists there who felt, kind of, renewed vigor about their charge of reaching out to public.

Obama will be visiting the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta to discuss the U.S. response, At about the same time, a U.S. Senate hearing on Ebola will also take place with testimony from key public officials and Ebola survivor Ken Brantly.

In a series of separate public hearings this fall, members of Congress and New Mexico state legislators heard testimonies from the full range of people who have something to say about uranium mining — community members aggrieved by six decades of mining impacts, industry officials trumpeting new jobs from renewed uranium activity, and government regulators trying to figure out how to address both the past uranium legacy and future uranium developments.

Jurors weren't allowed to hear testimony that Bill Cosby's chief accuser was once hooked on hallucinogenic mushrooms or had her sights set on becoming a millionaire, but that hasn't stopped the defense from airing the explosive claims about Andrea Constand in the court of public opinion.

Only 22 percent of public school parents first heard about the Common Core from school communications such as a website or newsletter.

Over 80 percent of respondents reported having heard about the standards in 2014, up from just 38 percent in 2013 — a remarkable jump in public awareness.

The chief complaint Duvall said he hears from school public relations directors is dealing with television reporters, who often have no background about the district and incomplete information, because most local stations don't have education reporters.

15, was tired of witnessing the challenges of education — from bullying to the cradle - to - prison pipeline — yet rarely hearing anyone talking about those issues in the public arena.

In this webinar, you'll hear directly from the technology coordinator of Edmonton Public Schools in Canada about how they successfully introduced, implemented, and continue to sustain the growing use of Chromebooks and Google Apps.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has heard evidence from a number of educational authorities about concerns regarding the value for money of the the government's teacher recruitment methods.

In this webinar, you'll hear directly from David Andrade, chief information officer at Bridgeport public schools in Connecticut, about how the district has gone 1:1 with Google for Education solutions.

In this webinar, you'll hear directly from Jay McPhail, chief technology officer at Fullerton School District, Calif., and Jeremy Cunningham, network and systems engineer at Bryant public schools, Ark., about their recent wired and wireless deployments, and how they ensured high - availability and high - performance for their districts» common - core testing.