Sentences with phrase «in home district»

That spill occurred in the home district of Rep. Fred Upton, GOP chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

At the conference, which took place in October, students identify a problem they face in their home district and brainstorm solutions.

The Academic Services team enables districts and schools to expand course offerings, address hard - to - fill teacher assignments, support students with extended absences, and provide a digital learning option to meet student needs so that they can stay in their home district, recover credits, and meet graduation requirements.

State funding of at least $ 7,176 follows the student, whether they enroll in their home district or in a school of choice.

Our scholars consistently improve their state test scores each year; surpass their peers in their home district; and achieve some of the highest academic growth in the regions we serve.

Collins said that in his home district of Winston - Salem / Forsyth Schools, where he served on the local school board for years, there are three principals that are all highly performing and extremely valuable to the district.

In that context, teachers from across the state and in my home district of Covington Independent divvied up the standards work, specialized in one content area and began designing curriculum.

• Increases funding for public schools of choice, including charter schools, bringing their funding closer to the per - pupil funding level of students in their home district

Daniela is a first generation college student who is heavily involved in education in her home district, West Contra Costa Unified.

She is currently a Lead Organizer with Students for Education Reform, organizing college students around education justice issues in her home district.

This never happened in our home district!

Tabitha Brown, the mother of two youngsters in Riverside's Bryant elementary, told me that administrators in her home district refused to allow her to transfer the children there unless she could prove that Bryant offered a curriculum that none of her district's schools had.

The Circus: Inside the Wildest Political Show on Earth, Season 2, Episode 6: «The Circus» co-host Mark McKinnon catches up with Congressman Joe Barton in his home district of Mansfield, Texas where the two discuss how working with President Trump differs from past presidents.

Still, observers say that unless it comes out that Weiner broke the law, he remains a strong contender to be re-elected as congressman in his home district, which covers Brooklyn and Queens.

Defending his Democratic colleague in Congress from a barrage of attacks in his home district, Hakeem Jeffries said this afternoon that Jerrold Nadler is still one of the most pro-Israel lawmakers in America, even after he enraged Orthodox Jews by voting for the Iran nuclear deal.

Back in his home district, much of Peralta's efforts have been concentrated on how to combat crime on Roosevelt Avenue.

I worked hard in my home district this year to elect a honest, intelligent, accountable Senator.

But this year there seems to be a reverse trend where many State Lawmakers instead of running for re-election and choosing to run for local elected positions in their home district, including State Senator George Latimer who is running for Westchester County Executive in the fall.

In his home district, Liu supported the $ 850 million redevelopment project Flushing Commons, though he withdrew his support after the project was approved and plans were changed to reduce its parking and community development facilities.

Now Crist is running again, for Congress in his home district, the Florida 13th, against Republican representative David Jolly.

Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi will hold a mock «State of the State» address in his home district tomorrow in hopes of luring Gov. Andrew Cuomo, «who has been ducking Utica for months now,» the Democratic lawmaker's office wrote in a news release.

Defending his Democratic colleague in Congress from a barrage of attacks in his home district, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries said that Rep. Jerry Nadler is still one of the most pro-Israel lawmakers in America — even after he enraged Orthodox Jews by voting for the Iran nuclear deal.

«He was in his home district where he voted when he got information that there was an illegal tally centre manned by the NRM and police,» said Shawn Mubiru, senior FDC official.

-- In his home district on the Lower East Side, there is abundant evidence that Silver kept his seat of power by blocking the creation of affordable housing in a 20 - block area known as the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area... Their goal was to preserve the influence of a shrinking Jewish community that made up Silver's political base.

They are the US Representatives who spend more time on CNN than in their home district.

Congressman Charles Rangel, the 84 - year - old Harlem Democrat, lent a few kernels of dietary wisdom in his home district today, encouraging Americans to adopt his 30 - day «Rangel Resolution» to eat healthier meals.

Harley - Davidson motorcycles are made in the home district of Speaker Paul D. Ryan, Republican of Wisconsin.

April recess for federal legislators is today through May 2, and many members of Congress will be hosting Town Hall meetings in their home districts.

In Chef Ann's first blogpost for U. S. News & World Report, she gives parents 5 tips for kickstarting school food change in their home districts.

The robocalls from the group New Yorkers Against Hidden Predators has released calls in the home districts of Sens. Elaine Phillips, Carl Marcellino, Sue Serino and Chris Jacobs.

Case in point: The selection of former Assemblyman Tom DiNapoli to replace scandal - scarred ex-state Comptroller Alan Hevesi, which spurred Spitzer to denounce rank - and - file Assembly members in their home districts.

Spitzer was, not surprisingly, furious, and he embarked on what he called an «Unfinished Business» tour, calling out local senators in their home districts, and urging «everyone who cares about good government to call their state senator and urge him or her to get back to work.»

A coalition of child sex abuse survivors and advocates pushing for passage of the Child Victims Act this week began targeting four state Senate Republicans with automated phone calls to their constituents in their home districts.

The state capital's culture is notorious for its male privilege — the New York Times once summarized the infamous «Bear Mountain Compact» as «any liaisons with interns or young staff members that occur north of Bear Mountain Bridge, which spans the Hudson River between Orange and Westchester Counties, are not spoken about in the home districts in New York City or elsewhere.»

State lawmakers don't have to run for re-election this year, but many elected officials in the Assembly and Senate are eyeing the exits, running for locally elected positions back in their home districts.

Such post-budget passage announcements are commonplace in Albany, where lawmakers trumpet how they use taxpayer dollars to fund projects in their home districts.

Furthermore, our legislators play favorites to some groups by using «member items,» which are nothing more than legalized bribes, to grant money to for specific voter groups in their home districts.

During the week of February 20 - 25, all Congressman will be on recess in their home districts.

New Roosevelt Initiative founder Bill Samuels told me on CapTon last night he plans to up the ante in his push for redistricting reform by targeting two Republican senators in their home districts.

The four kept their announcement a secret and spent Wednesday morning notifying the new governor and leaders in their home districts.

«Do I see these replacements as a reaction to what people are hearing in their home districts?

While JCOPE is an improvement on its predecessor, the ethics enforcement agency was criticized this week for neglecting to focus on legislators» behavior in their home districts — for instance, Pedro Espada's embezzlement scandal, which occurred not in Albany but in Espada's home district in the Bronx.

The campaign being organized in the home districts of Sens. John Bonacic, John DeFrancisco, Pat Gallivan, Andrew Lanza and Cathy Young.

Other critics accuse the task force of ignoring a new law requiring that prisoners be counted in their home districts.

He said lawmakers were getting support from constituents in their home districts and around the nation and are determined to make a reform that he said would keep the state's budget in check for years.

«There are some very valid reasons why there is a deference to members in their home districts,» de Blasio, who represented Park Slope for eight years in the City Council, said at an unrelated press conference after the vote.

David Paterson approved a plan that calls for prisoners to be counted in their home districts.

A new law counts them in their home districts, and not in the communities where they're incarcerated — a change that the GOP says benefits Democrat - leaning downstate regions at the expense of more rural Republican - held upstate districts.

His appearance was missing the verbal wars that happened during budget hearings the past couple years as lawmaker after lawmaker asked Zemsky about the status of projects in their home districts.

But they may also recognize — with reminding by their own unions — that they are all enmeshed in a big collective - action problem, and that they should vote in their home districts to protect one another's jobs and interests.