Sentences with phrase «including policy in the state»

Under state law, a governor has extraordinary leverage to include policy in state budgets compared to legislation negotiated outside the budget deal.

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Breitbart is known for supporting what some refer to as the «alt right» movement in the United States, a loose affiliation of politically conservative groups that include overtly racist organizations such as Richard Spencer's National Policy Institute, which advocates for something it calls «white nationalism.»
In 2017, that was 22 states, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, including at least 10 that voted for President Trump in the 2016 electioIn 2017, that was 22 states, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, including at least 10 that voted for President Trump in the 2016 electioin the 2016 election.
Investors including BlackRock Inc. and State Street Corp. are engaging with companies in their portfolios over firearms policies.
With a Republican Congress backing him (most items need 60 % support to pass in the Senate), Trump will be in a position to reverse trade agreements, immigration policies, Roe V. Wade, the Iran nuclear deal, and any other policy the party takes issue with — including those that impact how Canadians do business with the United States.
Last week, Trump signed an executive order rolling back former President Barack Obama's climate change policies, including the Clean Power Plan to slash carbon emissions from power plants — a key factor in the United States» ability to meet its Paris commitments.
The new laws set up a series of policies to protect consumers, including two independent audits every year, a $ 50,000 fee to operate in the state, and ensuring that all players are over 18 years old.
The unanimous vote by the California Air Resources Board has the support of a number of top politicians in the state, including Gov. Jerry Brown and several mayors, all of whom have pledged to resist the President's potentially damaging environmental policies, the New York Times reports.
In tough language, the letter contends that such a policy undermines the entire life sciences community and sends a devastating message to immigrants who would otherwise bring their talents to the United States, and was signed by some heavy hitters, including Alnylam CEO John Maraganore and Ron Cohen, the chairman of biotech's biggest trade group and lobbying arm.
US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin complained about persistent trade surpluses and stated that «We urge the IMF to speak out more forcefully on the issue of external imbalances, including by providing clear policy recommendations for countries with large surpluses, in support of more balanced global growth.»
Life insurance policies described, quoted, shown, and illustrated throughout this website are not available in all states and may include those issued by: American General Life; Banner Life Insurance Company, Urbana, MD, and William Penn Life Insurance Company, Garden City, NY, both Legal & General America companies; United of Omaha Life Insurance Company, Omaha, NE, a Mutual of Omaha affiliate company; Fidelity Life Association, A Legal Reserve Life Insurance Company, Oak Brook, IL; Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company, Lynchburg, VA and Genworth Life Insurance Company of New York, New York, NY, member companies of Genworth Financial, Inc.; Lincoln Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York, Syracuse, NY and The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Fort Wayne, IN, both insurance company affiliates of Lincoln National Corporation, whose marketing name is Lincoln Financial Group; First MetLife Investors Insurance Company, New York, NY, MetLife Investors USA Insurance Company, Irvine, CA and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York, NY, all three members of the MetLife family; Protective Life and Annuity, Birmingham, AL; Pruco Life Insurance Company, Newark, NJ and Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, member companies of Prudential Financial, Inc., Newark, NJ; VOYA Life Insurance Company, Minneapolis, MN, VOYA Life Insurance Company of New York, Woodbury, NY and Security Life of Denver Insurance Company, Denver, CO, member of the ING family of companies; Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company, Harrison, NY, and Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Cedar Rapids, IA, both AEGON companiein all states and may include those issued by: American General Life; Banner Life Insurance Company, Urbana, MD, and William Penn Life Insurance Company, Garden City, NY, both Legal & General America companies; United of Omaha Life Insurance Company, Omaha, NE, a Mutual of Omaha affiliate company; Fidelity Life Association, A Legal Reserve Life Insurance Company, Oak Brook, IL; Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company, Lynchburg, VA and Genworth Life Insurance Company of New York, New York, NY, member companies of Genworth Financial, Inc.; Lincoln Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York, Syracuse, NY and The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Fort Wayne, IN, both insurance company affiliates of Lincoln National Corporation, whose marketing name is Lincoln Financial Group; First MetLife Investors Insurance Company, New York, NY, MetLife Investors USA Insurance Company, Irvine, CA and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York, NY, all three members of the MetLife family; Protective Life and Annuity, Birmingham, AL; Pruco Life Insurance Company, Newark, NJ and Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, member companies of Prudential Financial, Inc., Newark, NJ; VOYA Life Insurance Company, Minneapolis, MN, VOYA Life Insurance Company of New York, Woodbury, NY and Security Life of Denver Insurance Company, Denver, CO, member of the ING family of companies; Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company, Harrison, NY, and Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Cedar Rapids, IA, both AEGON companieIN, both insurance company affiliates of Lincoln National Corporation, whose marketing name is Lincoln Financial Group; First MetLife Investors Insurance Company, New York, NY, MetLife Investors USA Insurance Company, Irvine, CA and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York, NY, all three members of the MetLife family; Protective Life and Annuity, Birmingham, AL; Pruco Life Insurance Company, Newark, NJ and Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, member companies of Prudential Financial, Inc., Newark, NJ; VOYA Life Insurance Company, Minneapolis, MN, VOYA Life Insurance Company of New York, Woodbury, NY and Security Life of Denver Insurance Company, Denver, CO, member of the ING family of companies; Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company, Harrison, NY, and Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Cedar Rapids, IA, both AEGON companies.
While I understand that the NDP must feel intense pressure to capture votes — including from people who have never taken a course from John Smithin — I often wish that the NDP would show a bit more policy leadership on the issue of the deficit and debt. I was particularly disappointed during the 2008 federal election campaign when Mr. Layton stated, unequivocally, that the NDP would not run a deficit in the following year if elected (even though it was clear that Canada was entering a recession).
We evaluated renters insurance policies for a sample policy that included $ 30,000 in coverage in 305 cities in the state of California in order to determine which cities had the highest and lowest annual renters insurance costs.
Experts on the panel included, Tyler Chandler, Florida's State Director for the Afterschool All Stars; Michael Kaurich, the Operations Director for STEM Action in Maryland; Anita Krishnamurthi, the Vice President of STEM Policy for the Afterschool Alliance; and Nick Hutchinson, the Executive of US2020.
As in years past, recipients of Donors Trust cash include the biggest players in conservative politics today: the David Koch - chaired Americans for Prosperity Foundation, the Cato Institute, the FreedomWorks Foundation, the Heritage Foundation, the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, and the influential State Policy Network.
Mr. Laurier's record of governance includes liberalizing immigration policy to populate the country particularly in the new western provinces, supporting the construction of transportation infrastructure to bolster economic development and export growth, steadily reducing tariff rates to provide Canada with a tax advantage relative to the United States, and pursuing free trade and market access for Canadian goods and services.
But there have been signs in the past few weeks that as U.S. President Donald Trump has ratcheted up the pressure on China over its trade policyincluding a series of threats to impose punitive tariffs on Chinese goods coming into the United States — that a backsliding on deleveraging may be close.
Sabet, who worked in the White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy during President Obama's first term and serves as director of the Drug Policy Institute at the University of Florida, said the negative consequences of marijuana legalization include advertising aimed at kids, an increase in drugged - driving incidents and a spillover of marijuana from Colorado into surrounding states, where the drug remains illegal.
In no particular order these included: a dysfunctional bankruptcy framework; an immature domestic capital market; withholding taxes on foreign capital; corruption (particularly at the state level — the Modi government has made progress at the federal level); policy and renegotiation risks (a number of legacy and high profile tax eases are yet to be resolved); land acquisition costs (and legal risks); and, the need for tax reforms.
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) writes investor protection rules and other rules regulating broker - dealers and banks in the United States municipal securities market, including tax - exempt and taxable municipal bonds, municipal notes, and other securities issued by states, cities, and counties or their agencies to help finance public projects or for other public policy purStates municipal securities market, including tax - exempt and taxable municipal bonds, municipal notes, and other securities issued by states, cities, and counties or their agencies to help finance public projects or for other public policy purstates, cities, and counties or their agencies to help finance public projects or for other public policy purposes.
On the other hand, according to the Measures for the Administration of Securities Investor Protection Fund 《 證券投資者保護基金管理辦法 》, the functions of China Securities Investor Protection Fund (CSIPF, 中國投資者保護基金) include «indemnifying creditors as required by China's relevant policies in case a securities company is subjected to compulsory regulatory measures including dissolution, closure, bankruptcy and administrative takeover by China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) and custodian operation» or «other functions approved by the State Council».
We studied renters insurance rates for a sample policy that included $ 30,000 of coverage in 121 cities in the state of Michigan in order to determine which cities had the highest and best annual renters insurance costs.
His policy research has been published by think tanks in Canada and the United States including the American Enterprise Institute, the Brookings Institution, the C.D. Howe Institute, the Fraser Institute, the Institute for Research on Public Policy, the Macdonald - Laurier Institute, the Migration Policy Institute and the Woodrow Wilson Cpolicy research has been published by think tanks in Canada and the United States including the American Enterprise Institute, the Brookings Institution, the C.D. Howe Institute, the Fraser Institute, the Institute for Research on Public Policy, the Macdonald - Laurier Institute, the Migration Policy Institute and the Woodrow Wilson CPolicy, the Macdonald - Laurier Institute, the Migration Policy Institute and the Woodrow Wilson CPolicy Institute and the Woodrow Wilson Center.
But joining the TPP also meant effectively renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), with the United States under onerous terms of entry that put Canada's other traditional defensive areas on the negotiating table (including Canadian content in media, intellectual property regime preferences, telecommunications ownership policies, and remaining investment restrictions), with little prospect of any valuable concessions from the United States.
«Give the go - ahead for U.S. based Mossad agents to take out a president deemed unfriendly to Israel in order for the current vice president to take his place and forcefully dictate that the United States» policy includes its helping the Jewish state obliterate its enemies.»
I think that, in keeping with the separation of church and state (which is a good policy, I think), we should not observe ANY religious holidays, including Good Friday, which is widely observed by public schools throughout the US.
Twenty - eight states previously had this policy in place, including Governor Romney's home state of Massachusetts.
The public - policy recommendations include providing state - supported marriage and family education, developing a «family - friendly» workplace, and moving toward a modified «fault» divorce law in cases involving dependent children.
Ukrainian policy - makers are eager to align their country with the West, so a number of times I pointed to the protections that these rights enjoy in the United States as a reason to include similar protections.
Again... we were built on a clear vision of separation of church and state, that no one religion would influence the policy or laws in the United States... that includes Baptist.
In the 1990s as National Farmers Organization's agricultural economist, John worked on ag policy analysis and development at the state and national levels including international trade.
The scope of our public policy and government relations activities includes our participation in trade associations and support of political candidates and campaigns at the local, state and federal levels.
Research shows that a majority of global consumers, and especially Millennials, support companies that are committed to minimizing environmental impacts and that prioritize sustainable approaches to operations.2 To share more about its water initiatives, Fetzer Vineyards developed a new page on its website containing facts about agricultural water use and details about the company's water policy support. Visit fetzer.com/water for more on Fetzer Vineyards» water initiatives, including its adoption of BioFiltro's BIDA ® treatment system and its support for water conservation research and advocacy through collaborations with groups like the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) and Ceres» Connect the Drops, both of which were commended for their water policy efforts at the White House Water Summit on Building a Sustainable Water Future in the United States on March 22, 2016.
Core focus is on consumer issues, although mention is made of prioritising «competition and consumer issues in highly concentrated sectors, in particular in the supermarket and fuel sectors» (nothing new here) and the policy states that some areas are always regarded as a priority, including «cartel conduct and anti-competitive agreements, and the misuse of market power».
As part of our commitment to responsible marketing, we comply with the social responsibility policies established by DISCUS — the Distilled Spirits Council for the United States and spiritsEUROPE — the European representative body for producers of spirit drinks, which set out the principles we maintain in all of our sales and marketing activities, including advertising and promotional programmes.
Visit fetzer.com/waterfor more on Fetzer Vineyards» water initiatives, including its adoption of BioFiltro's BIDA ® treatment system and its support for water conservation research and advocacy through collaborations with groups like the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) and Ceres» Connect the Drops, both of which were commended for their water policy efforts at the White House Water Summit on Building a Sustainable Water Future in the United States on March 22, 2016.
State Board Policy 2423 (2007) requires training for all educators every two years in the prevention of communicable diseases including but not limited to HIV / STDs.
Recess Before Lunch: The State Department of Education includes providing recess before lunch as a sample goal in its guidance document for wellness policy implmentation and monitoring, Making Wellness Work: A Guide to Implementing and Montoring Welness Policies in Maryland (2009).
The law also requires the state commissioner of education to collaborate in creating a model fitness and nutrition policy, which includes components that address Section 204 requirements.
Adopted by the State Board of Education, the action guide includes lessons learned from the state's school nutrition policy pilot projects to help inform districts in implementing and developing their wellness poliState Board of Education, the action guide includes lessons learned from the state's school nutrition policy pilot projects to help inform districts in implementing and developing their wellness polistate's school nutrition policy pilot projects to help inform districts in implementing and developing their wellness policies.
This checklist covers a broad range of topics including school environment assessment, personnel involved in ensuring implementation of hte wellness policy, and compliance with state Nutrition Guidelines for Competitive Foods.
The law goes beyond federal minimum requirements to specifically include nutritional requirements for a la carte items and school sponsored fundraisers before, during, and after school hours, and requires that a planned, sequential K - 12 health and physical education curriculum aligned with state benchmarks be included in the wellness policy.
Using this model, comprehensive breastfeeding policies were developed for all public health services in the state, including job descriptions and «recommendations and competencies» for breastfeeding peer counselors.
Throughout her career Deb has been significantly involved in nurse midwifery policy activities, including being the Virginia Chapter American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM) Chair and Legislative Chair during the passage of state prescriptive authority for nurse - practitioners; serving on the ACNM Board of Directors from 1996 — 2000; and developing and chairing the ACNM Division of Health Policy from 2000 —policy activities, including being the Virginia Chapter American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM) Chair and Legislative Chair during the passage of state prescriptive authority for nurse - practitioners; serving on the ACNM Board of Directors from 1996 — 2000; and developing and chairing the ACNM Division of Health Policy from 2000 —Policy from 2000 — 2005.
It states that women should have better access to lactation support, counseling and breastfeeding equipment, all of which are being included in health insurance policies.
All districts had to do was include the change in their board - approved wellness policy, leaving the rules in place as a baseline for the rest of the state.
But, at least at present, the ultimate check is a triennial audit by the state agencies overseeing federal school meal programs; this audit covers hundreds of items, everything from food safety to sanitation, and also includes determining whether a district has a wellness policy in place that's being enforced.
The highest rates of breastfeeding are observed among higher - income, college - educated women > 30 years of age living in the Mountain and Pacific regions of the United States.60 Obstacles to the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding include physician apathy and misinformation,61 - 63 insufficient prenatal breastfeeding education, 64 disruptive hospital policies, 65 inappropriate interruption of breastfeeding, 62 early hospital discharge in some populations, 66 lack of timely routine follow - up care and postpartum home health visits, 67 maternal employment68, 69 (especially in the absence of workplace facilities and support for breastfeeding), 70 lack of broad societal support, 71 media portrayal of bottle - feeding as normative, 72 and commercial promotion of infant formula through distribution of hospital discharge packs, coupons for free or discounted formula, and television and general magazine advertising.73, 74
Her background includes experience in grassroots organizing, policy and advocacy at the local, regional, state, and federal levels.
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