Sentences with phrase «influence state leaders»

Influence state leaders to build the capacity of districts and schools by providing resources for students reading below grade level in middle grades and high schools.

Contact your state representative, write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper, or connect with church groups and grassroots activists who can help influence state leaders.

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will tell United States congressional leaders and policymakers this week that commerce and trade are as powerful as «ships and planes» when it comes to exerting influence in the Asia - Pacific, as he seeks to breathe life into the Trans - Pacific Partnership.

In part, those expectations were stoked by photos of Western influences seeping into the regime: Jong - un has done photo ops at water parks and taken roller - coaster rides with foreign diplomats, Disney characters have performed for the new leader on state TV, and Jong - un's wife has sported a Dior handbag, to name a few examples.

Jefferson was clearly saying that religious issues were in the various state's area of influence and control, not his as leader of the Federal Union.

And Americans are among the most glum of all, with more than eight out of 10 evangelical Christian leaders there saying that the movement is losing influence in the United States today.

The influence of factious leaders may kindle a flame within their particular States, but will be unable to spread a general conflagration through the other States.

The annual state report on lobbying is out, and it finds that $ 226 million was spent on influencing government leaders, with the largest amount from education groups.

Rep. Brian Higgins was among a delegation which recently traveled to the Middle East to meet with other leaders concerned about the rising influence of the group that calls itself Islamic State.

«Minor parties and their leaders have a disproportionate amount of influence in New York State politics and our government,» Coppola said in a press release.

As Assembly Speaker, Silver was a member of the so - called «three men in a room» who, along with the Governor and Senate Majority Leader, wielded immense influence both in Lower Manhattan — where he was first elected in 1976 — and throughout the state.

The move came after former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, were indicted, in part for influencing the award of a $ 12 million Nassau contract.

Former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, were convicted on all counts Friday for shaking down more than $ 300,000 in payoffs by trading on the father's political influence.

Tinubu rose to the position of real influence and prominence because of his hold on Lagos politics and the roles he played in breaking the dominance of the Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo, Ogun, Osun and Ekiti states as the leader of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria.

Nassau's contracting system came under scrutiny last May after then - State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) was charged in a federal corruption case that included influencing the award of a county contract to a company that hired his son, Adam.

Controversy over the county's contracting procedures system erupted last year when former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) was charged in federal court with influencing the county to award a $ 12 million contract to a company that employed his son.

Former New York state Sen. Majority Leader Dean Skelos was sitting in his own public - corruption trial Monday afternoon when he learned that a federal jury across the street convicted his longtime colleague, former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, of trading his political influence for financial gain.

Mr. Lopez, who as the Democratic leader in Brooklyn and chairman of the Assembly's housing committee projected great influence across New York City and the state, resigned in May 2013 after a state ethics commission released a report about his alleged behavior including groping of female staff members and other unwanted sexual advances.

Dutchess County Legislature Assistant Majority Leader Donna Bolner said, «With more than 70 % of the county budget mandated by the state and federal government, we must continue to be prudent and wise with the remaining 30 % of the budget that we have direct influence over.

Although many New York Assembly Districts contain multiple Democratic clubs whose jurisdictions are divided into the various Parts of the Assembly District, the Lexington Democratic Club is the «official» Democratic Club for the entire 73rd Assembly District and accordingly, its members have substantial influence in the election of six District Leaders and two State Committee representatives.

The retirement of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid could come with a gift to New York: the possibility Sen. Charles Schumer may succeed him in a role almost certain to bring increased influence to the state.

Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar, on Tuesday, reminisced over the trial of Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos state and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) before the tribunal saying that he was under «serious» influence during the period.

The retirement of US Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid could come with a gift to New York: the possibility Sen. Charles Schumer may succeed him in a role almost certain to bring increased influence to the state.

Thomas Libous, a former deputy majority leader of the state Senate who is dying of cancer, was sentenced to six months of home confinement and two years of probation for lying to federal agents who were investigating whether he used his political influence to get his son a job.

Mr. Cuomo has been in Albany, but if he has exerted any influence, it has been behind closed doors: He remained hidden from sight, offering no comment on the state of negotiations, leaving legislative leaders to offer periodic, and largely uninformative updates.

I thought that if we could help elect a true independent, a genuine reformer, that all of these sacrifices would not have been in vain, but alas the Independence Party has become the Incumbent Dependence Party, a tool for influence peddlers like Tom Connolly to cater to the state's most powerful leaders.»

It needs to educate and organize voters, encourage grassroots activism, and influence the actions of Democratic leaders at the local, state and national levels.

The Met Council report and the federal charges exposed what many see as the undue influence of the real estate industry on New York State lawmakers and industry leaders» willingness to lavish lawmakers with cash legally and illegally to get what they want.

And this spring, with corruption scandals placing two neophyte leaders atop the State Senate and Assembly, the lobbyists could wield even more influence in shaping state poState Senate and Assembly, the lobbyists could wield even more influence in shaping state postate policy.

This deal allowed the turncoat coterie's leader, Bronx State Senator Jeffrey Klein, to assume the title of co-leader and enjoy tremendous influence over legislation and over the chamber's inner workings.

That means a check written to the New York State Democratic Committee's housekeeping committee can have as much influence as one written to the campaigns for Gov. Andrew Cuomo or Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a Democrat, or Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos.

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy is attempting to influence closed - door budget negotiations between Republican and Democratic state legislative leaders.

But the presence of three Catholics at the helm in Annapolis hasn't stopped a same - sex marriage bill from wending its way through the legislature, triggering deep disappointment among church leaders as it suggests a waning of Catholic influence in this heavily Catholic state.

Leaders in the Assembly and State Senate have announced their support for comprehensive campaign finance reform, including public financing of elections, which would stop the corrupting influence of big money in politics.

Dean Skelos tried using his influence as state Senate Majority Leader to get his son's wife on a Long Island zoning board, while son Adam tried to use his dad's position to bully his way into doing business with a Greek diner group, federal prosecutors say.

The Silver trial, along with the corruption trial of the former State Senate majority leader, Dean G. Skelos, and his son, Adam, exposed Albany's seamy culture of secrecy and influence peddling.

Mr. Peralta's defection does more than siphon power from the Democratic conference; it puts the independent group in position to expand its sphere of influence, pulling Republicans toward the political middle and offering John J. Flanagan, the Senate's Republican leader, an unbreachable bulwark against liberal policies favored by the Democrats who dominate the State Assembly.

The guilty plea comes just days after Republican State Senate Leader Dean Skelos was charged with using his position and influence to earn cash for his son, Adam Skelos, and months after Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was charged with disguising kickbacks and bribes as outside income.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Former state Senate majority leader Dean Skelos and Adam Skelos today were found guilty by a federal jury in Manhattan on eight counts charging the once - powerful lawmaker used his political influence to force businesses to hire the son.

Republican majority leaders in the state Senate have been adept for many years in persuading individual Democratic senators to change sides in exchange for greater influence.

New York State GOP Chairman Ed Cox has indicated he would prefer to see Staten Island Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis succeed Mr. Grimm, but he has little influence among the local party leaders who will pick the candidate for the special election.

Deborah Warner, of Centerstate Corporation for Economic Opportunity agreed and pushed the point further, saying state leaders should consider setting political lines by industry influences as much as municipal ones.

The felony convictions of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, now suddenly former assemblyman, had to send cold chills through the Dean Skelos camp, where the former majority leader of the state Senate was, along with his son, on trial across Foley Square in Manhattan federal court on similar bribery and influence - peddling charges.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Thomas Libous, a former deputy majority leader of the New York state Senate, was sentenced Tuesday to six months of home confinement and two years of probation for lying to federal agents who were investigating whether he used his political influence to get his son a job.

He favors full public financing of state campaigns, adding, «The legislators should be banned from taking outside income,» a harsh remedy for the legal corruption that dominates Albany politics, but one that has become increasingly plausible as more has been revealed about the influence - peddling legislative leaders are able to do, to their personal enrichment.

The success of Adam Skelos, 32, was attributed by prosecutors to his father's influence as the leader of the Senate and as a potentate among state Republicans.

«Rather than trying to assess the probability of an extreme event occurring, a group of researchers suggest viewing the event as a given and assessing to which degree changes in the thermodynamic state (which we know has been influenced by climate change) altered the severity of the impact of the event,» notes Dorit Hammerling, section leader for statistics and data science at the Institute for Mathematics Applied to Geosciences, National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Leaders with two hats Beyond the statistical problem is the influence that bosses of the state - owned energy enterprises have in the decisionmaking process.

«The influence of laser light on the state of the atoms can be compared to the magnetization of solid crystals by an external magnetic field in classical physics,» Dr. Christian Groß, leader of the project, explains.

For half a century, the Florida State University Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute (GFDI) has been a global leader in the study of fluid flow and motion — the ways that the circulation of liquids and gases influence our oceans, atmosphere and groundwater.