Sentences with phrase «issues state leaders»

Choices and Trade - offs: Key Questions for State Policymakers when Selecting High School Assessments, designed to elevate the trade - offs between using state - or nationally - developed assessments, proposes a series of issues state leaders should investigate to determine which approach best matches state policy priorities, with regard to the renewed flexibility and opportunities of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

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In a statement, leaders will ask the Commission «to examine the need and ways to screen investments from third countries in strategic sectors, while fully respecting members states» competences,» a reference to national sovereignty on the issue.

He's also stuck his neck out on LGBTQ issues, pushing fellow business leaders to take a stand against laws in the state of Indiana that critics say discriminate against gay and transgender people.

Brennan has interviewed billionaires, heads of state, thought leaders and chief executives of multibillion - dollar corporations and her profile story on Equity Group Investments chairman Sam Zell was one of five magazine covers featured on the 2013 Forbes 400 issue.

We think the threat of losing delegate representation should incentivize red - state Democrats — and other Democratic leaders — to prioritize issues that directly affect black communities on the state and federal levels.

By converting «wasted» presidential votes into «none of the above» or support for third - party candidates in Oklahoma, Arizona and other deep red states in the South — the Confederacy, essentially — black voters would exert pressure on party leaders to not take black voters and their issues for granted.

Though some Republicans, like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, were quick to praise Tillerson's international business experience working with foreign governments, Tillerson's nomination was met with deep skepticism from both parties over his embodiment of the most contentious 2016 campaign issues: Trump's closeness with Russia, climate change skepticism, and potential business conflicts of interest.

«We are committed to working with state and local leaders to secure our schools and tackle the difficult issue of mental health,» he said.

With President Trump's visit to Poland on his way to the July 2017 G20 summit, energy and infrastructure issues will likely be on the agenda as he meets with the leaders of the Three Seas Initiative, a collection of Central and Eastern European states working to increase connections between the Baltic, Black, and Adriatic Seas.

In the magazine's Annual Fintech Issue, Modern Trader editors spoke with dozens of Fintech leaders about the state of the industry.

The OSCE chairmanship has served as an important platform for other post-Communist European countries to demonstrate the maturity of their diplomatic capabilities, showcase the commitment of their political leaders to the Helsinki principles, and earn the respect of other OSCE participating states by exercising leadership on key regional security issues.

We joined franchise industry leaders from the region, state and nation on the steps of the State Capitol building to raise awareness about the high unemployment issues our veterans face, and to discuss what we are doing with other franchise companies to support veterans and their carstate and nation on the steps of the State Capitol building to raise awareness about the high unemployment issues our veterans face, and to discuss what we are doing with other franchise companies to support veterans and their carState Capitol building to raise awareness about the high unemployment issues our veterans face, and to discuss what we are doing with other franchise companies to support veterans and their careers.

Conservative opposition leader Andrew Scheer stated that the Prime Minister's «arrogance is astounding» on this issue, taking aim at the Liberal leader Monday morning as Parliament resumed for the fall session.

President Carter's announcement at Notre Dame in 1977 that Americans had gotten over their «inordinate fear of communism»» together with Secretary of State Cyrus Vance's statement that Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev shared «similar dreams and aspirations about the most fundamental issues»» demonstrated that the degradation of moral judgment into moral posturing could coexist with breathtaking strategic myopia (and indeed moral blindness) in minds for which the evocation of the specter of Vietnam marked an end to moral reasoning, or indeed any other form of reasoning.

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.

In general, the cynical leaders of the backlash» as distinguished from the true believers at the grass roots who really do care about issues like abortion, religion, homosexual marriage, and the rest» are often moderate cultural modernists themselves, but they are perfectly happy to reap the benefits that accrue to them from red - state Americans losing sight of the material issues that ought to dominate their political imaginations.

Some members have held high - level meetings with foreign leaders, urged U.S. embassies to investigate situations of repression, and lobbied the White House and State Department to address particular issues in bilateral discussions.

Washington (CNN)-- As the Supreme Court considers two major same - sex marriage cases that could change marriage in the United States, religious leaders on both sides of the debate believe they are on God's side of the contentious issue.

In much the same way that Martin Luther had posted his 95 Theses on the church door in Wittenberg on October 31, 1517, for the purpose of stating his objections to the abuses he saw within the Roman Catholic Church and inviting church leaders to gather and discuss these items, so also, the Five Articles of Remonstrance were an invitation by the followers of Arminius to the followers of Calvin to gather for the purpose of discussing these issues.

Just before the crusade, Protestant, Catholic and Jewish leaders in the city issued a strong statement denouncing those «who cast doubt upon the loyalty of the state department and officials in other departments of government, and many of our proven patriots and statesmen of long standing (February 28, 1962).

State Department officials plan to continue to speak with Saudi leaders and issue a statement...

There we go again, shut up this hypocritical rightwingers.Only at election time do rear their ugly heads up to be seen and heard.It's time to unleash the CRACKKIN, the monster that the IRS people use on unruly religious groups, exemption is like a death sentence to these groups.Most of these religious leaders are wolves in sheeps clothing, selling their political poison to anyone in their flocks.They push the envelope on the seperation of church and state issue, seeing how far they can go.Pastors and ministers would never speak politics like this years ago, that was taaboo.Now people like Robertson, Graham, and the rest, flaunt their ideaology both religious and political at every event.They don't care about the legal consequences, they have LAWYERS, perishioners pay for that.

Instead, our role as Christian leaders within the community can be to actively engage in conversations around education equity issues like accountability, state vision, and transparency and accessibility in reporting so parents and community leaders alike have the needed information to know how to best support strengthening local schools.

Cardinal Camillo Ruini, the pope's vicar for Rome, it is said, is one of those who hold this view: what is needed, he is thought to believe, is (in the words of John Allen Jr of the American National Catholic Reporter) «good relations with Islam, but also a more robust capacity to challenge and critique Islamic leaders, especially on issues of «reciprocity» — the idea that if Muslim immigrants benefit from religious freedom in the West, Christians should get the same treatment in Islamic states.»

While keeping the state's approximately 250 growers apprised of significant issues, news and advice, the commission represents their interests in its work with businesses, domestic and international markets, the media and leaders in the state and national capitals.»

Indiana's Happy Babies Brain Trust, a work group of public and private leaders, released an issue brief in November 2015 laying out recommendations for state action to support early childhood develop...

«While my policy as leader is not to sign the many pledges that are presented to me, I want you to know my position on the three issues that you have raised with the members of the State Legislature: I support the concepts of applying generally accepted accounting principles to our state budget, requiring disclosure of lawmakers» non-government income and appointing an independent commission to redraw legislative district lines,» Sampson said in a statement released by NY UpriState Legislature: I support the concepts of applying generally accepted accounting principles to our state budget, requiring disclosure of lawmakers» non-government income and appointing an independent commission to redraw legislative district lines,» Sampson said in a statement released by NY Upristate budget, requiring disclosure of lawmakers» non-government income and appointing an independent commission to redraw legislative district lines,» Sampson said in a statement released by NY Uprising.

NSCIA Ondo State council warns that the Christian leaders should stay clear of issues that bothers on Muslims right and mind their own business!

«His intimate knowledge of the Senate and his experience navigating difficult issues both as a senior leader in our Counsel and Program office and as the State Party's top lawyer will serve him extraordinarily well.

Preserving the deduction of state and local taxes is not a partisan issue, but about basic fairness to states like New York, Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said Wednesday in a statement.

Two days after the Times reported a tenative deal between legislative leaders and Gov. David Paterson to allow the state and municipalities to borrow from the pension fund to pay pension costs, Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has issued a harshly - worded statement insisting he'll protect the fund from raids «under any circumstances.»

IDC Leader Jeff Klein has defended the conference's relationship with Republicans, noting key issues such as paid family leave and multiple increases in the state's minimum wage have been approved during the last several years.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins did not praise the constitutional amendment that would codify the Roe v. Wade decision in state law as backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday, indicating more urgency was needed on the issue.

Three legislative leaders met with Gov. Andrew Cuomo behind closed doors at the state Capitol yesterday and hammered out a number of specifics, though a range of non-fiscal policy issues — apparently with the exception of addressing sexual harassment — have fallen off the table.

Also at 11 a.m., Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and members of her conference issue a report and announce a series of bills aimed at fixing the state's Election Laws, Senate Democratic Conference Room (315), state Capitol, Albany.

«The reality is nobody really thought we'd be talking about these issues because of the person who is now holding the office,» said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins at a news conference this week pushing a bill that would require the release of Trump's state tax returns.

Beginning with the 2003 European Security Strategy, EU leaders outlined the major security issues shared by member states and underscored the importance of combating these largely non-traditional threats [1] with an interplay of military and civilian prevention, response and management strategies.

It's time for New York State Senator John J. Flanagan and NY State Senate leaders to face this issue.

There are three ballot propositions going before voters statewide in November: A proposed constitutional amendment to establish a redistricting commission (with members to be appointed by legislative leaders), a constitutional amendment to permit electronic distribution to state legislators of pending bills, and a $ 2 billion school bond issue.

Geoff Berman, the leader of the state's Democratic Party who was chosen by Cuomo, issued a statement on DeFrancisco's candidacy.

New York State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan issued a statement on Sunday, saying that he had recently been treated for an alcohol problem.

DeFrancisco, the Senate's deputy majority leader, said he had not read the full 264 - page study issued by the state Monday morning.

Bharara, the prosecutor who has already won convictions against former Senate leader Dean Skelos and Assembly leader Sheldon Silver, has issued subpoenas for records related to the Buffalo Billion projects, state contracts with COR Development for Central New York projects, and for a controversial energy project in Orange County, among other things.

While there are issues the Church still opposes lawmakers on, Dolan and the bishops plan to congratulate state leaders for what he deemed a new sense of purpose and value in Albany.

Still serving his first term in the State Senate, Brad Hoylman has already emerged as a leader on street - safety issues.

New York State Senator Michael Gianaris issued the following statement about the race for Attorney General: «I am grateful to the many leaders who are encouraging me to run for attorney general and intend to give serious consideration to doing More...

Corruption Trials and Two Reform Reports Make the Case for Action Now In light of the corruption trials of two former legislative leaders taking place this week and New York State's D - minus grade in how it handles issues of integrity from a national comparison study, New York's leading good government groups today called upon the -LSB-...]

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and more than 125 religious leaders from around the state issued an open letter condemning white supremacy and Trump's response to the violence in Charlottesville.

«While some of our members have differed in the past on some of the specific issues in the New NY Agenda, the Executive Committee unanimously takes this position because we understand and accept Andrew's point that this is a pivotal moment in the history of this state, similar to the 1975 New York City fiscal crisis, when leaders in the labor, civic, business and political arena must put aside their individual agendas for the good of the entire state.»

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer issued a challenge Monday to Vice President Mike Pence who Is making a visit Schumer's home state of New York.