Sentences with phrase «joined dozens of state»

State lawmakers Dan Stec and Betty Little joined dozens of state and local officials, as well as representatives from environmental groups, to pay tribute to the late politician.

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Sure, dozens of Chinese state - owned behemoths have joined the global corporate aristocracy in the past two decades.

Pennsylvania joins more than a dozen other states across the country that have enacted some form of a 401 (k)- style reform plan.

Submitting to pressure from animal rights groups including Mercy for Animals and the Humane Society of the United States, Walmart joins dozens of other major food companies making the switch.

New York, NY — A growing coalition of dozens of groups (list in formation below), including all major resistance groups across New York State, have joined forces to express their strong rejection of Governor Cuomo's and the New York State Democratic Party's plan to «unite» the mainline Democrats of the New York State Senate with the turncoat «Democrats» of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC).

Reinvent Albany joined civic groups, Brooklyn Democrat Senator Dan Squadron and Manhattan Democrat Brian Kavanagh and dozens of other state legislators in calling for the closure of the infamous «LLC Loophole.»

Prior to joining the commission, Linda served for a dozen years as Executive Director of the New York State Corps Collaboration, where she was responsible for one of the nations largest AmeriCorps programs.

She joins the four dozen or so state lawmakers who've faced major legal or ethical charges since 2000 — including, of course, former legislative kingpins Shelly Silver and Dean Skelos.

She already has support from three influential labor unions — the Communications Workers of America, the New York State Nurses Association and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union — whose local leaders joined her on stage, along with about half a dozen City Council members.

ALBANY, NY (01/19/2017)(readMedia)-- Dozens of community activists joined members from the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) under a grey sky to protest the closing of the Western New York Children's Psychiatric Center.

At 11 a.m., Sen. Tim Kennedy will join nearly a dozen members of Buffalo's leading business and community organizations to discuss Phase II of Buffalo Billion funding that has been proposed in the 2017 - 2018 final state budget, University Metro Station, second level, 3434 Main St., Buffalo.

«After sitting on the sidelines while dozens of women accused Roy Moore and Donald Trump of sexual misconduct, any Republican seeking the votes of New Yorkers come November must immediately denounce this reprehensible conduct and join the call for the State GOP to return this dirty money.»

She joined with dozens of other local officials to ask state lawmakers to reject Cuomo's proposal to freeze property taxes for two years.

Dozens of parents and students joined state Sen. Jose Peralta Tuesday at P.S. 143 to demand the city build a permanent extension to the elementary school, at 34 - 74 113th St.

Joining the ranks of those who graduated from the Basic School of the New York State Police Academy are nearly two - dozen North Country natives.

Members of dozens of city and state unions joined the rally Monday, including hardhats from the Building and Trades Council, teachers from the United Federation of Teachers, transit workers from Transport Workers Local 100 and many more, along with several community groups.

Join Nearly Three Dozen Other Corporations That Have Reached Disclosure Agreements New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, as trustee of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (Fund), announced last Friday that Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. and Nisource Inc. have agreed to the Fund's request that they publicly report -LSB-...]

Dozens of state and county officials joined Bills CEO Russ Brandon in announcing the deal Friday morning.

Albany, NY — Dozens of New York City parents joined Assembly Members Marcos Crespo and Robert Rodriguez in Albany today and called on state legislators to give public charter schools equal treatment in the state budget.

On Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. in Albany, «dozens of New York City parents will join with elected champions to rally in support of public charter schools being given equal treatment in the upcoming state budget.

Abdul Amir Hamdani, center with tie, joined with a dozen supporters today to publicize the destruction by the Islamic State group of antiquities in northern Iraq.

With the Senate joining the House in advancing bills that would replace dozens of vocational - education and job - training programs with block grants, educators are trying to assess the likely impact of handing most authority over federal funding in those areas to states and their governors.

Gov. Bryant was joined by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and dozens of special needs families for the signing ceremony at the State Capitol.

Indiana and Nevada have invested millions in forgivable loans and service scholarships to subsidize the cost of preparation for teachers who commit to stay in the classroom, joining dozens of other states with similar programs.

But other Democrats joined with Republicans to pass Colorado's law, the most comprehensive of a dozen similar bills passed around the nation this year, in part to increase states» chances in a $ 4 billion federal grant competition.

Dozens of educators from across the state today joined a protest of the annual meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council despite blistering July heat.

A bipartisan coalition of 27 governors has joined the effort, saying they see teaching coding and programming as a way to draw middle - class jobs to their states, and dozens of school system superintendents and nonprofit leaders say they see computer science courses as essential for giving children the skills they'll need to be successful in the modern economy.

But while New York teachers, along with teachers in Massachusetts, Chicago, Washington State, Oregon and dozens of other locations join parents in support of the opt out movement, neither the Connecticut Education Association (CEA) nor the American Federation of Teachers — Connecticut Chapter (AFT - CT) have taken any meaningful action in support of parents who are opting their children, or trying to opt their children, out of the Common Core SBAC test.

A dozen of those schools found ways to stay open: Two campuses became separate charter schools; another two received waivers from the State Board of Education to remain open; and eight joined with other existing local charter schools.

The state joins dozens of others in which public higher education competes for dwindling state funding based on outcomes, not just enrollment.

By publicly endorsing and support the opt out effort, the New York State United Teachers join dozens of other teacher union locals who have already voiced their support for parents who are refusing to have their children take the Common Core Testing.

Every month since, dozens of new library partners in the United States and around the world have joined their network for their library solutions.

On Wednesday, the New York City Council decided that New York will join the dozens of cities across the United States and Canada that reject the for - profit suffering of vulnerable wild animals for human entertainment.

The project, which joined hands with the Culturunners initiative led by British artist Stephen Stapleton, has previously facilitated an exhibition of Saudi conceptual artist Abdulnasser Gharem at the Los Angeles County Musuem of Art in 2017, as well as spearheading a multi-city tour of the United States for Saudi artists, bringing around a dozen visual practitioners, including Ahmad Angawi and 2017 Abraaj Group Art Prize shortlisted artist Sarah Abu Abdallah, to spaces such as the Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco and the Bates College Museum of Art in Maine.

During a layover in Miami, before heading to Cuba, Arts Observer stopped by the collection in early June, joining a tour of about a dozen people from various states.

And as a sign of the broad support behind this plan, we are joined by the representatives from more than a dozen car and truck manufacturers, as well as fleet operators, auto workers, labor leaders, environmental groups, and officials from California and other states.

Joining a civil legal aid team using impact litigation and advocacy as its primary tools to pursue justice and equal rights through authentic and holistic service delivery to clients, CLSMF's Director of Litigation will support, refine, build, and maintain best in class approaches to support the expertise of our diverse and highly talented legal team, this Florida Attorney in good standing and experienced legal services litigator, will utilize the ability to simultaneously coordinate multiple complex cases in state and federal courts, while also monitoring and troubleshooting dozens of other significant cases handled by program staff.

Since she joined LandVest in 1998 she has completed record real estate sales in dozens of communities in six states for clients including Harvard University, the Nature Conservancy, MIT, Bessemer Trust and Fiduciary Trust and private individuals.