Sentences with phrase «key backers of»

Key backers of Common Core standards are aware of this problem and so the U.S. Department of Education funded the development of new tests that would be aligned with these national standards.

I'm actually more worried that key backers of school choice are starting to abandon private school choice and focus all of their energies on charters.

Savino is one of the key backers of the medical marijuana bill known as the Compassionate Care Act, a bill that late last week was revealed to be the subject of three - way negotiations with Cuomo's office.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, one of the most revered figures of South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle and a key backer of the divestment campaign that helped end the system, was an early backer of fossil fuel divestment and said in 2014: «People of conscience need to break their ties with corporations financing the injustice of climate change.»

The Real Estate Board of New York, a key backer of the Senate GOP, supports the tax abatement.

One key backer of the acting leader fumes: «It was a cheap shot and what makes it all so absurd is Rachel Reeves has been at the heart of this, and she'd be his Shadow Chancellor.»

, who was a key backer of the public insurance option during the health - care debate, said he thinks the P Street Project can help provide resources and political cover for other liberal lawmakers.

Mr McCluskey has been a key backer of Mr Corbyn in both Labour leadership contests won by the left - winger.

Collins was the first member of the House of Representatives to endorse President Donald Trump during the campaign, and he has been a key backer of the president.

Arron Banks, a key backer of the Leave campaign, appears to be not as rich as he claims — leaving questions about where all his Brexit campaign cash come from.

«The American dream is slipping away, and unless our leaders dramaticallyimprove our public schools, our standard of living, our economy, and our very democracy will be threatened,» says Eli Broad, founder of the Broad Foundation and a key backer of the campaign.

Quick read: Jack McGrory, San Diego city manager from 1991 until 1997, is now a key backer of San Diego State University's plan to convert the Qualcomm stadium site into a satellite campus.

Neil Record, a City currency manager and trustee of the free market Institute of Economic Affairs, was exposed by DeSmog UK last September as a key backer of Nigel Lawson's climate denial lobby group, the Global Warming Policy Foundation.

Not exact matches

The idea of renting computing power from another company was almost unheard of, but Jassy had a key backer in Dalzell, who recalls arguing that «we're going to invest in this anyway,» since Amazon would always need data - center resources for itself.

Key backer Benchmark Capital sues Kalanick over allocation of board seats.

Most notably, it's become a fierce backer of women's empowerment, which Sullivan sees as the key to development.

Industry insiders had previously told Re / code that the company — or at least some employees — would likely find a soft landing spot thanks to the connections of investment firm Andreessen Horowitz, one of its key backers.

A plan by Freedom Communications insiders to buy the assets of the bankrupt newspaper company is in danger of losing a key backer, jeopardizing their effort to retain control of the Orange County Register.Santa Ana real estate developer Mike Harrah said...

As freelance journalist Wendy Siegelman and Business Insider reported in March, two members of the Mercer family — major backers of conservative political causes whose money and management was key to Cambridge Analytica from the beginning — have joined the board of Emerdata.

The borough's Democratic Party endorsed Rice prior to the convention in Rye, but Schneiderman has made in - roads there and has a number of key Brooklyn backers, the most notable of which is Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson.

Over the weekend, Dan Padernacht, the candidate who had refused to heed Samuels» call and pressure from a plethora of Rivera backers (WFP, 1199, NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, state Demoratic Party Executive Director Charlie King et al) to quit the race, finally decided to throw in the towel, saying King had played a key role in helping him get there.

Niou, who works for Queens Assemblyman Ron Kim, has garnered several key backers, including influential labor unions 32BJ and the United Federation of Teachers.

Some of his allies, including the key union backer Len McCluskey, have suggested that disloyal MPs were «asking for it».

Because of that bind, some key Democrats have pushed quietly for President Barack Obama to ask Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy — a Vermont Democrat who is a major backer of the same - sex amendment in the bill — to wait to offer it until the entire measure goes to the floor, POLITICO reported recently.

The Cuomo plan to demolish the Javits Convention Center after hundreds of millions in renovations has long been supported by key Committee backers who want to develop the land it would open up.

Brodsky, whose AG candidacy has the support of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, is in a broad field of Democratic hopefuls, each with impressive credentials and key backers.

An early backer of David Cameron, the Shadow Education Secretary is a key member of the party leader's inner circle and has been a strong advocate of the «rebalancing» of recent times.

John Graziano, the Albany County GOP chairman and one of the state party's ten vice-chairs - and a key early Steve Levy backer - was muted this morning on the topic of how his delegates will vote at the convention in Manhattan this week.

One of his key backers is Erie County Republican Chairman Nick Langworthy.

One of the first backers of Gov. Andrew Cuomo when he first ran for Governor in 2002, Pigeon became a key player in Western New York for Cuomo.

Some Moreland insiders insisted Cuomo's office was particularly deadset on stopping subpoenas to the Real Estate Board of New York, whose members are key Cuomo donors, but also major backers of Skelos and Senate Republicans.

(CNN)-- Sen. John McCain, whose endorsement of President Barack Obama's plan to launch military strikes against Syria provided the president a key Republican backer, faced vocal opponents of military action during a town hall in Arizona Thursday.

«Mitt Romney has shored up support among his key backers while cutting his loses among Tea Party voters,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

In addition to losing quality if key choice backers were to support charters to the exclusion of private school choice, there are obvious political advantages to backing both types of choice.

Backers recently received Steam Early Access keys that includes a prologue (with a round of an optional tutorial) and a short campaign.

Steam keys for backers should be going out today, but you can keep your eye on the Steam page for a way to get into it if you're not one of the game's funders.

We've heard your concerns about how some of you have since sold / traded in your Wii U's and we're looking into an upgrade program — either allowing users to directly change their Wii U backer key to a Switch one, or by offering a discount for the Switch version if the Wii U one is owned.

Separate comment to ask a hopefully simple question: Will backers who pledged for multiple copies of the game receive multiple Ultimate Edition keys, the same way they received multiple copies of all the DLCs?

Being open with your backers is one of the keys to a successful crowd funding project, and it's hard to imagine being more open than letting you play our test builds!

We are excited to let you know that we have begun distribution of BATTLETECH game keys into BackerKit accounts!With over 50,000 Backers, it will take...

Backers of the Kickstarter campaign for Shadowrun Returns, as well as those who bought the Collectors Edition of the game, will have received a beta key for the Shadowrun: Dragonfall expansion.

Not to mention that no kickstarters have as many backers as the abusers of the key system request anyways.

KickStarter backers will receive Shadowrun: Dragonfall for free with the same number of keys received for Shadowrun Returns.

As always the alpha version of the game is available to buy on our site at strangeloopgames.com/eco, and we'll be giving Steam keys to all our backers when we launch on Early Access later this year.

Access to the exclusive backer community and opportunity to vote on key features of the game.

Every backer who receives a copy of Tower of Elements 2 will receive a FREE STEAM KEY when the game is Greenlit.

The Humble Bundle backers will still be sent their designated Early Access Steam keys as normal (when ready, of course).

Backers of the PS Vita version can replace their Vita key with the other console versions or can get a refund of the cost of the Vita key ($ 10).

Mercer was a key financial backer of Donald Trump's election campaign and Mercer's daughter, Rebekah, was a member of the committee tasked with shaping the new Trump administration.

The Mercer family were key financial backers of Trump's successful presidential campaign, but were also key influencers in the makeup of Trump's administration.