Sentences with phrase «last year mandating»

Pennsylvania lawmakers spent months last year mandating seatbelts regulations, limiting teen drivers to only having one non-family passenger in the car, and working on a bill that would prohibit using cell phones and texting while driving.

There's also language amending a decision last year mandating districts share their locally - generated maintenance and construction money with charter schools.

Green roofs have also sparked interest in Japan, where in Tokyo the municipal government last year mandated that structures with a roof area greater than or equal to 10,765 square feet (1,000 square meters) must cultivate at least 20 percent of that area.

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Local judges are making a habit of ordering WhatsApp blockades — this is the third time, following similar mandated outages in December last year and May this year.

As expected, Corbyn defeated Smith in comfortable fashion, winning with an even larger mandate than he received in last year's leadership contest.

«We've reduced our discretionary spending over the last seven or eight years an incredible amount,» said House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen, R - N.J. «Maybe some people don't like those agencies, but it's been pretty difficult for them to meet their mandate.»

The U.S. and Papua New Guinea are the only countries among 185 nations and territories that hadn't imposed government - mandated laws requiring employers to pay mothers while on leave with their babies, according to a study released last year by the United Nations» International Labor Organization.

A coalition of conservative states historically opposed to the Affordable Care Act is suing the Trump administration in a move to end the nearly - decade old health law following last year's repeal of Obamacare's individual insurance mandate.

Last year, she led a Fed committee in charge of clarifying how the bank views its dual mandate, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The group, known as Dilbit Committee, had been mandated by Congress last year to look at bitumen and spill risks and review pipeline safety regulations if necessary.

Last month, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls requested a two - year extension and up to $ 50 million in order to complete its mandate.

Many investors worry about laws passed last year that increase the government's role in managing the pre-salt assets, closing them off from open bidding and mandating that Petrobras be the lead operator in exploiting them.

Just like the matte black Tesla Semi, with a 300 - mile range, that was spotted last month, the long - range Semi was equipped with a standard set of side mirrors — mandated accessories which were absent on the long - hauler during its unveiling last year.

Similar to last year, our portfolio continues to be significantly tilted towards economically sensitive stocks — notwithstanding the fact that the Ensemble Fund does not have a mandate to focus on economically sensitive sectors of the stock market.

A study commissioned by Marketing Week last year found that 62 % of staff feel the biggest barrier to digital transformation is not having a leadership mandate.

The number of states that require high school students to complete a course in economics has dropped over the last two years, and mandates for personal finance education in the upper grades remain stagnant, a new survey shows.

When the preliminary rule for the contraception mandate was released last year, it had a different four - point definition for a religious organization.

Last year Frank C. Carlucci, deputy secretary of defense, described what he believed to be an election mandate: «We are obliged to rearm our country.»

Meanwhile, Christian colleges, charities, and non-profits have been battling the mandate in court ever since, and last year, the Supreme Court sent their cases back for more review.

The topic has been in the news lately for a lot of reasons — from the anniversary of Roe vs. Wade last week, to Hobby Lobby's challenge of the HHS mandate last year.

A new PGA Tour rule for this season helped: it's a mandate that players who didn't have at least 25 starts in the previous season to add an event to their schedules that they hadn't played in the last four years.

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

Northern Illinois» selection for last year's Orange Bowl, mandated by a rule meant to allow mid-major champions into the process but applied here to the detriment of four SEC teams in the final top 10, made the Huskies the lowest - ranked BCS at - large team ever.

And, having now worked closely with Houston ISD's Food Services department for the last four years, I feel only sympathy for school districts trying to balance their budgets while meeting the HHFKA's healthier school food mandates, all in the face of insufficient funding and negative student reactions to the food.

The other, implemented last year, mandates that hospitals provide new parents with safe sleeping information.

A legal contract covering use of parkland for the fair was mandated last year by a master agreement between the city, state and Fair Authority.

Park officials said that according to a state - mandated tax levy, $ 10 million was collected for pension obligations in the last fiscal year.

«It'll be like the repeal we put on his (President Obama's) desk (last year), medical device tax, health insurance tax, employer mandate, employee mandate, 40 hour week, work week.

According to the Energy Commission which is mandated to ensure that energy supply meets demand at all times, even though the expected power supply this year is a significant improvement over that of last year, it will still not eliminate the threat of load - shedding until the country is able to obtain significant imports from neighbouring Cote d'Ivoire to augment supply.

The machines mandated by the federal HAVA law debuted last year as part of a pilot project in some select local races, but this is the first time they've been deployed statewide.

By securing 61.8 % of all votes cast, Corbyn has increased his mandate from last year's election, where he won by 59.5 %.

The Connecticut Republican Party challenged (PDF) Secretary of State Denise Merrill's decision to list Democratic candidates first on the ballot this year, arguing that it violated a statute mandating that the party whose candidate for governor got the most votes in the last election gets to be listed first in all ballots.

In Suffolk, our state - mandated pension - system payments have increased 1,000 percent over the last nine years.

«This budget builds on the long term mandate relief achievements of the last two years, but counties need some shorter term relief,» said NYSAC President Edward A. Diana, the Orange County Executive.

The annual comprehensive report from Cuomo's main economic development apparatus was mandated last year by the Legislature amid increased criticism of the governor's efforts to boost business across the state, especially in distressed upstate areas.

Police Commissioner William Bratton is opposed to legislation mandating the changes and said at a hearing last year that the bill represents «unprecedented intrusions into the operational management» of the police department.

«As a way to reduce the property tax burden on homeowners across the state, Governor Cuomo proposed making the county - wide shared services panels that were mandated by the state last year a permanent fixture of local governments... in 2017, 34 counties submitted nearly 400 projects with more than $ 200 million in savings... Cuomo proposed making state funding for local government conditional on the continuation of shared services panels.

It was indeed a triumphant moment for the man, who led a fight that lasted almost four years with the support of the people of the state, to reclaim his stolen mandate.

Last, since pension costs are an expensive mandate for local governments, Governor Cuomo has created a new tier in the state pension system that would save local government's $ 79 billion over the next thirty years.

Turnout at last year's metro mayor elections in neighbouring city regions (Greater Manchester, 28.6 %; Liverpool City Region, 25.9 %; Tees Valley, 21 %) was far from stellar — and a turnout considerably lower than that could hamper the already fragile mandate of new SCRCA mayor.

This is an unelected government with no mandate, dependent on a minority party whose support base opposes what it's doing, trying to undo the gains of the last 100 years, especially to destroy and privatise the NHS.

They are also «all out» with all councillors being elected together rather than by thirds, and election nights over the last thirty years have given rise to many fresh administrations with a mandate for change.

De Blasio denied he was micromanaging his image last year when his lawyers issued a sweeping mandate to review all public records requests that could «reflect directly on the mayor.»

The possible return of John Dramani Mahama for a third and last bite at the presidency, has forced President Akufo - Addo, into an early campaign mood, instead of concentrating on the rest of his 4 - year mandate, which has been reduced to 3 years, a month and few days.

The mandate for Mr Corbyn is higher than the 59 % he won last year.

It was released today minutes after Mr Corbyn triumphed in a landslide 62 % victory - a bigger mandate than he won last year.

«When you have government mandated expenses like property taxes and water and sewer rates that have gone through the ceiling in the last 10 years, that now eat up anywhere from 30 — 40 - percent of every rent dollar an owner takes in, then it doesn't leave much left to pay off your mortgage, to make repairs, to invest in the capital improvement in your building.

Continuing he said, «With President Jonathan, our nation will continue in the path of unity, stability and prosperity, which has been the driving force and inspiration of our government in delivering our mandate in the last three years.

Local governments and school districts are asking for a reduction in unfunded mandates in order to comply with a 2 % property tax cap imposed by Cuomo and the legislature last year.

In a Washington Times op - ed last year, Carson sharply criticized HUD's Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing program, designed to incentivize desegregation - based planning in the nation's cities, calling it a «mandated social - engineering scheme.»