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He has also been calling other leaders across the state on the phone to sell the unity package as key to helping the Democrats win a Senate majority.

I have heard from each of Nevada's school superintendents and education leaders across the state on ways to improve ESEA.

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«The Interview,» the Sony Pictures film about a fictional plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, opened in more than 300 movie theaters across the United States on Christmas Day, drawing many sell - out audiences and statements by patrons that they were championing freedom of expression.

May 28 - 29, Manila The event cuts across the hyperbole and brings together business leaders, government, and blockchain enthusiasts alike to access the state of blockchain and discuss applications on improving and changing the way business is done.

Kristin: MomsRising is working on all of those family economic security policy priorities in cities, counties and states across the country, educating leaders about what's happening with moms, and educating the media, as well as reaching out to moms and letting them know that they're not alone in their struggle, and that together, they can make change.

The email comes as party leaders from across the state and the political spectrum question or outright oppose ending the law, which allows members of one political party a waiver to run on another ballot line.

At 8:45 a.m., More than 500 students, parents, educational leaders and citizens from across New York State will gather for a day - long symposium on My Brother's Keeper, the initiative to help boys and young men of color — and all students — realize their full potential, Empire State Plaza Convention Center, Convention Hall, Albany.

This statewide tour involves state Democratic Party leaders — Jay Jacobs (chairman), Charlie King (executive director) and June O'Neill (ex-chair, executive committee chair)-- traveling to communities across New York to solicit ideas from residents and (ostensibly) forwarding the best of those on to the gubernatorial designee and his running mate, Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy.

I'm proud to join with Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and the entire Democratic Conference in calling on the State Senate to defend the public interest by bringing my tax disclosure bills to a vote this session, as is happening in 28 other state houses across the nation.&rState Senate to defend the public interest by bringing my tax disclosure bills to a vote this session, as is happening in 28 other state houses across the nation.&rstate houses across the nation.»

In relation to Brexit the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Ruth Davidson, stated on Monday that the Irish question could be solved by regulatory alignment across the UK, implying support for continued membership of the single market and customs» union.

Last week on Capital Tonight, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said ethics reform should include the executive branch, and today, Speaker Sheldon Silver called the effectiveness of the governor's tour across the state «irrelevant.»

Also at 10 a.m., Deputy Senate Majority Leader and gubernatorial candidate John DeFrancisco will comment on the «misuse» of at least $ 8 million in State DOT and Thruway Authority capital fund resources to install 514 illegal «I Love NY» tourism signs along highways across New York, «I Love NY» tourism signs near the Albany Airport Entrance, Rt 155 (Albany Shaker Road), Colonie.

«The impact of a ban on polystyrene foam in New York City would be devastating for localities across the state — especially in my district, where manufacturing is an economic engine,» leader Kolb said.

Mayor Stephanie A. Miner called on Republican leaders from across New York State, including Onondaga County Republican Committee Chair Tom Dadey, to publicly repudiate a recent mailer circulated by the Committee to Save the Erie County Republican Party.

A benefactor of the wealth of Republican and Democratic candidates could be Oz Griebel, the former banker and longtime leader of the MetroHartford Alliance who is bypassing the convention process and traveling across the state to collect the 7,500 signatures needed to run on his own ballot line in November.

«My message of reforming and changing the way business is done in New York has been resonating with voters across the political spectrum and while I remain a Republican, I don't think my independent message has connected with state Republican leaders who seem intent on continuing the losing formula that all but guarantees a third term for Democrat Andrew Cuomo,» Giambra said in a statement.

Under the state's County - Wide Shared Services Initiative, Cuomo required county leaders across New York state to submit their localized ideas on a property tax savings plan by Tuesday.

The Board of Regents» new leaders launched an inquiry Monday into the validity of the state test system and its links to teacher evaluations, citing the need to rebuild public trust following a second annual round of massive exam boycotts on Long Island and across the state.

With only one week until two Rensselaer County Legislators face off in a special election for the 107th Assembly District seat, Democratic candidate Cindy Doran received support from numerous Democratic women leaders from across the state on yesterday afternoon.

«New York has already opened doors and created opportunities for businesses to expand into new global markets — and by bringing industry leaders and representatives from across the state together on a first - ever trade mission to Ireland, we will take our economy and diverse business community to heights never reached before,» Cuomo said in a statement.

Mayors from across the state have signed on to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's «Enough is Enough» campaign against sexual assault on college campuses — with the exception of one notable city leader.

The coalition said, «As a follow - up on our previous press release, a joint meeting between the Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators and youth leaders across the Niger Delta region held today (Thursday) in Port Harcourt to review the state of the Nigerian nation and the position of Niger Delta in the Nigerian state.

«Our Senate budget focuses on the priorities of hardworking taxpayers and their families by providing new property tax relief, rebuilding our infrastructure to spur job creation and giving students across the state the opportunities they need and deserve,» Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said.

In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media & Publicity, Mr. Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, Saraki stated that IDG2017 is an opportunity for law and policy - makers, community leaders and families to re-evaluate, highlight and scrutinize the unique challenges that girls across Nigeria face.

On National Homeless Persons» Memorial Day, a coalition of faith leaders, advocates and housing providers gathered at the State Capitol in Albany to demand the Governor keep his promise to fund thousands of units of supportive housing for the homeless in communities across New York State.

Just one day after Mayor Bill de Blasio appeared at City Hall with a bevy of business leaders to push for extending mayoral control of New York City schools, the state Senate education committee held its second hearing on the issue right across the street.

Leader of the group and Special Assistant on Peace and Reconciliation, Mr. Charles Ushie, stated that the essence of the network was to sensitize the citizenry on the need to equip themselves with the PVC ahead of the general election, adding that they will also ensure that those who were yet to register were encouraged to do so across the 196 wards of the 18 local government areas of the state.

The deals he and the legislative leaders struck earlier this week included a package of efforts to combat opioid and heroin addiction, a growing scourge across the state; a push to expand access to mammograms and other methods of breast - cancer detection; and an agreement on improving safety at rail crossings, which carried all the political excitement of, well, rail crossings.

In his visits to Oswego, Lewis, Yates, Livingston, Fulton, Saratoga and Erie counties, the Senate's deputy majority leader said he has focused his pitch on the New York economy and what he views as Cuomo's failure to ignite growth across the state.

«My message of reforming and changing the way business is done in New York has been resonating with voters across the political spectrum and while I remain a Republican, I don't think my independent message has connected with state Republican leaders who seem intent on continuing the losing formula that all but guarantees a third term for Democrat Andrew Cuomo,» Giambra said.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode will join other world leaders across the globe for the Corporate Council on Africa's 10th Biennial U.S. - Africa Business Summit, to be hosted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from Monday 1st to Thursday 4th February, 2016.

At 3:30 p.m., Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, state Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee and actress Jane Fonda speak out on the low wages and rampant sexual harassment across America's restaurant industry, Hunter College's Roosevelt House, 47 - 49 E. 65th St., Manhattan.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and health care leaders warned that Collins» amendment — which would bar the state from imposing any Medicaid costs on its upstate and Long Island counties — would result in closed hospitals and nursing homes across upstate New York.

Labor leaders from across the city rallied on the Upper West Side of Manhattan on Sept. 9 in support of Robert Jackson, a longtime education advocate and former City Council member running for the Democratic nomination to represent the 31st District in the state Senate.

The Moral Mondays movement came to New York State on Jan. 12 as about 1,000 students, parents, advocates and union leaders from New York City and across the state converged on the state Capitol to demand fair and equitable funding for public schState on Jan. 12 as about 1,000 students, parents, advocates and union leaders from New York City and across the state converged on the state Capitol to demand fair and equitable funding for public schstate converged on the state Capitol to demand fair and equitable funding for public schstate Capitol to demand fair and equitable funding for public schools.

Despite inclement weather, nearly a hundred officials and business leaders from across the North Country gathered in Plattsburgh this morning to hear addresses on the state of the town and city of Plattsburgh and Clinton County.

The governor on Monday also called on the state legislative leaders to sign a memorandum of understanding to release more of the $ 2 billion the parties set aside last year to create 100,000 units of affordable and supportive housing across the state, which would significantly benefit New York City, where de Blasio has been struggling to bring a homelessness crisis under control.

Deutermann and other parent boycott leaders across the state were early supporters of Rosa for the chancellor's position on the Board of Regents, which oversees the Education Department and sets the state's overall policy on testing and other education issues.

WBFO's Focus on Education Reporter Eileen Buckley says Governor Cuomo has named a group of diverse education leaders, teachers and parents from across the state to this panel.

The Oyo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barrister Mutiu Agboke, on Monday warned religious leaders across the country not to distance themselves from electoral processes so as...

Governor Cuomo and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announce a statewide push across congressional districts to urge New York's delegation to oppose the repeal or reduction of state and local tax deductions in Delmar, N.Y., on Monday.

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.

Today we are building on that success, convening local job creators and community leaders from across the state to officially kick off round three of the Regional Councils.»

«We face a critical juncture in the history of the great state of New York,» Mr. Levy said, as more than two dozen Republican leaders from across the state stood with him on a small stage.

«We are calling on men and women of good conscience across the globe, Amnesty International and relevant human rights organizations to prevail on the Attorney General of the Federation and the judicial commission to drop the fabricated charges preferred against our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and others detained illegally alongside him in Kuje Prison because they committed no offense against anybody or Nigeria state».

Republican legislative leaders trying to break an 18 - day impasse over the state budget are focusing on cutting borrowing for road projects by $ 800 million, while negotiations are still going on over how to spread those reductions across the state, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Tuesday.

The DfE has stated that the leaders — who were elected by their peers across the country — «were chosen because they have the right experience and local knowledge to take on this important role».

This paper, written for the Rural Opportunities Consortium of Idaho, offers policymakers and philanthropic leaders a set of recommendations to capitalize on the potential of technology to serve students: expand broadband access to schools lacking it, create an elite corps of proven teachers who would be made available to students across the state, and provide districts and schools with the flexibility to develop new models of staffing and technology and to achieve the most strategic combination of personnel, facilities, and technology.

To achieve this reality, district and state leaders must examine the options available to all students across a CCR pathway, as well as the data on which groups of students are taking and succeeding in those options across the pathway openly and consistently over time.