Sentences with phrase «lobbying by community groups»

The potential new law comes after years of lobbying by community groups to remove the facility from the neighborhood, according to Luis Garden Acosta, founder of El Puente, a local advocacy organization.

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In tough language, the letter contends that such a policy undermines the entire life sciences community and sends a devastating message to immigrants who would otherwise bring their talents to the United States, and was signed by some heavy hitters, including Alnylam CEO John Maraganore and Ron Cohen, the chairman of biotech's biggest trade group and lobbying arm.

Fifteen of the 16 communities where developers are eyeing casino development have populations under 50,000, a report on casino lobbying released by the New York Public Research Interest Group on Monday found.

Polling touted by the Empire State Pride Agenda, the LGBT community's Albany lobby group, showed 78 percent of respondents support the measure, the -LSB-...]

Polling touted by the Empire State Pride Agenda, the LGBT community's Albany lobby group, showed 78 percent of respondents support the measure, the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act, or GENDA, which has repeatedly won Assembly passage but never gotten a Senate vote.

The scrappy probe managed a rare resurrection after getting staunch support from the National Academy of Sciences and the community of outer - planet researchers, along with passionate lobbying by The Planetary Society, a nonprofit group.

The CFE, which had begun as a modest public - interest group in 1993 by Robert Jackson, then president of one of the city's 32 community school boards, and Michael Rebell, the attorney for the same school board, had grown into an impressively powerful education lobbying organization.

The knowledge generated by this project will be instrumental for effective lobbying of system change by injured workers and community groups.

• Post the Colorado early learning and development guideline videos to your social media channels earlylearningco.org • Raise awareness of child safety issues and helpful childproofing information • Organize a moms» or dads» night out • Put children's books in your lobby and waiting areas • Schedule family events at different times of the day and on different days of the week so that more families can participate • Add information about family - friendly resources on neighborhood websites like Nextdoor • Remind people it's okay to ask for help • Host a play group at a local recreation or community center • Collaborate with childcare centers and schools by joining PTOs, volunteering in classrooms, participating in fundraising and more • Recognize a child or family in distress and offer assistance • Provide parenting education classes for parents and for students before they become parents • Connect parents to one another and to important resources for support

The Federal Governments» «Developing the North» economic development agenda, which has clearly been influenced by business lobby groups and will have severe impacts on Aboriginal land rights law, employment, and in the long run the wellbeing of communities.