Sentences with phrase «local government officials as»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders are negotiating a new anti-sexual harassment policy for state and local government officials as part of the state budget.

Not exact matches

We don't know the death toll for the ethnic Uighur insurgency in Xinjiang, where local officials, in the words of one government terrorism expert, «bend figures as much as during the Great Leap Forward,» nor do we know how many people are currently held in «re-education camps.»

People in Guerrero «can't stop planting poppies as long as there is demand, and the government doesn't provide any help,» a local official told the AP in February last year.

(Chicago constructed this story from thousands of pages of federal court records, police reports, and court testimony from related cases, as well as from official government reports and dozens of interviews with federal and local law enforcement officials and attorneys for some of the defendants; through a spokesman, prosecutors in the Zambada case declined comment.)

AT&T has also spent decades building a national alliance of local government officials and nonprofit groups — particularly from black and Hispanic communities — that it will certainly be asking to weigh in again in Washington, as it tries to get the merger approved.

Selina served as the Official Opposition spokesperson for mental health and addictions, seniors, local government and sports.

As opposed to the thousands and thousands of billboards & church message boards every 50 ft with their snarky comments pushing their beliefs and quite often attacking non -(Jesus) believers and / or science directly or indirectly, all the millions of people that like to go around constantly «sharing their beliefs» about how everyone who believes differently is gonna be tortured and burned for eternity, or the countless attempts by local, state, and federal government officials to push laws based on those beliefs and to favor those beliefs all over the country.

Builders, based in Aledo, Texas, whose expressed goal is «to exert a positive influence in government, education, and the family by 1) educating the nation concerning the Godly foundation of our country; 2) providing information to federal, state and local officials as they develop public policies which reflect Biblical values; and 3) encouraging Christians to get involved in the civic arena.

As with legislation at every level of government, successful utilization of the power of the permit depends not so much on concerned citizens committed to making youth sports in their local community safer (although they are, of course, important) as on the willingness of governmental officials themselves to sponsor bylaw changes and push for enactment, in other words, to serve as «safety champions.&raquAs with legislation at every level of government, successful utilization of the power of the permit depends not so much on concerned citizens committed to making youth sports in their local community safer (although they are, of course, important) as on the willingness of governmental officials themselves to sponsor bylaw changes and push for enactment, in other words, to serve as «safety champions.&raquas on the willingness of governmental officials themselves to sponsor bylaw changes and push for enactment, in other words, to serve as «safety champions.&raquas «safety champions.»

As a sign of support from the local government, the town of Erwin agreed to pay for every coach, administrator and official's membership fee.

CRYSTAL LAKE — Local school and government officials as well as residents appear ready to join forces to build a community center and swimming pool, Park Board Commissioner Candy Reedy told the Crystal Lake Park Board on Thursday night.

Each day, parents and special guests joined students to eat or help serve lunch — local celebrities such as firefighters, superintendents, teachers, local government officials and coaches helped spread the lunchroom love in cafeterias across the country!

As at 8 pm of Thursday, camp officials were already complying with Governor Shettima's orders as meetings were being held between officials and chairmen of the two local government areas at the camp with participation of members of the civilian JTF while the camp was combed with searches being conducteAs at 8 pm of Thursday, camp officials were already complying with Governor Shettima's orders as meetings were being held between officials and chairmen of the two local government areas at the camp with participation of members of the civilian JTF while the camp was combed with searches being conducteas meetings were being held between officials and chairmen of the two local government areas at the camp with participation of members of the civilian JTF while the camp was combed with searches being conducted.

De Blasio's testimony this morning before a joint legislative budget committee in Albany marked the kick off of what's known as «Tin Cup Day» at the Capitol — typically a day in which mayors and other local government officials from around the state provide their reactions to the governor's budget proposal.

Note that this applies to state as well as federal officials, and that in this context within the U.S. Constitution, the term «state» means «state and local» (although not necessarily tribal government) officials.

«I believe that our local elected officials have already been elected to do their jobs,» Marchione said at a news conference on the issue, «and to put something out as simple as shared services I think that the local governments can certainly make those decisions on behalf of their community.»

US citizens vote on the first Tuesday in November at the general election to elect the various members of the Senate and the House of Representatives as well as state and local government officials.

Officials at the Department of Communities and Local Government have described the fund as ineffective, but said they intend to continue with the visa levy.

County leaders are feeling the squeeze this year, as are other local government and school district officials, given the allowable growth in the state's cap on property taxes is less than 1 percentage point.

The Assembly backs the Dream Act, which would extend financial aid to students who entered the country illegally as children; the Senate opposes the idea and instead wants to crack down on local governments that refuse to fully cooperate with federal immigration officials.

A coalition of local government officials and green groups have criticized the plan as one that creates a «junkyard» in the Adirondack Park, and have expressed concerns over the environmental impacts.

The Adirondack Park's leading environmental groups and local government officials supported the Adirondack Park Agency's decision to classify the 20,530 - acre Boreas Ponds tract as a mix of Wilderness and Wild Forest.

«As a former Town Supervisor on Long Island, I look forward to working with local officials in a manner that is meaningful and helpful to them to make government more efficient, less costly and ultimately work better for all of the people we serve,» Kaiman said.

New York Medicaid Director Jason Helgerson was among nine public officials honored by Governing magazine as among the most «outstanding leaders in state and local government.»

Wikipedia also lists The Phillipines as having terms limits of 3 three - year terms for «all other local government officials,» which I assume includes mayors.

For now, local officials on Long Island say they are in the dark as to whether the Trump administration will return the use of a mansion to the Russian government.

Officials said that's led to some of the highest property taxes in the country as local governments struggle to keep up with their exploding pension bills.

The idea that finding ways of reducing taxes as a relatively new one bothered some local government officials.

An Ijaw leader claimed that security officials arrested an aide to a local government chairman in the state, last Thursday, in Warri, as soon as he came back from a trip to Port - Harcourt and whisked to an unknown destination, while the Navy picked up another suspect the previous day, Wednesday.

«While acknowledging the potential negatives of such a convention — e.g., the risk of amendments being approved that would weaken the home rule authority of local governments — the Executive Committee viewed the opportunity to strengthen the position of municipalities in New York's governmental structure as more important and voted to approve NYCOM's support of a «Yes» vote on the constitutional convention question facing New York voters this November, with the additional stipulation that municipal officials would need to run for and be elected as delegates to the convention if our intended outcomes are to be achieved,» the guide states

The focus on higher education the first day is a break with tradition, as lawmakers have generally scheduled the first day of the joint legislative hearings on the budget to be «tin cup» day — when mayors and local government officials discuss the impact of the spending proposal on their municipality.

I am pleased to announce that I am forming a highway committee comprised of officials from the county and local governments, as well as town and village highway supervisors, to come together to address our issues.

At Uhonmora Ora in Owan West Local Government Area, election materials arrived at Ward 2, Units 10 - 13 as early as 7.39 a.m. and security agents and INEC officials were also ground.

«My local law requires that all elected officials in Erie County disclose if they have family members working in government, serving on government boards, or active as officers of a political party.

The Ogun Bureau of Local Government Pensions says it has paid about N2.7 billion as pensions from January to September, an official said on Thursday.

«In fact, the NUT officials has gone as far as closing down Local Government Education Authority offices in some local government aLocal Government Education Authority offices in some local governmGovernment Education Authority offices in some local government alocal governmentgovernment areas.

«As a former Town Supervisor on Long Island, I look forward to working with local officials in a manner that is meaningful and helpful to them to make government more efficient, less costly and ultimately work better for all of the people we serve,» Mr. Kaiman said in a statement.

More than 85 local government and school district officials, as well as a number of affiliated organizations, provided a wide variety of feedback.

While praising Governor's lofty rhetoric, Bronx and City officials did not notice that Cuomo's proposed Executive Budget slams New York City with as much as $ 800 million more in expenses while reneging on previous pledges to support CUNY and spare local governments from increases in Medicaid.

The governor, who was speaking at the official handing over of party flags to the candidates of the All Progressive Congress (APC) ahead of the local government elections into the 23 local government area at the Kaduna township stadium, described the senators as enemies of the state's progress.

«We've reached the end of what we can possibly expect our taxpayers to bear,» she said in her fourth appearance before the Local Government Officials and General Government hearing — an annual parade of elected officials and advocates known as «Tin Cup Day» that began with a three - hour - plus grilling of New York City Mayor Bill dOfficials and General Government hearing — an annual parade of elected officials and advocates known as «Tin Cup Day» that began with a three - hour - plus grilling of New York City Mayor Bill dofficials and advocates known as «Tin Cup Day» that began with a three - hour - plus grilling of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Despite his attempt to use the pay raise for lawmakers as leverage, no special session meant no limits on outside incomes for state lawmakers and local government officials.

ALBANY — The state Legislature Monday gave the second and final passage of a measure permitting the forfeiture of pensions of top state and local government officials who are convicted of felonies related to their duties as public officers.

The ethics agreement will also expand disclosure requirements by political consultants who do work for elected officials as well as for clients with business before the state or local governments, and increase the number of donors to groups that perform lobbying who will be required to disclose their identities.

Sander feels gratified by his experience in local government and characterizes it as truly accountable: «If you don't fix the pothole or plow the snow,» elected officials hear about it.

The goal of the new rule is to help local governments identify vulnerable areas affected by climate change that they can show to federal and state officials as a way to obtain money for things like road rebuilding.

Daniell and his small team rely on sources that include national and provincial government Web sites, Twitter feeds from official and local sources as well as information from people and colleagues they know in the area.

It's odd that Poehler — who was given such rich material as a government official on Parks and Recreation — appears in a film that doesn't take advantage of the absurdities of these local public officials.

Since the benefits of large - scale investments in human talent accrue powerfully to society as a whole, and are not necessarily visible to individual parents, students, local or state officials, it is important for the national government to keep policy focused on this level of aggregation.

And in areas in which the federal government lacked either the license or capacity to shape local policy directly, executive branch officials used federally sponsored litigation as a tool to advance reform.