Sentences with phrase «major policy issues»

He's also expected to address major policy issues and programmes for 2017 fiscal year.

There's a chance that the minimum wage will be dealt with, along with several other major policy issues like government ethics reform, in the legislative session following the budget.

The Center for Teaching Quality has been incubating teachers» ideas on major policy issues for years.

The briefing, entitled «STEM 101: Major Policy Issues for the 115th Congress,» featured expert panelists Dr. David Evans of the National Science Teachers Association, Allyson Knox of Microsoft, Dr. Norman Fortenberry of the American Society for Engineering Education, Domenic Giandomenico of -LSB-...]

Topics of discussion and presentations included an overview of the New York State Association of Counties; New York State Open Government Laws; Major Policy Issues Affecting Counties; Introduction to County Finance and Budget Issues; County Government Structure in New York State; Ethics in Government; Adopting Local Laws; and Role of the Clerks of Legislative Boards.

He also reports on major policy issues before the Texas delegations in the U.S. House and Senate, as well as the Texas governorship, the state legislature, and county and city governments.

«Somewhere in New York State — A source close to Republican candidate for Governor Steve Levy today expressed disappointment in Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's non-campaign for continuing to declare positions on major policy issues through an anonymous source.

More recently, Ragone served as press secretary to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, playing a key role in crafting major policy issues ranging from same - sex marriage to universal healthcare to homelessness.

Albany, NY (AP) A Republican senator says major policy issues creating gridlock in budget negotiations will likely be eliminated from the final compromise as lawmakers wrangle to craft a timely state budget.

This two - part webinar series, co-hosted by the American Youth Policy Forum and the College and Career Readiness Center at the American Institutes for Research, addressed major policy issues states and districts should be considering as they think about implementing competency - based education.

Provides the Secretary with advice on major policy issues currently before the Department across all modes of transportation.

The Real Estate Roundtable provides a forum for top U.S. real estate and political leaders to discuss major policy issues and their implications for real estate and the economy.

Governor Andrew Cuomo says lawmakers are mostly in agreement on major policy issues, including raising the age of criminal liability to 18.

Between the wall on the U.S. - Mexico border and the status of the undocumented young people who were brought to the country as children (known as Dreamers), immigration has been a major policy issue for the Trump administration.

With business owners like Davis in mind, Inc. looked at the major policy issues affecting small - business owners in 2014 — and whether real change has any chance of happening:

Also, major policy issues, including digital currency and regulations of distributed ledger technology, have been reviewed.»

Another major policy issue related to science is technical assistance to underdeveloped countries.

«Our manifesto showcases how construction can act as a solution to major policy issues.

Others have accused her of walking in lockstep with the Mayor on major policy issues, but this was a defining moment for her Speakership.

Monday night is the deadline for agreement on the $ 168.2 billion budget and some major policy issues proposed by the governor.

«We got a lot of our major policy issues underway and it was a good time to start going out,» he said.

To me, the legislature's willingness at least to study a major policy issue without conditions seemed noteworthy.

As a result, college affordability has emerged as a major policy issue in Washington and on the 2016 campaign trail.

The Democratic mayoral primary is more than a year away, but Mr. Stringer will not be the first candidate to try to stake out a novel position on a major policy issue.

Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney, Cazenovia businessman Steve Wells and Binghamton teacher George Phillips have showed few differences on major policy issues, but there was no shortage of friction.

The Executive Budget: What are the major policy issues that the Governor addresses in the 2014 - 15 Executive Budget?

But, I must caution Legislative leaders that a failure to act on major policy issues will inevitably have long term negative consequences for our taxpayers.

Katko said he has not come around on the issue for political reasons, but his opponent, Democratic candidate Colleen Deacon, has made it a major policy issue.

In the United States, the disjuncture, or gap, between K - 12 and higher education is a major policy issue, one rooted in history and encompassing governance, academic standards, finance, communications, and organizational culture.

This is a rare moment in time when both parties share some agreement on a major policy issue (charter schools).

After Barack Obama got elected, every major policy issue became subject to trench warfare.

This session brought together senior officials from government, industry and the environmental community to discuss some of the major policy issues surrounding these negotiations.