Sentences with phrase «more about local government»

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The reversal of the Cole Memo, written by then - Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole in 2013 means that there will be more confusion about the legality of growing, selling, and using the drug in places where state and local laws clash with the federal government.

He went on to say that the agency, created under the Dodd - Frank financial overhaul, is run by «essentially a one - person dictator» and added he had «probably had more complaints about the CFPB in my office, from small local banks and credit agencies, than every other government agency put together.»

Whether it is through study and work experiences abroad, learning more about Asia in the classroom, or even engaging with newcomers in our local communities, our government needs to help us be more proactive in stepping out of our comfort zones.

Amazon is opening the Amazon HQ2 Request for Proposal («RFP») now, and local and state government leaders interested in learning more about how they can bring Amazon to their community can visit www.amazon.com/amazonHQ2.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was a roughly $ 800 billion «stimulus bill» that dedicated about $ 250 billion to more than 80,000 federal grants, contracts, or loans to state and local governments, for - profit businesses, and nonprofit organizations.

Capital controls have historically been as much about preventing foreigners from buying local government bonds as it has been about preventing destabilizing bouts of flight capital, and living in China, where an aggressive demand for the privileges of reserve currency status coincide with equally aggressive policies that prevent the RMB from achieving reserve currency status (and that transfer ever more of the «benefits» to the US) made clear the huge gap in rhetoric and practice.

To find out more about the events in your area, check with your local La Leche groups, health care organizations, or government programs such as WIC.

At the same time, a debate is heating up about possible health risks, with more state and local governments getting involved.

a debate is heating up about possible health risks, with more state and local governments getting involved.

«If the government believes that a national funding formula represents the ideal system, it should begin the transition soon and be more transparent about which schools and local authorities could be most affected.

«I'm certainly looking forward to a more robust discussion about how the state government is helping to relieve the burden on local governments.»

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that 64 more local governments across the state have signed up to share their data on open.ny.gov, a new and comprehensive data transparency website — just three days after its launch at the start of Sunshine Week, a national initiative designed to raise awareness about the importance of open government.

He said, «Since the creation of the local councils about a year ago, we are proud to say that a lot of developments have taken place in this areas and they have witnessed more of government activities.

The Local Government Association released the details of what it judged to be the more bizarre topics English local authorities had been asked about to warn that frivolous requests wasted their resouLocal Government Association released the details of what it judged to be the more bizarre topics English local authorities had been asked about to warn that frivolous requests wasted their resoulocal authorities had been asked about to warn that frivolous requests wasted their resources.

Combined with disproportionately high cuts to funding for local authorities in the north and years of lower economic investment by government in the English regions compared to the capital, how do we get Westminster to care more about the north?

Other lessons can be drawn from the DFID - backed programme in Nepal that funded civil society groups and local government programmes to bring about more inclusive political processes.

Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, as you'll recall, said (in a statement to the New York Times) that he had «serious concerns» about Cuomo's budget proposal to allow cash - strapped local governments to borrow against future projected Tier 6 savings to provide more predictability in short - term pension payments.

To illustrate how much more New York asks of its counties, Representative Faso's office said that nationwide, local governments contribute about $ 9.5 billion to Medicaid; of that, $ 7.5 billion comes from New York's counties.

Poughkeepsie, NY... Dutchess County Executive Marcus J. Molinaro encourages representatives from Dutchess County businesses, educational institutions, not - for - profits and local governments to participate in an upcoming training workshop to learn more about applying for state funding through the Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) process.

Mark Wallace in Local Government: More than 1,000 Town Hall employees are now earning in excess of # 100,000 - and some councils still don't want you to know about it

«When the governor made this announcement (about shared services) at his regional «State of the State» addresses, he wanted people to believe that the prime reason for high property taxes is the existence of local government without acknowledging school taxes and without acknowledging that [New York] imposes more state spending on local property taxpayers than any state in America,» said Molinaro, a former state assemblyman.

Akeredolu, who expressed concern about the shortage of police personnel to man the marine police unit in Ilaje and Ese - Odo Local Government Areas of the state, assured the police of more assistance in the area of logistics.

The «beating, radical heart» of the government was shifting power away from the centre to ordinary people, allowing them more choice over services, greater transparency about state spending and greater ability to get involved in running and shaping local services in their communities, he said.

Question topics included financial incentives given by the City to Altronix (which hosted the Mayor for a visit just before the press conference), whether the mayor has concerns about offering such incentives, whether his jobs task force will work with local communities, whether his affordable housing plan conflicts with his plan to enable more manufacturing in the city, what a base livable minimum wage is, whether the mayor is concerned about the possibility that Republicans may control the U.S. Senate next year, whether NY State has done enough to assist NYC in obtaining hazard mitigation money from the federal government, the Mayor's views on items sold at the September 11th Museum gift shop and what the first «tangible» product of the task force will be.

He is scathing about the excessive cost of local government, cutting his own salary by more than half and seeking to rid the council of waste and bureaucracy, but some of his actions and remarks have caused upset — he recently praised the family values of the Taliban, and pledged to cut funding for Gay Pride events in the town before changing his mind.

He pragmatically reminded more Right - wing colleagues that local government was about providing excellent public services within the framework of the then prevailing New Labour hegemony and not simply slashing taxes.

For more detailed information about Comptroller DiNapoli's fiscal stress monitoring system and to view reports related to local government fiscal stress visit:

Teens from the Student School Neighborhood and Community Government group and area high schools joined in identifying their local boards and learning more about numerous committees.

Since only a tiny fraction of Americans has lived through a state constitutional convention in their adult lifetimes, and since Americans are not taught about state constitutional conventions (as opposed to the federal constitutional convention of 1787) during their formal schooling (even those such as myself who received a Ph.D. in American government), Americans approach these referendums starting with a huge knowledge deficit, making local opinion leaders that much more influential in public debates.

In this edition: Changes to NIH funding policy aim to be more equitable, encountering objections; a new post on the Feedback miniseries discusses the pros and cons of rating your local government on Yelp; a new podcast on food waste and what we can do about it; and the harmful pollution coming out of half the world's kitchens.

Local governments now get about half of tax and other revenues, but are responsible for more than 80 percent of public spending.

We found a lot of concern among government actors about unregulated, possibly ideologically motivated, schools operating under the radar, while local communities found these schools more open and accessible because they were close and taught lessons in Arabic, rather than in English and French, which are used in public Lebanese schools.

She has also asked for more information about the government's plans to find savings by using more local authority - owned land.

After all, most of the public intellectuals among movement conservatives are focused more on the expansive role of the federal government in civil society and the marketplace, while more populist conservative types are concerned about preserving what they consider to be traditional values such as the idea that the government that is best is the one at the local level that is, in theory, closes to the people (even if the virtual and real bankruptcies of cities such as Detroit and Vallejo, Calif., call that thinking into question).

It will require more than a few local efforts like the one in Milwaukee to make the American school system more inclusive and fair; it will require a much larger cultural shift and an about - face from government at all levels.

The reaction by some in local government to moves to stop the length of the primary school week being cut is, ultimately, more about money than education.

On Saturday, May 13, about 30 Indivisible volunteers gathered at Battle Born Progress» Las Vegas office to discuss Donald Trump, Congress, health care policy, education, state and local government, and much more with Rep. Ruben Kihuen (D - Las Vegas).

Having participated and watched government in action at the national, state and local level for more than four decades, I can safely say that I have never, ever, seen an meeting as unbelievably insulting as the «presentation» (PowerPoint and all) that those targeted local school administrators were forced to sit through or the even more incredible way in which public employees responded to a member of the public trying to raise important and legitimate concerns about the very issue that the school officials were summoned to the meeting to discuss.

Because ESSA reins in the federal government's influence over local decisions about academic standards and accountability, states and districts will have more power to decide how best to gauge student progress toward becoming well - rounded.

After 15 years of work by states and school districts to raise standards, disaggregate data, and close gaps, the federal government is taking the foot off the gas and leaving even more decisions to the states and to local school officials, including those about measures, metrics, incentives, and interventions.

If the Government seriously believe that having more selective schools will raise standards across the board, they would have proposed introducing those schools only in pilot areas where there was underperformance, but the Green Paper talks about local demand being a driver.

Government bond market fluctuations have renewed concerns about rising mortgage rates and may prompt borrowers to take more notice of what mortgage lenders are charging on a local level.

You'll learn more about how local governments work, how to speak effectively to persuade elected officials, and how to rally your community in support of humane laws for cats.

The stress on shelter staff is significant: no room to put ever more dogs; having to euthanize dogs to make room for new dogs; performing triage on sick animals when space is limited; having to make hard choices about evening and weekend heating and lighting with a small budget; no veterinarian or vet tech on the staff; no evening or weekend staff; no time to network adoptable animals; no available homes in the surrounding communities; inadequate transport vehicles; little or no support from local government; an Animal Control Officer often doing double duty, responsible also for managing the shelter; counties lacking even a shelter or inside kenneling.

The local government personnel benefit by extending more control over our lives, enriching the public treasury with fees, tags and fines, and giving the appearance that local government is doing something about animal populations, disease and risks to the public.

Easy to read and follow, the guide is useful for government officials looking to learn more about progressive solutions and TNR advocates attempting to educate local municipal leaders.

Contact your local government and get your voice heard about those poor animals in Amish puppy mills.The more light shed on this the faster this cruelty can be stopped!

By learning more about how your local government and animal control work, you have taken a huge step toward protecting cats in your community.

It's interesting to see some Chinese feel more defensive about this article (out of patriotism / these are OUR country's brothers and sisters, and human nature) and some more admitting to the governments and local executives» shortcomings.

It's about realizing people rely on cars because they don't have easy, affordable access to public transit and petitioning your local government to allocate more money towards improving routes.